Mastering Afrikaans Sentence Structure: Part 2 – STOMPI in Different Tenses

 

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.

 

Die meisie skryf elke middag haar huiswerk netjies in haar kamer.

S	Subject/ voorwerp	Die meisie
T	Time/ tyd	elke middag
O	Object/ onderwerp	haar huiswerk
M	Means/ wyse	netjies
P	Place/ plek	in haar kamer

 

Past tense	Present tense	Future tense
Die meisie het elke middag haar huiswerk netjies in haar kamer gedoen.	Die meisie doen elke middag haar huiswerk netjies in haar kamer.	Die meisie sal elke middag haar huiswerk netjies in haar kamer doen.

 

 

Soos jy kan sien, die werkwoord skuif rond as die sin se tyd verander, maar die res van die sin bly dieselfde. In die algemeen is die werkwoord net agter die onderwerp in die teenwoordige tyd en skuif na die einde van die sin in die verlede- en toekomstige tyd, maar daar is uitsonderings. As jy meer oor die posisie van die werkwoord in Afrikaans wil leer, kyk asseblief na my lesse oor tye.

 

As you can see the verb moves around between tenses in these sentences, but the rest of the sentence stays the same. Generally, the verb is after the subject in present tense and moves to the back of the sentence in past- and future tense, but there are exceptions. If you would like to learn more about the movement of the verb in Afrikaans, please refer to my lessons on tenses.

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Mastering Afrikaans Sentence Structure: Part 3 – STOMPI (Qeustion vs Statement)

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