Step 3: Subject Pronouns
| Object | Pronouns | |
| ek | • | I |
| jy (informeel) -- u (formeel) | • | you |
| hy — sy — dit | • | he — she — it |
| ons | • | we |
| julle | • | you (plural) |
| hulle | • | they |
Steps to Mastery
Practise till you have the pronouns memorized, (Slow) ... (Faster) ... and then (Fastest) then do the test questions.
Step 3a: Test Your recall (slow)
"X" sien die professor.
As each image pop up, say the sentence with the pronoun it represents in Afrikaans.
When you are confident, move on to the faster option...
Step 3b: Test Your recall (faster)
"X" sien die professor.
As each image pop up, say the sentence with the pronoun it represents in Afrikaans.
When you are confident, move on to the fastest option...
Step 3c: Test Your recall (fastest)
"X" sien die professor.
As each image pop up, say the pronoun only represented in Afrikaans.
When you are confident, you are now ready to move on to Step 4: Object Pronouns.
Test Questions
Answer the following two questions
- Explain the function of pronouns in general and subject pronouns specifically and give examples.
- What would a sentence look like if the concept of pronouns did not exist?
Without hesitation, complete the following:
- (HE) loop deur die park. (... walks through the park.)
- (WE) loop deur die park.
- (SHE) loop deur die park.
- (I) loop deur die park.
- (YOU) loop deur die park.
- (YOU formal) loop deur die park.
- (YOU GUYS) loop deur die park.
- (THEY) loop deur die park.
- (IT) loop deur die park.
Now, go to: Step 4: Object Pronouns in Afrikaans.