Question	Answer
the message	die boodskap
to mention	noem
He mentions his dog and cat in the report.	Hy noem sy hond en kat in die verslag.
the family	die familie
In the message they mention the whole family.	In die boodskap noem hulle die hele familie.
the brother	die broer
aloud	hardop
He reads the book aloud.	Hy lees die boek hardop.
to laugh	lag
My brother reads the message aloud and laughs.	My broer lees die boodskap hardop en lag.
to tell	vertel
the story	die storie
the son	die seun
He later tells the same story to his son.	Hy vertel later dieselfde storie aan sy seun.
to write down	skryf neer
I write down my plan in my new book.	Ek skryf my plan neer in my nuwe boek.
herself	haarself
She writes the story down to remind herself later.	Sy skryf die storie neer om haarself later te herinner.
the homework	die huiswerk
to admire	bewonder
I admire the fresh flowers in the garden.	Ek bewonder die vars blomme in die tuin.
himself	homself
He sees himself in the window.	Hy sien homself in die venster.
the mirror	die spieël
She sees herself in the mirror.	Sy sien haarself in die spieël.
Her brother helps her with the homework and admires himself in the mirror.	Haar broer help haar met die huiswerk en bewonder homself in die spieël.
the librarian	die bibliotekaris
the toy	die speelgoed
I ask the librarian for a book about toys.	Ek vra die bibliotekaris vir 'n boek oor speelgoed.
to search for	soek
among	tussen
the toy shelf	die speelgoedrak
The librarian searches for the book among the toy shelves.	Die bibliotekaris soek die boek tussen die speelgoedrakke.
grateful	dankbaar
We are grateful when the librarian finds the book.	Ons is dankbaar wanneer die bibliotekaris die boek vind.
She gratefully says “thank you” and gives a card to the librarian.	Sy sê dankbaar “dankie” en gee 'n kaartjie aan die bibliotekaris.
the couch	die bank
I sit on the couch.	Ek sit op die bank.
loudly	hard
The children play with the new toys on the couch and laugh loudly.	Die kinders speel met die nuwe speelgoed op die bank en lag hard.
the love	die liefde
to grow	groei
Flowers grow in the garden.	Blomme groei in die tuin.
I tell them that love grows when family laughs together.	Ek vertel hulle dat liefde groei wanneer familie saam lag.
the parent	die ouer
the gratitude	die dankbaarheid
My gratitude for my family grows every day.	My dankbaarheid vir my familie groei elke dag.
The parents send another message to show their gratitude for the love.	Die ouers stuur nog 'n boodskap om hul dankbaarheid vir die liefde te wys.
earlier	vroeër
I drank warm tea earlier.	Ek het vroeër warm tee gedrink.
I now search for the story that my parents told earlier.	Ek soek nou die storie wat my ouers vroeër vertel het.
to call	bel
The librarian searches with me and calls me when he finds it.	Die bibliotekaris soek saam met my en bel my wanneer hy dit kry.
the cellphone	die selfoon
silent	stil
to hear	hoor
I hear the dog outside the house.	Ek hoor die hond buite die huis.
She calls again, but the cellphone remains silent; I only hear my brother laugh.	Sy bel weer, maar die selfoon bly stil; ek hoor net my broer lag.
to finish	klaar kry
We want to finish the report before we sleep.	Ons wil die verslag klaar kry voordat ons slaap.
The son is grateful when he finishes his homework quickly.	Die seun is dankbaar wanneer hy sy huiswerk vinnig klaar kry.
finally	uiteindelik
The bus finally arrives.	Die bus kom uiteindelik.
We laugh when she finally finds the cellphone under her homework.	Ons lag wanneer sy uiteindelik die selfoon onder haar huiswerk vind.
all	al
All the people sit in the room.	Al die mense sit in die kamer.
the family member	die familielid
I see a family member at the station.	Ek sien ’n familielid by die stasie.
each other	mekaar
We help each other in the garden.	Ons help mekaar in die tuin.
that	dié
I eat that apple.	Ek eet dié appel.
the evening	die aand
She likes to read in the evening in the kitchen.	Sy lees graag in die aand in die kombuis.
to share	deel
I share my food with the dog.	Ek deel my kos met die hond.
All the family members call each other that evening to share stories and love.	Al die familielede bel mekaar dié aand om stories en liefde te deel.
to put	sit
I put my book on the toy shelf.	Ek sit my boek op die speelgoedrak.

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