Learn Hardcore Afrikaans: Ons vra of stoorfasiliteite toesigkameras het al dan nie. - We ask whether storage facilities have surveillance cameras or not.

Ons vra of stoorfasiliteite toesigkameras het al dan nie.

We ask whether storage facilities have surveillance cameras or not.

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Questions & Answers about Ons vra of stoorfasiliteite toesigkameras het al dan nie.

Why is of used here?

In this sentence, of means whether.

So Ons vra of ... = We ask whether ...

This of is used to introduce an indirect yes/no question:

Het hulle kameras? = Do they have cameras?
Ons vra of hulle kameras het. = We ask whether they have cameras.

Do not confuse this with Dutch-style meanings you may know from elsewhere; in Afrikaans, of very commonly introduces whether / if in this kind of sentence.

What does al dan nie mean?

Al dan nie means or not.

So:

of stoorfasiliteite toesigkameras het al dan nie means
whether storage facilities have surveillance cameras or not

A useful way to understand it is:

of ... het = whether ... have
of ... het al dan nie = whether ... have or not

In many cases, Afrikaans can also just use of without al dan nie, and the meaning is still clear. Adding al dan nie makes the whether or not idea more explicit.

Why is het near the end of the sentence instead of earlier?