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📘 Who this is for: CAPS, IEB, Cambridge students (FAL and SAL Grades 7–12) and adult Afrikaans learners. Learn how to use “hou van” in Afrikaans in more complex sentences, and how adjectives can change the meaning depending on where they are placed. Separating " hou " and " van " in a sentence. Words that tell us how much you like something can separate " hou van ." These are words like: baie (a lot/ many) regtig (really) nie (not) glad nie (not at all) niks (nothing) Example 1 Ek hou baie van appels. I like apples a lot. The grammar in the English sentence doesn't quite fit with how English speakers would normally say things. The natural way for a English speaker to say this sentence would be: Example 2 Ek hou niks van mense om my nie. I don’t like people around me at all. Literal translation: I like nothing of people around me. In Afrikaans we use the word “niks” between “ hou ” and “van” to show that you do not like something at all. You com...

📘 Who this is for: CAPS, IEB, Cambridge students (FAL and SAL Grades 7–12) and adult Afrikaans learners. Learn how to use “ hou van ” in Afrikaans to express likes and preferences. This lesson covers the basic sentence structure, word order, and simple examples to help beginners understand how to say what they like in everyday Afrikaans. What does " hou van " mean in Afrikaans. " Hou van " means " like " in Afrikaans if the two words are used together. " Hou van " is a multi word expression: meaning its 2 or more words with one meaning. Example 1 I like ice cream. Ek hou van roomys. Example 2 You like cats. Jy hou van katte. In both these examples " hou van " acts like the English word " like . " Make sure to use both " hou " and " van " in a sentence together if you want to say " like " in Afrikaans. What does "soos" mean. Note that " hou van " only means to lik...

📘 Who this is for: CAPS, IEB, Cambridge students (FAL and SAL Grades 7–12) and adult Afrikaans learners. Learn how to use 'om' and 'te' in Afrikaans if they are on their own and not part of the infinitive (om te)." " Om "  and " te "  on their own " Om te " can form an infinitive when they are used together in a sentence, but " om " and " te " can also be used on their own. However if either of these words are used without the other one they can mean something completely different.  "Om"  on its own On its own " om " means something like "around." Example 1 I like people around me. Ek hou van mense om my. Example 2 The children ran around the house. Die kinders het om die huis gehardloop. " Te "  on its own On its own "te" means "too."  Example 1 It is too hot. Dit is te warem. Example 2 There are too many people here. Daar is te veel mense hier....

📘 Who this is for: CAPS, IEB, Cambridge students (FAL and SAL Grades 7–12) and adult Afrikaans learners. There are some occasions in Afrikaans when you might think you need to use "om te," but shouldn't. In this lesson you will learn where not to use "om te" in Afrikaans even if it might feel like you should. Don't use the infinitive with these Afrikaans verbs. There are a few Afrikaans verbs that don't get the words "om te" directly after them even if it feels like they should. wil (want) kan (can) moet (must) sal (will) mag (may) English speakers might feel comfortable with most of these since they don't get a "to" in English either. The only exception is "wil," because "want" can be used with a "to" after it in English. Example 1 I want to sing . Ek wil sing . Even tough the English sentence gets a " to " the Afrikaans sentence does not get a " om te " because the verb ...

📘 Who this is for: CAPS, IEB, Cambridge students (FAL and SAL Grades 7–12) and adult Afrikaans learners. You should now understand the basics of infinitives in Afrikaans from doing the first lesson. Learn how to use infinitives in more advanced sentences with multiple verbs or infinitives in this lesson.

📘 Who this is for: CAPS, IEB, Cambridge students (FAL and SAL Grades 7–12) and adult Afrikaans learners. Struggling with infinitives in Afrikaans? They can be particularly tricky because infinitives in Afrikaans are often made up of two words, “om te”, instead of one, “to”, like in English. By the end of this lesson, you should understand the basics of Afrikaans infinitives.

📘 Who this is for: CAPS, IEB, Cambridge students (FAL and SAL Grades 7–12) and adult Afrikaans learners. Making sentences negative in Afrikaans can be tricky because the rules are very different from English. Once you understand them, they’re easy to apply. Learn to master the double negative (nie... nie) with clear explanations and examples.

  📘 Who this is for: CAPS, IEB, Cambridge students (FAL and SAL Grades 7–12) and adult Afrikaans learners. Can a sentence still be grammatically correct if it does not follow STOMPI ’n Sin kan nog steeds gramaties korrek wees al volg dit nie STOMP nie. As jy meer klem wil lê op een deel van die sin kan jy dit voorentoe skuif.   A sentence can still be grammatically correct even if it does not follow STOMP. If you want to emphasize one part of the sentence more you can move it forward

  📘 Who this is for: CAPS, IEB, Cambridge students (FAL and SAL Grades 7–12) and adult Afrikaans learners. What happens to STOMP if the sentence changes into a question or statement Die selfde gebeur as die sin in ’n vraag of ’n stelling verander anders wat sal gebeur as die sin van tyd verander. Die werkwoord skuif, maar die dele van STOMP bly dieselfde.   The same happens if the sentence changes into a statement or a question, other than what happens if the sentence changes tense. The verb moves around, but the parts of STOMP stay the same.

  📘 Who this is for: CAPS, IEB, Cambridge students (FAL and SAL Grades 7–12) and adult Afrikaans learners. Afrikaans sentence structure’s part 2 What happens to STOMP if the sentence changes tense As die tyd van ’n sin verander skuif die werkwoord rond, maar dele van STOMP bly dieselfde.   If the sentence changes tense the verb moves around, but the past of STOMP stays the same.  

  📘 Who this is for: CAPS, IEB, Cambridge students (FAL and SAL Grades 7–12) and adult Afrikaans learners. Om dinge maklik te maak vir die eerste paar lesse gaan ons net op STOMP fokus. Die “I” is meer ingewikkeld. Ons sal daarop fokus in les 4.   To keep things simple in the first few lessons, we will focus only on STOMP. The “I” is a bit more complex. We will focus on it in lesson 4.