Verkleinwoorde Flashcards
Rule1: short vowel rules
1- lap
2- sif
3- plas
4- tak
Double the last constant and add “ie”
1- lappie
2-siffie
3- plassie
4- takkie
Rule 2: Repeated vowel(uu,aa) in the middle of the word
1- skaap
2- neef
3- seep
4-plaas
Drop one vowel and add “ie”
1-Skapie
2- nefie
3- sepie
4-plasie
Rule 3: short vowel ending in l,m,n,r,b
1-bal
2- kar
3- ram
4- man
Double LAST CONSTANENT and Add “etjie”
1) balletjie
2) karetjie
3) rammetjie
4) mannetjie
Rule 4: Longer words ending in l,n,r
1) paal
2) venster
3) lepel
4) soentjie
Add “tjie”
1) paaltjie
2) venstertjie
3) lepeltjie
4) soentjie
Rule 5: short vowel, ending in a consonant and an “m”:
1) skelm
2) arm
3) wurm
4) soen
Add a “pie”
1) skelmpie
2) armpie
3) wurmpie
4) soenpie
Rule 6: double last vowel/repeated vowel, ending in “m”:
1) raam
2) soom
3) boom
4) oom
Add “pie”
1) raampie
2) soompie
3) boompie
4) oompie
Rule 7: words ending in one syllable, ending in “-ng”
1) slang
2) ring
3) ouderling
4) string
Add “etjie”
1) slangetjie
2)ringetjie
3) ouderlingetjie
4) stringetjie
Rule 8: more than one syllable, ending in “-ng”
1) Koning
2) bestelling
3) heining
4) woning
1) koninkie
2) bestellinkie
3) heininkie
4) woninkie
Rule 9: words ending in “d or t”:
1) vat
2) draad
3) hoed
4) poot
Add “jie”
1) vatjie
2) draadjie
3) hoedjie
4) pootjie
Rule 10: Double vowel in the middle or ending in 2 consonants:
1) huis
2) hark
3) muis
4) neus
Add “ie”
1) huisie
2) harkie
3) muisie
4) neusie
Rule 11: Words ending in a double vowel or a triple vowel that form a set sound
Eg: eeu, leeu
1)kraal
2) by
3) meisie
4) vrou
5) ou
Add “tjie”
1) kraaltjie
2) bytjie
3) meisietjie
4) vroutjie
5) outjie
Rule 12: exceptions
1) gat
2) wa
3) pa
4) foto
5) pad
1) gaatjie
2) waentjie
3) pa’tjie
4) foto’tjie
5) paadjie
