What your child practises
Tens to 100
twintig, dertig, veertig, vyftig…
Months
Januarie, Februarie, Maart, April…
Make a sentence
Die kat is swart., Die hond hardloop., Die son is warm., Ek eet ’n appel.…
Today and tomorrow
vandag, môre, gister, oggend…
More doing words
kyk, luister, praat, dink…
Describing words
mooi, snaaks, slim, sterk…
More opposites
sag ↔ hard, skoon ↔ vuil, soet ↔ suur, vroeg ↔ laat…
Talking with friends
Aangename kennis., Kom ons speel!, Kom na my huis toe., Bel my.…
First, second, third
eerste, tweede, derde, vierde…
Numbers to 100
een-en-twintig, vyf-en-twintig, twee-en-dertig, sewe-en-veertig…
Land and water
rivier, woestyn, vulkaan, eiland…
South African food
boerewors, melktert, koeksister, biltong…
Longer sentences
Ons gaan Maandag skool toe., My verjaarsdag is in Mei., Die olifant het ’n lang slurp., Ek lees elke dag ’n boek.…
How Whyzies teaches it
- 13 topics for Grade 3, 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
- Describe a toy or a pet in Afrikaans together: “My hond is groot en vriendelik.”
- 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 3
💯 Tens to 100
- twintig
- twenty
- dertig
- thirty
- veertig
- forty
- vyftig
- fifty
- sestig
- sixty
- sewentig
- seventy
- tagtig
- eighty
- negentig
- ninety
- honderd
- a hundred
🗓️ Months
- Januarie
- January
- Februarie
- February
- Maart
- March
- April
- April
- Mei
- May
- Junie
- June
- Julie
- July
- Augustus
- August
- September
- September
- Oktober
- October
- November
- November
- Desember
- December
🧩 Make a sentence
- Die kat is swart.
- The cat is black.
- Die hond hardloop.
- The dog runs.
- Die son is warm.
- The sun is hot.
- Ek eet ’n appel.
- I eat an apple.
- Ek lees ’n boek.
- I read a book.
- Ek gaan skool toe.
- I go to school.
- Ek drink water.
- I drink water.
- Die vis kan swem.
- The fish can swim.
- Dit reën vandag.
- It is raining today.
- Die ballon is rooi.
- The balloon is red.
- Die olifant is groot.
- The elephant is big.
- Ek is moeg.
- I am tired.
- Ma bak brood.
- Mom bakes bread.
- Ons speel met die bal.
- We play with the ball.
- Die voël sing.
- The bird sings.
- Pa se motor is blou.
- Dad’s car is blue.
- Die koei sê moe.
- The cow says moo.
- Ek is nie moeg nie.
- I am not tired.
- Die muis is nie groot nie.
- The mouse is not big.
📆 Today and tomorrow
- vandag
- today
- môre
- tomorrow
- gister
- yesterday
- oggend
- morning
- middag
- afternoon
- aand
- evening
- nag
- night
- week
- week
- maand
- month
- jaar
- year
- nou
- now
- later
- later
🧗 More doing words
- kyk
- look
- luister
- listen
- praat
- talk
- dink
- think
- werk
- work
- bou
- build
- teken
- draw
- verf
- paint
- klim
- climb
- ry
- drive
- vlieg
- fly
- gooi
- throw
- vang
- catch
- help
- help
✨ Describing words
- mooi
- beautiful
- snaaks
- funny
- slim
- clever
- sterk
- strong
- vriendelik
- friendly
- dapper
- brave
- stil
- quiet
- raserig
- noisy
- lekker
- tasty
- skoon
- clean
- vuil
- dirty
- sag
- soft
- sout
- salty
- soet
- sweet
- suur
- sour
⚖️ More opposites
- sag ↔ hard
- soft ↔ hard
- skoon ↔ vuil
- clean ↔ dirty
- soet ↔ suur
- sweet ↔ sour
- vroeg ↔ laat
- early ↔ late
- eerste ↔ laaste
- first ↔ last
- meer ↔ minder
- more ↔ less
- aan ↔ af
- on ↔ off
- gee ↔ vat
- give ↔ take
- lag ↔ huil
- laugh ↔ cry
- man ↔ vrou
- man ↔ woman
- naby ↔ ver
- near ↔ far
- reg ↔ verkeerd
- right ↔ wrong
- swaar ↔ lig
- heavy ↔ light
🤗 Talking with friends
- Aangename kennis.
- Nice to meet you.
- Kom ons speel!
- Let’s play!
- Kom na my huis toe.
- Come to my house.
- Bel my.
- Phone me.
- Dis snaaks!
- That’s funny!
- Goeie idee!
- Good idea!
- Wag vir my!
- Wait for me!
- Baie goed!
- Very good!
- Ek mis jou.
- I miss you.
- Sien jou môre!
- See you tomorrow!
- Sterkte!
- Good luck!
- Ek is bly.
- I’m glad.
🥇 First, second, third
- eerste
- first
- tweede
- second
- derde
- third
- vierde
- fourth
- vyfde
- fifth
- sesde
- sixth
- sewende
- seventh
- agtste
- eighth
- negende
- ninth
- tiende
- tenth
🔢 Numbers to 100
- een-en-twintig
- twenty-one
- vyf-en-twintig
- twenty-five
- twee-en-dertig
- thirty-two
- sewe-en-veertig
- forty-seven
- ses-en-vyftig
- fifty-six
- drie-en-sestig
- sixty-three
- agt-en-sewentig
- seventy-eight
- vier-en-tagtig
- eighty-four
- nege-en-negentig
- ninety-nine
- honderd
- a hundred
🏞️ Land and water
- rivier
- river
- woestyn
- desert
- vulkaan
- volcano
- eiland
- island
- see
- sea
- berg
- mountain
- bos
- forest
🍲 South African food
- boerewors
- boerewors (sausage)
- melktert
- milk tart
- koeksister
- koeksister
- biltong
- biltong (dried meat)
- rooibostee
- rooibos tea
- vetkoek
- vetkoek (fried bread)
- bobotie
- bobotie
- potjiekos
- potjiekos (stew)
- roosterkoek
- roosterkoek (braai bread)
📝 Longer sentences
- Ons gaan Maandag skool toe.
- We go to school on Monday.
- My verjaarsdag is in Mei.
- My birthday is in May.
- Die olifant het ’n lang slurp.
- The elephant has a long trunk.
- Ek lees elke dag ’n boek.
- I read a book every day.
- Ons eet vanaand pizza.
- We are eating pizza tonight.
- Dit het gister gereën.
- It rained yesterday.
- Ek het gister sokker gespeel.
- I played soccer yesterday.
- Die hond het vinnig gehardloop.
- The dog ran fast.
- Ma het appels gekoop.
- Mom bought apples.
- Ons kyk televisie.
- We are watching TV.
- Die blomme is mooi.
- The flowers are beautiful.
- Die kinders speel buite.
- The children are playing outside.
- Pa bestuur die motor.
- Dad drives the car.
- Dit is baie koud vandag.
- It is very cold today.
- Die kat is nie honger nie.
- The cat is not hungry.
- Kan ek asseblief help?
- Can I help, please?
Questions parents ask
What Afrikaans do children learn in Grade 3?
In Grade 3 (Graad 3) children usually learn months, describing words, more opposites, numbers to 100, South African food and longer sentences, including the past tense. 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 3 topics come with Whyzies Plus.
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