A Grammar of Afrikaans

adjectival adjectives adverbs Afrikaans apocopated baie bietjie boek Cape Town colloquial common commonly compound conjunction consonant constructions copula daar daardie definite article derived deur dié diminutive diphthong doen Dutch e.g. Ek e.g. Hy Ek weet English example finite verb gedoen gesien gewees going groot haar hierdie historically huis hulle hyphen iets infinitive inflected Johannesburg laat language loanwords long vowel maak maar main clause meaning meer mense modal modal verbs Moenie moes moet môre negator niks nooit Note object occurs omitted past participle past tense plural praat prefix preposition prepositional stranding Pretoria pronounced reference reflexive reflexive pronoun relative clause rendered scope marker short vowel siek sonder soos South Africa staan stand stress subordinate clause syllable synonymous twee usually vandag waar wees werk word order written