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Kyara
Why Afrikaans uses prefixes? (VE-, BE-, GE-, HER-, ONT-)And what are they for? I don't know how to translate them. For example, I have a word (like KOOP). If I attach to this word one of the prefixes, how change the meaning?
1 เม.ย. 2016 เวลา 15:45
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Ont-vries = De-frost; Ont-ken = denied (ken is know). It is many times an anti word, but not every time you see ont in front of a word does it meen this, as some words just so happen to have the three letters o n t at the beginning. Ontmoet = meet. (noun) encounter. (adj); Ontleed = analyzed Be-; Ve- in my personal opinion is also just two letters that happen to be next to each other often at the beginning of words.
2 เมษายน 2016
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The prefixes can change the meaning or the tense. ie " het gekoop" is past tense "I bought". Verkoop means I sell. GE normally indicates past tense. Ek het gelag - I laughed. Ek het geloop I walked. HER normally means the same as RE in english. i.e. Herwin = recoup and herinner means remind.
1 เมษายน 2016
've-' ....I think this is usually 'ver-' 'ver-' can change the meaning of a word eg: as mentioned in another answer, koop=buy, verkoop=sell or wag=wait, verwag=expect or it can change the form of the word eg: beeld=image (noun), verbeel=imagine(verb) 'be-' can also change the form of a word eg ken=know (verb) bekend=known (adjective/past participle) (het geken = knew) ***TAKE NOTE: 'ge-' doesn't always indicate past tense - it can be part of the word eg there are a few nouns starting with 'ge-' eg gedig = poem Sometimes it is part of a verb in the root form. I can't think of examples, but when you find these, and also verbs that have the prefixes that have been discussed here in your question, THEY DON'T use 'ge-' again in the past tense eg I buy=ek koop, I bought=ek het gekoop I sell=ek verkoop, I sold=ek het verkoop - NOT ek het geverkoop
25 ตุลาคม 2016
It's ok Thank you so much anyway!
1 เมษายน 2016
I would say that in general they indicate action and are used mainly with verbs. But although I speak the language fluently I am not a grammar expert.
1 เมษายน 2016
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