🇿🇦 Afrikaans from 🇬🇧 English All Words
dogter
A1 noun Familie
🇬🇧 English: daughter
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🇿🇦 Luister & Herhaal (Afrikaans)

Definisie

🇿🇦 Afrikaans
noun

dogter

Definition

🇬🇧 English

A female child in relation to her parents.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Countable noun. Plural: daughters. Note the silent 'gh' — daughter is pronounced /ˈdɔː.tər/, not 'dag-ter'. Common collocations: eldest daughter, youngest daughter, daughter-in-law (your son's wife).

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

The phrase 'like mother, like daughter' means that a daughter is very similar to her mother in behaviour or appearance. 'Daughter tongue' is sometimes used poetically to describe a language that developed from an older one.

Voorbeeldsinne

Die vrou help haar dogter om toebroodjies te maak.

"Die vrou help haar dogter om toebroodjies te maak."

🇬🇧 "The woman is helping her daughter to make sandwiches."

He hugs his daughter.

"He hugs his daughter."

🇬🇧 "He hugs his daughter."

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