No. In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change according to the subject the way they do in English.
Compare:
So unlike English, Afrikaans does not add an -s for he/she/it in the present tense.
That makes Afrikaans verb forms much simpler than English in many cases.
Tyd means time.
In the phrase spandeer tyd, Afrikaans works like English in expressions such as:
You usually do not need an article here.
So:
If you wanted to be more specific, you could add more information, for example:
Here op means on.
So:
This matches English quite closely. Afrikaans often uses op where English uses on for websites, surfaces, and some other contexts.
Examples:
Die is the definite article in Afrikaans, meaning the.
So:
A useful thing to remember is that Afrikaans uses die for all nouns in the definite sense, whether singular or plural.
Examples:
So Afrikaans does not have separate forms like English the, German der/die/das, etc. It just uses die.
Webwerf is the Afrikaans word for website.
It is a compound noun:
Together, webwerf means website.
Afrikaans often forms words by combining smaller words into one compound, much like Dutch and German do.
A rough English-friendly guide would be:
A few pronunciation notes:
Yes, Afrikaans can also use expressions similar to spend time with a separable-style phrase like tyd deurbring.
For example:
That also means They spend time on the website.
However, Hulle spandeer tyd op die webwerf is perfectly natural and very easy to understand. For a learner, spandeer tyd is a useful and straightforward phrase to remember.
Yes, but the meaning changes slightly.
For example:
Compare these with:
So:
It can mean both, depending on context.
Hulle spandeer tyd op die webwerf can mean:
Afrikaans simple present often covers both the English simple present and, depending on context, something that English might express with the present continuous.
If you need to make the timing clearer, you usually add context words like:
For example: