Sy kies die goue kleur.

she

Breakdown of Sy kies die goue kleur.

• die kleur: the colour
• kies: to choose
• goud: golden

Questions & Answers about Sy kies die goue kleur.

What does Sy mean here, and can it ever mean something else?

Here Sy means she.

A useful thing to know is that sy can also mean his in other contexts, so word position matters:

• Sy kies die goue kleur. = She chooses the golden color.
• sy kleur = his color

In your sentence, Sy is followed by the verb kies, so it is clearly the subject pronoun she.

Why is it kies and not something like kiess or another form for she?

Because Afrikaans verbs usually do not change form for different subjects in the present tense.

So you get:

• ek kies = I choose
• jy kies = you choose
• sy kies = she chooses
• ons kies = we choose

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not add an -s for he/she/it in the present tense. The same form kies is used across the board.

Also, depending on context, kies can mean either choose/chooses or is choosing.

What does die mean here?