Ons verbeter die persoonlike rekord.

we

Breakdown of Ons verbeter die persoonlike rekord.

• verbeter: to improve
• die persoonlike rekord: personal best

Questions & Answers about Ons verbeter die persoonlike rekord.

What does ons mean, and is it always we?

Yes, ons usually means we in Afrikaans.

In this sentence, Ons verbeter die persoonlike rekord = We improve / are improving the personal record.

A useful extra point: ons can also mean us in other contexts, depending on sentence structure. For example:

• Hulle sien ons. = They see us.

So ons can be either we or us, but here it is the subject, so it means we.

Why is verbeter not changed to match ons? Shouldn’t it be something like verbeteren or improve with a special ending?

No. In Afrikaans, verbs do not change form for different subjects in the present tense the way they do in English.

So you get:

• Ek verbeter = I improve
• Jy verbeter = you improve
• Ons verbeter = we improve
• Hulle verbeter = they improve

The verb stays verbeter each time.

This is much simpler than English, where you have forms like I improve but he improves.

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