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B1 - To Be / To Have

A conjugated verb in all languages has a similar pattern. The verb is changed to indicate tense, or person, or mood or voice, etc. Do a Web search on "What is a conjugated verb?" if you need a better explanation.

Good news -- in Afrikaans only two verbs change form from one tense to the other, but they do not change to indicate person (i.e. with pronouns they remain the same). So, it is a minimal conjugation, whereas German, Dutch and English indicate person as well.

-TO BETO HAVE
PRESENTis
     Ek is, jy is, hy is, sy is, etc.
het
     Ek het, jy het, hy het, ...
PASTwas / was gewees
     Ek was, jy was, hy was, sy was, / also Ek was gewees.
het gehad
     Ek het gehad, jy het gehad, hy het gehad, ...
FUTUREsal wees
     Ek sal wees, jy sal wees, hy sal wees, sy sal wees, ...
sal hê
     Ek sal hê, jy sal hê, hy sal hê, etc.
INFINITIVE
om te wees
     Dit is goed om hier te wees.
om te hê
     Dit is goed om tyd te hê.

 

What's next?

Learn to use ... 

"TO BE" - OM TE WEES
- in tenses
- with questions
- with negation
- with modal helping verbs

"TO HAVE" - OM TE HÊ
- in tenses
- with questions
- with negation
- and with modal helping verbs