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Afrikaans

Afrikaans months of the year

The Afrikaans months look a lot like the English ones, and that is exactly what makes them tricky: the small differences are what a spelling test checks. Here are all twelve months, from Januarie to Desember, plus a set of other time words. Tap a word to hear it.

Like English, the Afrikaans months start with a capital letter. The app counts the capital, so januarie is marked “almost”, not right.

🔊 Tap a word to hear it.

January to December

12 words
Practise these words

Opens the free app with these words filled in. Change any word to match your child’s list.

Time words

10 words
Practise these words

Opens the free app with these words filled in. Change any word to match your child’s list.

Spot the differences from English

Januarie, Februarie, Junie and Julie end in -ie, where English ends in y or e. Maart has a double a, Mei is spelt with ei, and Augustus adds -us. Oktober uses a k and Desember uses an s where English has a c.

April, September and November are spelt exactly as in English, so those are easy points.

How to say them

The -ie at the end sounds like ee, and the J sounds like the y in yes, so Junie sounds a bit like “yoo-nee”. Mei sounds close to the English word may. Practise six months a day: January to June on one day, July to December the next.

Got this week’s list from school?

Type it in once. The app reads every word out loud and marks your child’s spelling. Free, no sign-up.

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