Samestellings (Compound Words) Flashcards by Thomas Wilson-Garcia

Q

Simple joins:

Word + Word

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Dorp + Skool = dorpskool

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Meisie + skool

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meisieskool

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slaap + kamer

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slaapkamer

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Sometimes they get an E between the words

word + e + word

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boek kennis = boekekennis

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boer plaas

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boereplaas

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dier tuin

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dieretuin

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haas pad

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hasepad

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held daad

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heldedaad

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hond hok

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hondehok

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noord wind

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noordewind

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dos wind

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oostewind

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vrou persoon

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vroue persoon

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perd stal

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perdestal

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wes wind

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westewind

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Sometimes they get an S between the words

word + s + word

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broek + s + pap = broekspyp

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broer kind

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broerskind

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hemp mou

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hempsmou

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kind been

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kindsbeen

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knoop gat

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knoopsgat

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koning dokter

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koningsogter

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land taal

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landstaal

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man hemp

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manshemp

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stad kind

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stadskind

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stad lewe

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stadslewe

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toegang kaartjie

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toegangskaartjie

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Sometimes they get an ER between the words

kalf liefde

A

kalf + er + liefde = kalwerliefde

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kind bybel

A

kinderbybel (children’s bible)

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kind dae

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kinderdae

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kind dokter

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kinderdokter

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suid kruis

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suiderkruis (southern cross)

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broer liefde

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broederliefde

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Sometimes they get EN (S) between the words

word + ens + tyd

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eet + ens + tyd = eetenstyd

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eet uur

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eetensuur (supper time)

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lewe lank

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lewenslank (lifelong)

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lee styl

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lewenstyl (lifestyle)

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sterf uur

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stervensuur (death hour)

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wa huis

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waenshuis (wagon house)

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Sometimes when the word ends in F we make it a WE

A

brief + we + bus = briewebus (letter bus)

don’t ask me what THAT is??

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druif sap

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druiwesap (grape juice)

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This is the ONLY time we use SS in Afrikaans - so when the first word ENDS in S and the first word STARTS in s

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baas + speler = baasspeler

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dans skool

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dansskool (dance school)

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gras snyer

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grassnyer (lawn mower)

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jas sak

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jassak (jacket pocket)

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plaas seun

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plaasseun (farm boy)

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EXCEPTIONS….Grrrr

A

aart appel = aartappel

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aarde bewing

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aardbewing (earthquake)

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aarde wurm

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erdwurm (earthworm)

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hoog veld

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hoeveld (high fields)

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koning ryk

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koninkryk (kingdom)

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os wa

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ossewa (ox wagon)

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rib been

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ribbebeen (rib bone)

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skip dokter

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skeepsdokter (ships doctor)

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skip kaptein

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skeepskaptein

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vrug boord

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vrugteboord (orchard)