Harry dives into pickleball during school visit
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Harry dives into pickleball during school visit

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Afrikaans
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The BbcSeptember 18, 2026View Source

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Prins Harry besoek 'n skool in Vancouver.

Prince Harry visits a school in Vancouver.

Prins→Princebesoek→visitsskool→school
Hy speel 'n nuwe sport met die kinders.

He plays a new sport with the children.

speel→playsnuwe→newmet→withkinders→children
Die sport se naam is pickleball.

The sport's name is pickleball.

se→s (possessive marker)naam→name
Harry lag en geniet die spel baie.

Harry laughs and enjoys the game a lot.

lag→laughsen→andgeniet→enjoysspel→gamebaie→a lot
Hierdie besoek is vir die Invictus Spele.

This visit is for the Invictus Games.

Hierdie→Thisbesoek→visitvir→forInvictus Spele→Invictus Games
Hy begin 'n nuwe program vir skole.

He starts a new program for schools.

begin→startsnuwe→newvir→forskole→schools
Kinders leer oor sport en gesondheid.

Children learn about sport and health.

Kinders→Childrenleer→learnoor→abouten→andgesondheid→health
Almal is baie bly om hom te sien.

Everyone is very happy to see him.

Almal→Everyonebaie→verybly→happyom→to/in order tohom→himte→(to)sien→see
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Key words and phrases from this article
besoek
visit
"Hy besoek sy ouma."
nuwe
new
"Ek het 'n nuwe motor."
spel
game
"Die spel is lekker."
program
program
"Die program is goed."
gesondheid
health
"Gesondheid is belangrik."
almal
everyone
"Almal gaan huis toe."
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