Sy koop moderne meubels.

she

Breakdown of Sy koop moderne meubels.

• koop: to buy
• die meubels: furniture
• modern: modern

Questions & Answers about Sy koop moderne meubels.

What does sy mean here? Does it mean she or her?

Here, sy means she.

In Afrikaans, sy can mean:

• she as a subject: Sy koop moderne meubels.
• her as a possessive in some contexts: sy boek = her book

So you have to tell from the sentence structure which meaning it has. In this sentence, sy comes before the verb koop, so it is the subject: she.

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Does Afrikaans change the verb for different subjects, like English I buy / she buys?

No. In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change according to the subject.

So:

• Ek koop = I buy
• Jy koop = you buy
• Sy koop = she buys
• Ons koop = we buy

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not add -s for he/she/it in the present tense. The verb stays koop.

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Why is it koop and not something like koops or koopt?