Afrikaans Fruits & Vegetables
This is a list of fruits and vegetables in Afrikaans. Knowing these plants can be helpful when shopping in a grocery store or even restaurant.
Lemons: suurlemoene
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Apples: appels
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Oranges: lemoene
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Peaches: perskes
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Figs: vye
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Pears: pere
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Pineapples: pynappels
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Grapes: druiwe
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| Strawberries: aarbeie |
| Bananas: piesangs |
| Watermelon: waatlemoen |
| Avocados: avokadopere |
Now here is the list of some commonly used vegetables:
Carrots : wortels
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Corn: koring
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Cucumbers: komkommers
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Garlic: knoffel
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Lettuce: slaai
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Olives: olywe
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Onions: uie
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Peppers: soetrissies
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| Potatoes: aartappels |
| Pumpkin: pampoen |
| Beans: boontjies |
| Tomatoes: tamaties |
The following sentences include some fruits and vegetables mentioned above to show you how you can use them in your daily conversation.
This fruit is delicious: Hierdie vrug is heerlik
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Vegetables are healthy: Groente is gesond
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I like bananas: Ek hou van piesangs
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I don't like cucumber: Ek hou nie van komkommers nie
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| Bananas taste sweet: Piesangs smaak soet |
| Lemons taste sour: Suurlemoene smaak suur |
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