Haar moeder vier die prestasie.

her

Breakdown of Haar moeder vier die prestasie.

• vier: to celebrate
• die prestasie: achievement; performance
• die moeder: mother

Questions & Answers about Haar moeder vier die prestasie.

Why is haar at the beginning of the sentence?

Haar means her. In haar moeder, it shows possession: her mother.

Afrikaans often builds noun phrases the same way English does here:

• haar moeder = her mother
• my boek = my book
• ons huis = our house

So haar comes before moeder because it describes whose mother it is.

Does haar only mean her, or can it mean something else?

In this sentence, haar means her.

It can also be used as an object pronoun in some contexts, corresponding to her in English, for example:

• Ek sien haar. = I see her.

So haar can mean either:

• her (possessive): haar moeder = her mother
• her (object pronoun): Ek ken haar. = I know her

The sentence structure makes the meaning clear.

Why does Afrikaans use moeder here instead of ma?