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Afrikaans

Polish your Afrikaans towards near-native level, where register, proverbs and connotation carry as much meaning as the words themselves.

C2 · Near-Native Fluency

Connotation and shifting register Konnotasie en register

die registerthe register (level of formality)REH-ghis-ter
die konnotasiethe connotationkon-noh-TAH-see
die nuansethe nuancenoo-AHN-suh

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