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My Granny!I call my Mom's mom Gabby and my Dad's mom Gagas. I like to go shopping with my granny's (by myself) because I can talk with her and she can talk with me. Gabby taught me to knit. I will always remember Gabby when I do crosswords because she loves them .she does them night and day. She goes to church nearly every day. Gagas spoils me a lot and I will remember her when I buy an ostrich egg because she sells them and has them all over her house.
Danielle. P in Afrikaans: [translation kindness of Rean Opperman] Ek noem my ma se ma Gabby en my pa se ma noem ek Gagas. Ek hou daarvan om te gaan inkopies doen saam met my ouma, want ek kan met haar praat, en sy met my. Gabby het my geleer om te brei. Ek sal altyd vir Gabby onthou wanneer ek blokkiesraaisels doen, omdat sy so baie daarvan hou. Sy doen hulle dag en nag. Sy gaan amper elke dag kerk toe. Gagas bederf my baie en ek sal haar altyd onthou as ek 'n volstruiseier koop, omdat sy hulle verkoop en die huis vol is daarvan. Danielle P 10 jaar, Graad 4M I call my grandmother: granny, grosmami, which is Swiss and grosmouter, which is German. My mom is Swiss, my dad is Dutch and my brother and I are Swutch. It's funny, isn't it. From Alexandra U. in Afrikaans: [translation kindness of Rean Opperman] Ek noem my ouma Grosmami, wat Sweeds is, en ook Grosmouter, wat Duits is. My ma is Sweeds, my pa is Nederlands, en ek en my broer is "Swutch" (Swiss + Dutch). Dis nogal snaaks, is dit nie? Van Alexandra U I call my paternal grandmother ya-ya because she is greek when I looked at the web site I could not see it. FROM KATHERINE
in Afrikaans: [translation kindness of Rean Opperman] Ek noem my ouma Ya-ya, omdat sy Grieks is, toe ek na die web-area gekyk het, kon ek dit nie sien nie. Van Katherine
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The way of saying grandmother in Afrikaans is Ouma (Ou as in obe, Ma as in Margaret) The word for "grandmother" in Xhosa is umakhulu - pronounced "ooo maa koo lu" The Zulu for GrandMom is Gogo, not as in "go for a walk" but as in the "o" in order.
Carolynn B
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