Making Tenses Easy in Afrikaans: Part 9 – "Ge'" inside verbs in the past tense

 

In this lesson, you will learn how prepositions affect the different tenses. By the end of the lesson, you will be able to form Afrikaans sentences with prepositions in them without difficulty.

Prepositions and tenses.

Some verbs are made up of a combination of a verb and prepositions. Prepositions are words that tell you where someone or something is.

In the present tense, the preposition goes after the verb, like the rest of the sentence normally does.

 

Example 1

Ek staan op.

 

In the future tense, the preposition follows the verb to the back of the sentence and becomes the first part of the word.

 

Example 2

Ek sal opstaan.

 

The preposition also follows the verb to the back in the past tense. In the past tense, "ge" is then placed between the preposition and the verb.

 

Example 3

Ek het opgestaan.

 

Past tense	Present tense	Future tense
Ek het by die huis uitgekom.	Ek kom by die huis uit.	Ek sal by die huis uitkom.
Hy het die deur oopgemaak.	Hy maak die deur oop.	Hy sal die deur oopmaak.
My hond het teruggekom	My hond kom terug.	My hond sal terugkom.
Sy het die lig aangesit.	Sy sit die lig aan.	Sy sal die lig aansit.
Die man het weggeloop.	Die man loop weg	Die man sal wegloop.

 

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Making Tenses Easy in Afrikaans: Part 10 – "Gaan" in the Future Tense

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