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Verlede Tyd
Formula: subject + het + rest of sentence + ge + verb
Time Formula: Time + het + subject + rest of sentence + ge + verb
Time Words Changing Words
• verlede ( all v words except volgende ) • is —> was
• gelede • kan —> kon
• laas jaar • sal —> sou No het + no ge !
• vroeër • wil —> wou
• gister • moet —> moes
• daardie dag
• toe
• vorige dag
Rules
1. If the verb begins with “ge, be, her, ver, ont, het, mis” —> it gets no ‘ge’
2. If there is 2 verbs and they can be done at the same time ( v1 generally sit, loop, lê, staan ) —> only 1st verb
gets ‘ge’
3. If there is 2 verbs and they can’t be done at the same time —> both verbs get ‘ge’
4. If you have 2 verbs but no “en” to connect them —> move 1st verb infront of 2nd ( sentence gets ‘het’ but no
‘ge’ ) —> if words are ‘is, was, word, het’ then it goes after V2
5. If there is a preposition at the end —> join it to the verb
6. If there is a conjunction —> treat each sentence separately ( questions words are conjunctions ! )
7. DAWN ( dan, as, wanner, nou ) —> changes to ‘toe’
- if DAWN is in the middle of the sentence —> change it to ‘toe’ then make 2nd sentence past tense
- if DAWN at the beginning of the sentence —> it becomes group 3 and group 3 rules must apply
8. Prober, Begin, Laat, Kom, Gaan, Hoor, Sien —> doesn’t get ‘ge’
Toekomende Tyd
Formula: subject + sal + rest of sentence + verb
Time Formula: time + sal + subject + rest of sentence + verb
Time Words
Rules
1. If you have 2 verbs but no “en” to connect them —> move 1st • vandag
verb infront of 2nd ( except: het, is, was, word ) • oor
2. If there is ‘nou’ —> change to ‘dan’ • môre
3. If there is a preposition at the end —> join it to the verb • in die toekoms
4. If there is a conjunction —> treat each sentence separately • later
( questions words are conjunctions ! ) • in die vervolg
• oormôre
Changing Words • binnekort
• netnou
- is —> wees • aanstande
- het —> hê
Verlede Tyd
Formula: subject + het + rest of sentence + ge + verb
Time Formula: Time + het + subject + rest of sentence + ge + verb
Time Words Changing Words
• verlede ( all v words except volgende ) • is —> was
• gelede • kan —> kon
• laas jaar • sal —> sou No het + no ge !
• vroeër • wil —> wou
• gister • moet —> moes
• daardie dag
• toe
• vorige dag
Rules
1. If the verb begins with “ge, be, her, ver, ont, het, mis” —> it gets no ‘ge’
2. If there is 2 verbs and they can be done at the same time ( v1 generally sit, loop, lê, staan ) —> only 1st verb
gets ‘ge’
3. If there is 2 verbs and they can’t be done at the same time —> both verbs get ‘ge’
4. If you have 2 verbs but no “en” to connect them —> move 1st verb infront of 2nd ( sentence gets ‘het’ but no
‘ge’ ) —> if words are ‘is, was, word, het’ then it goes after V2
5. If there is a preposition at the end —> join it to the verb
6. If there is a conjunction —> treat each sentence separately ( questions words are conjunctions ! )
7. DAWN ( dan, as, wanner, nou ) —> changes to ‘toe’
- if DAWN is in the middle of the sentence —> change it to ‘toe’ then make 2nd sentence past tense
- if DAWN at the beginning of the sentence —> it becomes group 3 and group 3 rules must apply
8. Prober, Begin, Laat, Kom, Gaan, Hoor, Sien —> doesn’t get ‘ge’
Toekomende Tyd
Formula: subject + sal + rest of sentence + verb
Time Formula: time + sal + subject + rest of sentence + verb
Time Words
Rules
1. If you have 2 verbs but no “en” to connect them —> move 1st • vandag
verb infront of 2nd ( except: het, is, was, word ) • oor
2. If there is ‘nou’ —> change to ‘dan’ • môre
3. If there is a preposition at the end —> join it to the verb • in die toekoms
4. If there is a conjunction —> treat each sentence separately • later
( questions words are conjunctions ! ) • in die vervolg
• oormôre
Changing Words • binnekort
• netnou
- is —> wees • aanstande
- het —> hê
