English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "sprokie" is 'n storie, tipies vir kinders, wat magiese gebeure en denkbeeldige wesens soos feetjies, drake, hekse en pratende diere behels. Sprokiesverhale bevat dikwels elemente van betowering, verwondering en morele lesse. Hulle is gewoonlik in 'n verafgeleë of fantastiese land geleë en beskik oor helde en heldinne wat struikelblokke en teëspoed moet oorkom om hul doelwitte te bereik of geluk te vind. Sprokiesverhale is 'n gewilde genre in letterkunde en is deur generasies oorgedra in verskeie kulture regoor die wêreld.

Synonyms

  1. fairy story
  2. fairy tale

Sentence Examples

  1. Were a man to skim the surface he would fall in love with a fairytale, an ideal that would soon enough shatter and scar.
  2. For a moment she saw an underwater world straight from a fairytale.
  3. To him, it sounded like a fairytale version of the Bible.
  4. Unsurprisingly, no other fairytale creatures have come out of the woodwork since.
  5. This fellow looked like something out of a fairytale.
  6. She allowed the warm thoughts and daydreams of a fairytale lifestyle to carry her swiftly to the stables.