Learn parting greetings
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| INTRODUCTION |
| In this lesson, we’ll learn the phrases you can use to say farewell in Afrikaans. |
Lesson focus |
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| A parting expression that we can use for all occasions is Totsiens, which means "Goodbye." |
| (slow) Totsiens |
| Like all the phrases we’ll learn in this lesson, this expression can be used in both informal and formal situations, but it’s slightly on the formal side. |
| When saying "Good night," you can say goeie nag in Afrikaans. Let's break it down by syllable. |
| (slow) goeie nag |
| goeie nag |
| goeie means “good” and nag is the Afrikaans word for “night.” |
| (slow) nag |
| nag |
| Using this word, you can say goeie nag to mean “Good night.” |
| There are several informal phrases for saying "Bye" or "Until later." To say “Bye” in Afrikaans, you can use Baai, which literally means "Bye." |
| (slow) Baai |
| Baai |
| Another commonly used phrase is Tot later, meaning, "Until later." |
| (slow) Tot later |
| Tot later |
| This phrase tot means “until.” |
| (slow) tot |
| tot |
| Then we have later, meaning “later.” |
| (slow) later |
| later |
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