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Cute Illustrations Of Directly Translated Afrikaans Words
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Cute Illustrations Of Directly Translated Afrikaans Words

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I live in South Africa, and one of the most spoken languages (out of the 11) here is Afrikaans. It’s a great language with some interesting words.

I did some funny illustrations of direct translations of Afrikaans compound words that mean something completely different.

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Robyn O

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I am an animator, illustrator and motion graphics designer from Johannesburg, South Africa. I love cats and other similarly adorable creatures, bright colours and sparkly things, scary and macabre stuff, and reading.

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Robyn O

Robyn O

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I am an animator, illustrator and motion graphics designer from Johannesburg, South Africa. I love cats and other similarly adorable creatures, bright colours and sparkly things, scary and macabre stuff, and reading.

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RachelMeer
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was hoping, as someone who also understands Dutch, to find my favourite Afrikaans word translated, namely: verkleurmannetje. For those not in the know, it's Afrikaans for Chameleon and literally means "changing colour little man"

ClaireOliver
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is wonderful, I am from South Africa, and you have chosen some excellent examples of the Afrikaans language and your illustrations are cute and fitting.

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RachelMeer
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was hoping, as someone who also understands Dutch, to find my favourite Afrikaans word translated, namely: verkleurmannetje. For those not in the know, it's Afrikaans for Chameleon and literally means "changing colour little man"

ClaireOliver
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is wonderful, I am from South Africa, and you have chosen some excellent examples of the Afrikaans language and your illustrations are cute and fitting.

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