Questions & Answers about Ons leer oor die kultuur.
What does ons mean, and is it always used for we?
Yes. Ons means we.
It is the normal Afrikaans subject pronoun for we, as in:
- Ons leer = We learn
- Ons lees = We read
Unlike English, Afrikaans does not change the verb depending on I/you/we/they in the present tense, so ons is followed by the same basic verb form.
Why is it leer and not a different verb form for we?
In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change in the present tense according to the subject.
So you get:
- Ek leer = I learn
- Jy leer = you learn
- Ons leer = we learn
- Hulle leer = they learn
This is much simpler than English, where you sometimes get forms like learn / learns.
What does oor mean here?