South African
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- adjective
- /ˈsaʊθ ˈæfrɪkən/
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sudafricano
- I'm sure that my accent is going to get a little bit better the longer that I'm in the South African Bush.
- the South African government
- the South African economy
- South African companies
So all of the South African food brands, e-mail them all.
- So all of the South African food brands, e-mail them all.
- And she did so against this barrage of horrible men in the South African Parliament.
- I worked with the South African lightweight mixed martial artist and a champion and.
- I was with Lady Slip, Lady Smith, Black Mambazo, who was an amazing South African group and they taught me so much.
- You're hired by the United Nations to advise southern South African government, as I was.
- She was one of the few agents who supported the South African white government.
- I left the, I left the South African Army.
- You know, Estonians, you know, a tribe of Native Americans, South African tribes, you know, the Rohingya in Myanmar.
- And then a line producer, a South African line producer was like, no, no, no, they they like helping you.
- Because the Dutch South African factory, they employed a lot of locals, also gave them shares from the company.
Examples
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Please get the head of South African Rugby for me.
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I'm Minister of Diplomatic Affairs for the South African consulate.
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...on the South African side.
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So all of the South African food brands, e-mail them all.
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And we were really lucky to have lunch here and they served local South African cuisine.
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She then became the first non white female judge ever appointed to the South African High Court.
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There are a multiplicity of organizations as well as individuals making for a dynamic South African society.
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An agreement was signed through which South African wool would be exchanged for Japanese cotton textiles.
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Well, they're here because Simon's Town is the main port of the South African Navy.
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Many South African artists have gained international recognition for their unique styles.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a native or inhabitant of South Africa' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'South' (indicating the southern region) with 'African' (relating to Africa), pointing to the country South Africa. This is a regular demonymic/compound formation common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
South African comes from the words South and Africa, meaning the southern part of the African continent; picture a map with the lower part of Africa highlighted. That's why the adjective describes something 'relating to South Africa or its people'.