Hy bespreek ook 'n kamer vir twee gaste.

He also reserves a room for two guests.

Breakdown of Hy bespreek ook 'n kamer vir twee gaste.

• ook: also
• hy: he
• die kamer: the room
• vir: for

Questions & Answers about Hy bespreek ook 'n kamer vir twee gaste.

Why doesn't the verb bespreek change its ending for hy? It looks like the infinitive.

In Afrikaans the present-tense verb form is the same for all subjects: ek bespreek, hy bespreek, ons bespreek, etc. There are no additional endings for person or number, unlike English where you say he books.

What is the function and typical placement of ook in this sentence?

ook means also or too. As an adverb it usually follows the finite verb in Afrikaans main clauses: Subject – Verb – ook – Object. Placing ook immediately after bespreek indicates that in addition to something else, the room is being booked.

What does the apostrophe in 'n signify and why is it lower-case here?

'n is the indefinite article a or an, a contraction of een. The apostrophe shows the missing e. It remains lower-case unless it starts a sentence—in which case you would write 'N.

How is the plural gaste formed from gast?

Most Afrikaans nouns form the plural by adding -e: gast → gaste. No spelling changes are needed here because the stem vowel is short and doesn’t require doubling.