How to conjugate a verb in Afrikaans

How to conjugate a verb in Afrikaans

You want to learn how to conjugate Afrikaans verbs? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Afrikaans lessons complete with useful examples. I speak, you speak, we all speak... we make learning Afrikaans verbs fun.

Afrikaans verb conjugation: I

Verbs are used to describe actions. Afrikaans verbs in the present tense do not conjugate for each person. This means that the verb stays the same for 'I', 'you', 'he', 'they' etc. This is similar to the case in English.

Examples

Ek ken die man
I know the man
ek aandra
I bring
ek werk
I work
ek hoor
I hear
ek kan
I can
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About Afrikaans

About Afrikaans

Afrikaans is one of the 11 official languages of South Africa. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Afrikaans would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Basic words and phrases in Afrikaans

Learn to get by in Afrikaans with these useful words and phrases. We'll begin by learning some basic Afrikaans phrases which you can use for everyday communication.

Welkom!
Welcome !
Is jy oukei ?
Are you okay ?
Alles reg ?
Everything okay ?
Hoe gaan dit ?
How are you doing ?
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Step 8 : Afrikaans verbs

Verbs are used to describe actions. There are 1000's of verbs that you can learn in Afrikaans. A good approach would be to start out by learning just three Afrikaans verbs by heart. We suggest you learn the Afrikaans verbs sien, wil and hou van (see, want, like). Using the nouns boek, stoel and deur (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each verb with each noun (I want the book, you see the chair, they like the door etc.). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Afrikaans verbs including useful examples. After you've learned using the three verbs sien, wil and hou van by heart you can move on to Step 9 (Afrikaans possessive pronouns).

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