Ons sing tydens die konsert saam.

we

Breakdown of Ons sing tydens die konsert saam.

• tydens: during
• die konsert: concert
• saamsing: to sing along

Questions & Answers about Ons sing tydens die konsert saam.

Why is ons used here, and does it always mean we?

Yes. Ons is the Afrikaans subject pronoun for we.

• Ons sing = We sing
• Ons can also sometimes mean us in other contexts, depending on sentence structure, but here it is clearly the subject, so it means we.

Unlike in English, Afrikaans does not capitalize it unless it starts a sentence.

Why is the verb just sing? Shouldn’t it change for we?

No. In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change form according to the subject in the present tense.

So you get:

• Ek sing = I sing
• Jy sing = you sing
• Ons sing = we sing
• Hulle sing = they sing

This is much simpler than English, where you get forms like I sing but he sings. In Afrikaans, it stays sing.

What does tydens mean grammatically?