What your child practises
Food
suurlemoen, appel, piesang, brood…
At home
deur, venster, stoel, bed…
My body
oog, neus, oor, mond…
Clothes
hemp, broek, skoen, sokkies…
At school
skool, juffrou, potlood, kryt…
In class
staan op, sit asseblief, luister mooi, kyk hier…
Weather
son, reën, wind, wolk…
On the farm
hoender, haan, kuiken, eend…
Wild animals
kameelperd, sebra, renoster, seekoei…
Goggas (bugs)
by, mier, skoenlapper, spinnekop…
11 to 20
elf, twaalf, dertien, veertien…
Days of the week
Maandag, Dinsdag, Woensdag, Donderdag…
One and many
kat → katte, hond → honde, boek → boeke, appel → appels…
In the garden
blom, boom, blaar, gras…
At the sea
skulp, krap, walvis, dolfyn…
Birthday
geskenk, kers, partytjie, verjaarsdagkoek…
Rooms
kombuis, badkamer, slaapkamer, sitkamer…
Lunchbox
toebroodjie, botter, heuning, worsbroodjie…
More family
broer, suster, tannie, oom…
How Whyzies teaches it
- 19 topics for Grade 1, the same themes children meet in Afrikaans at school, so you can match it to homework.
- Tap the Afrikaans word on a picture card to hear it, or the English to hear what it means. Then play a quick round of games.
- Readers also pick the right plural, find opposites and build sentences word by word.
Try it at home
- At breakfast, say the day in Afrikaans together: “Vandag is dit Maandag!”
- Use one new word a day at home, and ask your child to teach it to someone else.
- Ask what Afrikaans came home from school this week, and play that topic together.
Every word in Grade 1
🍋 Food
- suurlemoen
- lemon
- appel
- apple
- piesang
- banana
- brood
- bread
- melk
- milk
- water
- water
- eier
- egg
- kaas
- cheese
- lemoen
- orange
- wortel
- carrot
- druiwe
- grapes
- aarbei
- strawberry
🏠 At home
- deur
- door
- venster
- window
- stoel
- chair
- bed
- bed
- huis
- house
- boek
- book
- bad
- bath
- sleutel
- key
- lig
- light
👃 My body
- oog
- eye
- neus
- nose
- oor
- ear
- mond
- mouth
- hand
- hand
- voet
- foot
- tand
- tooth
👕 Clothes
- hemp
- shirt
- broek
- trousers
- skoen
- shoe
- sokkies
- socks
- pet
- cap
- jas
- coat
- rok
- dress
🏫 At school
- skool
- school
- juffrou
- teacher (Miss)
- potlood
- pencil
- kryt
- crayon
- skêr
- scissors
- skooltas
- school bag
- liniaal
- ruler
- papier
- paper
- rekenaar
- computer
- klok
- bell
✋ In class
- staan op
- stand up
- sit asseblief
- please sit down
- luister mooi
- listen carefully
- kyk hier
- look here
- steek jou hand op
- put up your hand
- maak jou boek oop
- open your book
- wees stil
- be quiet
- kom hier
- come here
- Mag ek toilet toe gaan?
- May I go to the toilet?
- Ek verstaan nie
- I don’t understand
🌦️ Weather
- son
- sun
- reën
- rain
- wind
- wind
- wolk
- cloud
- sneeu
- snow
- reënboog
- rainbow
- weerlig
- lightning
- donderstorm
- thunderstorm
- warm
- hot
- koud
- cold
🐔 On the farm
- hoender
- chicken
- haan
- rooster
- kuiken
- chick
- eend
- duck
- bok
- goat
- konyn
- rabbit
- kalkoen
- turkey
- trekker
- tractor
🦒 Wild animals
- kameelperd
- giraffe
- sebra
- zebra
- renoster
- rhino
- seekoei
- hippo
- krokodil
- crocodile
- slang
- snake
- skilpad
- tortoise
- luiperd
- leopard
- buffel
- buffalo
🐞 Goggas (bugs)
- by
- bee
- mier
- ant
- skoenlapper
- butterfly
- spinnekop
- spider
- liewenheersbesie
- ladybird
- slak
- snail
- wurm
- worm
- vlieg
- fly
- muskiet
- mosquito
- ruspe
- caterpillar
🔢 11 to 20
- elf
- eleven
- twaalf
- twelve
- dertien
- thirteen
- veertien
- fourteen
- vyftien
- fifteen
- sestien
- sixteen
- sewentien
- seventeen
- agtien
- eighteen
- negentien
- nineteen
- twintig
- twenty
📅 Days of the week
- Maandag
- Monday
- Dinsdag
- Tuesday
- Woensdag
- Wednesday
- Donderdag
- Thursday
- Vrydag
- Friday
- Saterdag
- Saturday
- Sondag
- Sunday
🐱 One and many
- kat → katte
- cat, more than one
- hond → honde
- dog, more than one
- boek → boeke
- book, more than one
- appel → appels
- apple, more than one
- piesang → piesangs
- banana, more than one
- voël → voëls
- bird, more than one
- perd → perde
- horse, more than one
- vis → visse
- fish, more than one
- boom → bome
- tree, more than one
- skoen → skoene
- shoe, more than one
- eier → eiers
- egg, more than one
- muis → muise
- mouse, more than one
- stoel → stoele
- chair, more than one
- huis → huise
- house, more than one
- kind → kinders
- child, more than one
- oog → oë
- eye, more than one
- bal → balle
- ball, more than one
- ster → sterre
- star, more than one
- blom → blomme
- flower, more than one
- koei → koeie
- cow, more than one
🌻 In the garden
- blom
- flower
- boom
- tree
- blaar
- leaf
- gras
- grass
- sonneblom
- sunflower
- roos
- rose
- klip
- stone
- emmer
- bucket
- nes
- nest
- paddastoel
- mushroom
🐚 At the sea
- skulp
- shell
- krap
- crab
- walvis
- whale
- dolfyn
- dolphin
- haai
- shark
- seekat
- octopus
- pikkewyn
- penguin
- rob
- seal
- golf
- wave
- sand
- sand
🎂 Birthday
- geskenk
- present
- kers
- candle
- partytjie
- party
- verjaarsdagkoek
- birthday cake
- ballonne
- balloons
- Veels geluk!
- Happy birthday!
- suigstokkie
- lollipop
- roomys
- ice cream
- liedjie
- song
- kolwyntjie
- cupcake
🛋️ Rooms
- kombuis
- kitchen
- badkamer
- bathroom
- slaapkamer
- bedroom
- sitkamer
- lounge
- eetkamer
- dining room
- toilet
- toilet
- motorhuis
- garage
- tuin
- garden
- stoep
- stoep
🥪 Lunchbox
- toebroodjie
- sandwich
- botter
- butter
- heuning
- honey
- worsbroodjie
- hot dog
- pizza
- pizza
- skyfies
- chips
- koekie
- biscuit
- grondboontjies
- peanuts
- springmielies
- popcorn
👨👩👧 More family
- broer
- brother
- suster
- sister
- tannie
- aunt
- oom
- uncle
- neef
- cousin (boy)
- gesin
- family
- troeteldier
- pet
- tweeling
- twins
Questions parents ask
What Afrikaans do children learn in Grade 1?
In Grade 1 (Graad 1) children usually learn words for school and the classroom, the weather, the farm, goggas, numbers to 20, the days of the week and first plurals. The full list is below.
Does it follow the school curriculum?
It follows the themes South African schools use for Afrikaans First Additional Language (Eerste Addisionele Taal) in the Foundation Phase, grouped by grade.
Does it read the words aloud?
Yes. Every word and sentence is spoken with a natural South African Afrikaans voice.
Is it free?
The first topics are free, with no ads and no sign-up. The rest of the grade comes with Whyzies Plus.
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