Ons dokumenteer die oortreding.

We document the infringement.

Breakdown of Ons dokumenteer die oortreding.

• ons: we
• dokumenteer: to document
• die oortreding: infringement; offence

Questions & Answers about Ons dokumenteer die oortreding.

Why is dokumenteer spelled with k instead of c like English document?

Afrikaans often adapts loanwords to a more phonetic spelling. So where English has document, Afrikaans has dokument, and the verb is dokumenteer.

This is very common in Afrikaans:

• English camera → Afrikaans kamera
• English culture → Afrikaans kultuur
• English music → Afrikaans musiek

So dokumenteer is a normal Afrikaans spelling, not a typo.

What does ons mean here?

In this sentence, ons means we.

So:

• Ons dokumenteer die oortreding. = We document the violation.

A useful thing to know is that ons can also mean us or our in other contexts, so you must use context to tell which meaning is intended.

Examples:

• Ons sien hom. = He sees us or We see him? Actually here ons at the start is the subject, so it means we.
• Hy sien ons. = He sees us
• Ons huis = Our house

In your sentence, because ons comes before the verb, it is clearly we.