Ek eet brood.

I eat bread.

Breakdown of Ek eet brood.

• ek: I
• eet: to eat
• die brood: the bread

Questions & Answers about Ek eet brood.

How do you pronounce Ek eet brood in Afrikaans?

Ek sounds like “ehk” (short “e” sound similar to “egg”).
Eet is like “eet” (rhymes with “meet”).
Brood can be pronounced “broht” or “broo-at”, depending on the speaker’s accent.

Why does Ek (the pronoun for “I”) come before eet in the sentence?

Afrikaans generally follows a Subject–Verb–Object word order, so Ek (subject) comes first, then eet (verb), followed by brood (object).

Is there a difference between eet and the English word “eat”?

Yes. Eet is simply the Afrikaans verb meaning “to eat,” and its conjugation does not change with the subject (e.g., “hy eet,” “ons eet”)—it remains eet.

Does brood only mean the food “bread”?

In Afrikaans, brood primarily means “bread.” However, just like in English, it can be part of compound words or expressions involving bread (e.g., broodmes for a bread knife).

Can I invert the subject and verb in a simple statement like this?

Not typically. In Afrikaans statements, the subject comes before the verb. You would only change the word order for questions or certain clauses (e.g., Eet ek brood? means “Am I eating bread?”).