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TO HAVE in TENSES

het
present
het gehad
past
sal
future

Examples (voorbeelde):
— Janet het 'n visie vir die skool.
— Janet sal 'n visie vir die skool hê.
— Janet het 'n visie vir die skool gehad.
— Janet het vriende.
— Janet sal vriende hê.
— Janet het vriende gehad.

  • Ready to start? Now do the OEFENINGE for Hê:

Oefen, ... oefen, ... oefen.

Step 1: Understand and reproduce accurately.
Step 2: Automate. Do it without having to think. Mastery means you can do it with no hesitation.
Tip: Practice as much as you can. You can even use English sentences to manipulate. E.g.
I have a permit. > I SAL a permit Hê. > I HET a permit GEHAD.

HET Ek het baie tyd. Ons het sonenergie by die huis. Die baba het koors. Anet het 'n rekenaar. Sannie het 'n ring aan haar vinger. Die bank het baie geld.

TO BE and TO HAVE (tenses)

... om te wees, of om nie te wees nie — dit is die vraag!

What is a conjugated verb?

Maybe the easiest way to describe what a conjugated verb is, is to pretend conjugation does not exist. Then, we would say: "Yesterday I is sick, and today I is still a little sick, but by tomorrow I will not is sick anymore, I is sure."

I am sure you now have a great idea what conjugation is. In Latin for example, the conjugation was so important, you would say "Amo" to say I love, and "Amat" to say He loves. In English we have love and loves, but we still need to say "I" and "He" or you would not be clear on the meaning. In Afrikaans the pronouns I, you, he-she-it, we, you, they all use the same form of the verb.

All Afrikaans verbs, except these two, use the same form of the verb for Present, Future, and Past. These two verbs have one form for the present, one form for the past, and a third for the future tense.

Here are the two verbs: TO BE and TO HAVE.

Tenses: Present - Future - Past

TO BE - OM TE WEES

 TO HAVE - OM TE Hê

Present Tense: IS
Future Tense: sal WEES
Past Tense: WAS or was GEWEES
 Present Tense: HET
Future Tense: sal Hê
Past Tense: het geHAD

Examples (voorbeelde):

— Janet is hier.
— Janet sal Sondag hier wees.
— Janet was hier (gewees).

— Janet is siek.
— Janet sal siek wees.
— Janet was siek (gewees).

 
Examples (voorbeelde):

— Janet het 'n visie vir die skool.
— Janet sal 'n visie vir die skool hê.
— Janet het 'n visie vir die skool gehad.

— Janet het vriende.
— Janet sal vriende hê.
— Janet het vriende gehad.

Note: Later on, when you learn about the MODALS kan, wil, mag, and moet. Use and WEES with modals.

  • Ready to start? Now do the OEFENINGE for Hê and WEES below:

Oefen, ... oefen, ... oefen.

Step 1: Understand and reproduce accurately.
Step 2: Automate. Do it without having to think. Mastery means you can do it with no hesitation.
Tip: Practice as much as you can. You can even use English sentences to manipulate. E.g.
My laundry IS dirty. > My laundry SAL dirty WEES. > My laundry WAS dirty.  
I have a permit. > I SAL a permit Hê. > I HET a permit GEHAD.

IS
Die boek is interessant.
Die winkel is oop.
My pa is by die werk.
Die dokumente is weg.
$5 is genoeg.
Die swemles is gratis.
HET
Ek het baie tyd.
Ons het sonenergie by die huis.
Die baba het koors.
Anet het 'n rekenaar.
Sannie het 'n ring aan haar vinger.
Die bank het baie geld.