Ons bespreek die impak van die vlugvertraging.

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Breakdown of Ons bespreek die impak van die vlugvertraging.

• van: of
• bespreek: to discuss
• die vlugvertraging: flight delay

Questions & Answers about Ons bespreek die impak van die vlugvertraging.

Why does the sentence start with Ons?

Ons means we in Afrikaans. It is the subject of the sentence, just like we in English.

So the structure begins:

• Ons = we
• bespreek = discuss
• die impak = the impact
• van die vlugvertraging = of the flight delay

Afrikaans usually follows a normal subject–verb–object order in a main clause, so Ons bespreek ... is very straightforward.

Why is it bespreek and not something different for we discuss?

Afrikaans verbs are much simpler than English verbs. The verb bespreek stays the same for almost all subjects in the present tense.

For example:

• Ek bespreek = I discuss
• Ons bespreek = we discuss
• Hulle bespreek = they discuss

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not usually add different endings like -s for he/she/it in the present tense.

So Ons bespreek is simply we discuss.

What does die mean here, and why does it appear twice?