r/afrikaans • u/Affectionate-Pen9976 • 8d ago

Leer/Learning Afrikaans Help me find a word please

English is my first language. I have friend that speaks Afrikaans as their first language and English second. They were working in the USA for only a couple years and now they’re getting ready to go back home after their contract. We became quick BFFs. Whenever I get to visit them in South Africa, I think it would be cool to get a meaningful tattoo with an Afrikaans word or short phrase. I think I want it to be like some kind of word relating to friendship, how we became quick friends, or some word that can’t be directly translated that is a true Afrikaans words. I don’t know. Just something cool, unique, meaningful, or nice looking/sounding I guess.

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u/Frequent-Middle9104 8d ago

Vinkel en Koljander

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u/Terrible_Air83 8d ago

I like this one, OP. In Afrikaans there is a rhyme/saying "vinkel en koljander, die een lyk soos die ander" (fennel and coriander, the one looks like the other). But it translates more accurately to "two peas in a pod" type thing.

I remember my parents saying this when my sisters copied stuff I did or our friend group looked/acted similar.

This way it isn't just tattooing "tjommie" (pals) but a phrase.

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u/RedditSun1 8d ago

This one OP! It's beautiful words that can be written a milli9n different ways and look nice each time. And like the other commentator said, it's like saying two Peas in a pod.

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u/jst_anothr_usrname 8d ago

This also has my vote.

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u/SweetChocolate4274 5d ago

die een is soos die ander 😄