Formatting Image - Ignore Formatting Image - Ignore
Afrikaans Portal
Formatting Image - Ignore
Afrikaans Portal
Formatting Image - Ignore

Afrikaans Greetings (English to Afrikaans)

Ever wondered how to properly greet someone in Afrikaans? This page should help!

First up are the translations that will have you saying hello, followed by a few timely greetings to be used during certain parts of the day, and finally a few ways to say goodbye.

Note: Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view this list of greetings from Afrikaans to English.


Hello (English to Afrikaans):

Hello ➔ Hallo

Hi ➔ Haai

Welcome ➔ Welkom


Timely Greetings (English to Afrikaans):

Good morning ➔ Goeie môre

Good afternoon ➔ Goeie middag

Good evening ➔ Goeie naand


Nice to Meet You:

Pleased to meet you. (Formal) ➔ Aangename kennis.

Pleased to meet you. (Informal) ➔ Lekker om jou te ontmoet.


Goodbye (English to Afrikaans):

Farewell ➔ Voerspoort

Good bye ➔ Tot siens

Have a nice day! ➔ Lekker dag!


*English to Afrikaans greetings last updated: March 14, 2018.



Next Up

Common Words and Phrases: Learn how to say common words and phrases in Afrikaans.


Perhaps you want to learn greetings and goodbyes in these other languages?

Afrikaans, Arabic, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Mandarin, Maori, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Swedish, Urdu, and Vietnamese.


The Fine Print

I don't speak Afrikaans myself, so there could be mistakes in the translations. Most of what is here is user-submitted, but I do try to check for accuracy and make corrections as I can. Thanks for your understanding.



© 2003 - 2024 Chromlea Language Tutor
Privacy | Amazon Disclosure