Ons meet die wanddikte en droogkrimp.

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Breakdown of Ons meet die wanddikte en droogkrimp.

• en: and
• meet: to measure
• die wanddikte: wall thickness

Questions & Answers about Ons meet die wanddikte en droogkrimp.

Why does meet mean measure here? It looks like the English verb meet.

This is a very common confusion for English speakers.

In Afrikaans, meet means to measure, not to meet someone.

• Ons meet ... = We measure ...
• Afrikaans ontmoet = to meet / encounter

So meet is a false friend here: it looks familiar, but it means something different from the most common English meaning.

Why is it Ons meet and not a different verb form for we?

Because Afrikaans verbs usually do not change form according to the subject in the present tense.

So you get:

• Ek meet
• Jy meet
• Hy/Sy meet
• Ons meet
• Julle meet
• Hulle meet

This is much simpler than English, where you get I measure but he measures.

What does die mean here?