What your child practises
🥕
Fruit and veg
aartappel, tamatie, ui, pampoen…
🍽️
Meals
ontbyt, pap, vleis, rys…
🥄
Around the house
lepel, mes, vurk, bord…
🚗
Getting around
motor, bus, taxi, trein…
📍
Places
winkel, hospitaal, kerk, strand…
💪
More body
hare, been, arm, tong…
🧣
More clothes
hoed, handskoene, serp, bril…
🏃
Doing things
hardloop, loop, swem, slaap…
❓
Asking questions
Wat is jou naam?, My naam is Wiz., Hoe oud is jy?, Ek is ses jaar oud.…
↔️
Opposites
groot ↔ klein, warm ↔ koud, vinnig ↔ stadig, oop ↔ toe…
🧑⚕️
People who help
dokter, verpleegster, polisiebeampte, brandweerman…
🏉
Sport
sokker, rugby, krieket, vlugbal…
🕒
What time is it?
eenuur, twee-uur, drie-uur, vieruur…
🍂
Seasons
somer, winter, herfs, lente…
🪙
Money
muntstuk, banknoot, geld, trollie…
🛍️
At the shop
Hoeveel kos dit?, Ek wil brood koop., Hier is die geld., Dankie, meneer.…
📦
Where is it?
op, onder, in, langs…
❔
Question words
wie?, wat?, waar?, wanneer?…
🙋
I, you, we
ek, jy, hy, sy…
🐣
Little ones (-tjie)
hond → hondjie, kat → katjie, huis → huisie, boom → boompie…
🦷
More one and many
bed → beddens, motor → motors, meisie → meisies, seun → seuns…
🦉
Animals everywhere
uil, vlermuis, jakkals, wolf…
🚀
Sky and space
maan, ster, son, aarde…
📝
School day
wiskunde, Engels, Afrikaans, kuns…
🧩
First sentences
Die son is geel., Ek het ’n hond., Ek hou van piesangs., Dit is my huis.…
How Whyzies teaches it
- 25 topics for Grade 2, 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
- Play “shop” at home with a few coins: “Hoeveel kos dit?”
- 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 2
🥕 Fruit and veg
- aartappel
- potato
- tamatie
- tomato
- ui
- onion
- pampoen
- pumpkin
- perske
- peach
- peer
- pear
- waatlemoen
- watermelon
- pynappel
- pineapple
- mielie
- mealie (corn)
- kool
- cabbage
🍽️ Meals
- ontbyt
- breakfast
- pap
- porridge
- vleis
- meat
- rys
- rice
- sop
- soup
- koek
- cake
- lekkers
- sweets
- sap
- juice
- tee
- tea
- braai
- braai
🥄 Around the house
- lepel
- spoon
- mes
- knife
- vurk
- fork
- bord
- plate
- koppie
- cup
- pan
- pan
- televisie
- TV
- foon
- phone
- horlosie
- clock
- seep
- soap
- tandeborsel
- toothbrush
- sambreel
- umbrella
🚗 Getting around
- motor
- car
- bus
- bus
- taxi
- taxi
- trein
- train
- vliegtuig
- aeroplane
- fiets
- bicycle
- boot
- boat
- vragmotor
- truck
- motorfiets
- motorbike
- helikopter
- helicopter
📍 Places
- winkel
- shop
- hospitaal
- hospital
- kerk
- church
- strand
- beach
- berg
- mountain
- see
- sea
- stad
- city
- bos
- forest
- tuin
- garden
💪 More body
- hare
- hair
- been
- leg
- arm
- arm
- tong
- tongue
- vinger
- finger
- hart
- heart
- brein
- brain
🧣 More clothes
- hoed
- hat
- handskoene
- gloves
- serp
- scarf
- bril
- glasses
- stewels
- boots
- plakkies
- flip-flops
- swembroek
- swimsuit
- das
- tie
🏃 Doing things
- hardloop
- run
- loop
- walk
- swem
- swim
- slaap
- sleep
- eet
- eat
- drink
- drink
- lees
- read
- skryf
- write
- sing
- sing
- dans
- dance
- huil
- cry
- lag
- laugh
❓ Asking questions
- Wat is jou naam?
- What is your name?
- My naam is Wiz.
- My name is Wiz.
- Hoe oud is jy?
- How old are you?
- Ek is ses jaar oud.
- I am six years old.
- Waar woon jy?
- Where do you live?
- Mag ek asseblief water kry?
- May I please have some water?
- Hoe laat is dit?
- What time is it?
- Wil jy speel?
- Do you want to play?
↔️ Opposites
- groot ↔ klein
- big ↔ small
- warm ↔ koud
- hot ↔ cold
- vinnig ↔ stadig
- fast ↔ slow
- oop ↔ toe
- open ↔ closed
- dag ↔ nag
- day ↔ night
- bly ↔ hartseer
- happy ↔ sad
- oud ↔ jonk
- old ↔ young
- nat ↔ droog
- wet ↔ dry
- op ↔ af
- up ↔ down
- lank ↔ kort
- tall ↔ short
- lig ↔ donker
- light ↔ dark
🧑⚕️ People who help
- dokter
- doctor
- verpleegster
- nurse
- polisiebeampte
- police officer
- brandweerman
- firefighter
- boer
- farmer
- kok
- cook
- bouer
- builder
- onderwyser
- teacher
- tandarts
- dentist
- posman
- postman
- vlieënier
- pilot
🏉 Sport
- sokker
- soccer
- rugby
- rugby
- krieket
- cricket
- vlugbal
- volleyball
- tennis
- tennis
- gholf
- golf
- hokkie
- hockey
- boks
- boxing
- fietsry
- cycling
- karate
- karate
🕒 What time is it?
- eenuur
- one o’clock
- twee-uur
- two o’clock
- drie-uur
- three o’clock
- vieruur
- four o’clock
- vyfuur
- five o’clock
- sesuur
- six o’clock
- sewe-uur
- seven o’clock
- agtuur
- eight o’clock
- nege-uur
- nine o’clock
- tienuur
- ten o’clock
- elfuur
- eleven o’clock
- twaalfuur
- twelve o’clock
🍂 Seasons
- somer
- summer
- winter
- winter
- herfs
- autumn
- lente
- spring
- mis
- fog
- ys
- ice
- tornado
- tornado
- termometer
- thermometer
🪙 Money
- muntstuk
- coin
- banknoot
- banknote
- geld
- money
- trollie
- trolley
- strokie
- till slip
- kaart
- card
- beursie
- purse
- spaarvarkie
- piggy bank
- koop
- buy
- verkoop
- sell
- duur
- expensive
🛍️ At the shop
- Hoeveel kos dit?
- How much does it cost?
- Ek wil brood koop.
- I want to buy bread.
- Hier is die geld.
- Here is the money.
- Dankie, meneer.
- Thank you, sir.
- Dankie, mevrou.
- Thank you, ma’am.
- Waar is die winkel?
- Where is the shop?
- ’n Brood, asseblief.
- A loaf of bread, please.
- Het jy melk?
- Do you have milk?
- Dis al, dankie.
- That’s all, thanks.
- Mag ek die strokie kry?
- May I have the slip?
📦 Where is it?
- op
- on
- onder
- under
- in
- in
- langs
- next to
- agter
- behind
- voor
- in front of
- tussen
- between
- links
- left
- regs
- right
- bo
- above
- naby
- near
- ver
- far
❔ Question words
- wie?
- who?
- wat?
- what?
- waar?
- where?
- wanneer?
- when?
- hoekom?
- why?
- hoe?
- how?
- watter?
- which?
- hoeveel?
- how many?
🙋 I, you, we
- ek
- I
- jy
- you
- hy
- he
- sy
- she
- ons
- we
- julle
- you (all of you)
- hulle
- they
- my
- my
- jou
- your
🐣 Little ones (-tjie)
- hond → hondjie
- dog, a little one
- kat → katjie
- cat, a little one
- huis → huisie
- house, a little one
- boom → boompie
- tree, a little one
- voël → voëltjie
- bird, a little one
- vis → vissie
- fish, a little one
- boek → boekie
- book, a little one
- bal → balletjie
- ball, a little one
- stoel → stoeltjie
- chair, a little one
- skoen → skoentjie
- shoe, a little one
- blom → blommetjie
- flower, a little one
- ster → sterretjie
- star, a little one
- perd → perdjie
- horse, a little one
- muis → muisie
- mouse, a little one
- son → sonnetjie
- sun, a little one
- bed → bedjie
- bed, a little one
- deur → deurtjie
- door, a little one
- maan → maantjie
- moon, a little one
🦷 More one and many
- bed → beddens
- bed, more than one
- motor → motors
- car, more than one
- meisie → meisies
- girl, more than one
- seun → seuns
- boy, more than one
- dag → dae
- day, more than one
- skip → skepe
- ship, more than one
- stad → stede
- city, more than one
- lip → lippe
- lip, more than one
- vinger → vingers
- finger, more than one
- tand → tande
- tooth, more than one
- voet → voete
- foot, more than one
- hand → hande
- hand, more than one
- oor → ore
- ear, more than one
- neus → neuse
- nose, more than one
- glas → glase
- glass, more than one
- bord → borde
- plate, more than one
- lepel → lepels
- spoon, more than one
- vurk → vurke
- fork, more than one
- mes → messe
- knife, more than one
- pen → penne
- pen, more than one
🦉 Animals everywhere
- uil
- owl
- vlermuis
- bat
- jakkals
- jackal
- wolf
- wolf
- beer
- bear
- kangaroe
- kangaroo
- kameel
- camel
- pou
- peacock
- flamink
- flamingo
- papegaai
- parrot
- arend
- eagle
- krimpvarkie
- hedgehog
- tier
- tiger
- haas
- hare
🚀 Sky and space
- maan
- moon
- ster
- star
- son
- sun
- aarde
- earth
- planeet
- planet
- vuurpyl
- rocket
- ruimtevaarder
- astronaut
- komeet
- comet
- satelliet
- satellite
- wolk
- cloud
📝 School day
- wiskunde
- maths
- Engels
- English
- Afrikaans
- Afrikaans
- kuns
- art
- musiek
- music
- pouse
- break time
- huiswerk
- homework
- toets
- test
- klaskamer
- classroom
- skoolbus
- school bus
🧩 First sentences
- Die son is geel.
- The sun is yellow.
- Ek het ’n hond.
- I have a dog.
- Ek hou van piesangs.
- I like bananas.
- Dit is my huis.
- This is my house.
- Die kat slaap.
- The cat sleeps.
- Ons eet brood.
- We eat bread.
- Die bus is groot.
- The bus is big.
- Die reën is koud.
- The rain is cold.
- My ma is lief.
- My mom is sweet.
- Ek kan teken.
- I can draw.
- Hy skop die bal.
- He kicks the ball.
- Sy kan swem.
- She can swim.
- Die appel is rooi.
- The apple is red.
- Die voël kan vlieg.
- The bird can fly.
- Dit is nag.
- It is night.
Questions parents ask
What Afrikaans do children learn in Grade 2?
In Grade 2 (Graad 2) children usually learn food, the house, people who help us, money and the shop, telling the time, little words with -tjie and first sentences. 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 80 Afrikaans words are free, with no ads and no sign-up. The Grade 2 topics come with Whyzies Plus.
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