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Time in Afrikaans

This is a list of time related words in Afrikaans. This includes days, months, seasons. Very helpful basic vocabulary for anyone. Let's start with days!

Days: Dae
Monday: Maandag
Tuesday: Dinsdag
Wednesday: Woensdag
Thursday: Donderdag
Friday: Vrydag
Saturday: Saterdag
Sunday: Sondag

Now we move on to the 12 months of the year. What fun!

January: Januarie
February: Februarie
March: Maart
April: April
May: Mei
June: Junie
July: Julie
August: Augustus
September: September
October: Oktober
November: November
December: Desember

Now let's learn about the seasons, hour, minutes and second...

Autumn: herfs
Winter: winter
Spring: lente
Summer: somer
Seasons: seisoene
Months: maande
Time: tyd
Hour: uur
Minute: minuut
Second: sekonde

Finally we get to the senences section. This is where you will see some of the above time related words used in a common phrase.

Yesterday was Sunday: Gister was Sondag
Today is Monday: Vandag is Maandag
See you tomorrow!: Sien jou môre!
I will visit you in August: Ek sal in Augustus vir jou kom kuier
Winter is very cold here: Dis baie koud hier in die winter
I was born in July: Ek is in Julie gebore

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