Questions & Answers about Ek vertrou jou plan.
What does Ek mean?
It means I—the first-person singular pronoun.
What does vertrou mean and how is it used here?
Vertrou is a verb meaning to trust. In the present tense and with Ek as its subject, it means I trust.
What is jou in this sentence—does it mean “you” or “your”?
Here jou is a possessive pronoun meaning your, modifying plan. It does not mean “you” as an object pronoun in this context.
Why isn’t there an article before plan?
When you use a possessive pronoun like jou, you don’t need die (“the”) or ’n (“a”). The possession is clear, so no extra article is used.
Do Afrikaans verbs like vertrou change with person or number?
No. In the present tense, vertrou stays the same for all subjects:
– Ek vertrou…
– Jy vertrou…
– Ons vertrou…, etc.
Why is the word order Subject – Verb – Object here?