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The document discusses 7 rules for forming plurals in Afrikaans: 1) Words with single vowels add -e or double the last letter and add -e. 2) Words with twin vowels drop one vowel and add -e. 3) Words with sibling vowels just add -e. 4) Words ending in -t or -d often add -s or -e. 5) Words ending in -ag replace -ag with -e. Words ending in -og replace -og with -ë. 6) Words ending in -g often add -te. 7) Words ending in -f replace -f with -w or -ww

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Meervoude

The document discusses 7 rules for forming plurals in Afrikaans: 1) Words with single vowels add -e or double the last letter and add -e. 2) Words with twin vowels drop one vowel and add -e. 3) Words with sibling vowels just add -e. 4) Words ending in -t or -d often add -s or -e. 5) Words ending in -ag replace -ag with -e. Words ending in -og replace -og with -ë. 6) Words ending in -g often add -te. 7) Words ending in -f replace -f with -w or -ww

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MEERVOUDE

Miss. R. Venter
(Plurals)

“Meervoude” means “Plurals”.


There are 7 rules that can help you to form plurals in Afrikaans.
BUT remember, there are always exceptions.
Rules:
2) “Twin Vowels” 3) “Sibling Vowels”
Words that have two Words that have two
identical vowels (foon) = vowels, but they aren’t
1) “Single Vowels” DROP one twin + add -e the same = JUST add -e
Words that have short, single vowels (bal) =
DOUBLE the last letter + add -e eg. foon = fone eg. deur = deure
boom = bome skoen = skoene

eg. bal = balle


bak = bakke 4) Words ending in -t or -d very often
have an -s or -e added to them to make
them plural.

eg. tert = terte


hond = honde
maat = maats
Rules: 6) Words ending in -g very
often have a -te added to
them.

5) When nouns end in -ag, the -ag falls away eg. vrug = vrugte
and is replaced by an -e, and -og = -ë kuswag = kuswagte

eg. maag = mae boog = boë


dag = dae

7) When nouns end in -f, the -f is


replaced by a -w (long vowel sound) or
a -ww (short vowel sound).

eg. graaf = grawe


gif = giwwe
Question
Time
Oefening
Let’s Go: Let’s Go:

a) appelboom - h) bruid -
b) brommer - i) druif -
c) musikant - j) muur -
d) bak - k) reenboog -
e) hooibaal - l) voetspoor -
f) engel - m) gesig -
g) swartkat - n) skip -
Alles Klaar!

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