Questions & Answers about Hul vriendelikheid help ons.
What does hul mean here, and how is it different from hulle?
Hul is the possessive pronoun their, not the subject pronoun “they.” Hulle (with –le) is “they.” In this sentence hul modifies vriendelikheid, so it means “their friendliness.”
Why isn’t there an apostrophe in hul?
Afrikaans does not use apostrophes for possessive pronouns. Hul is always written without one.
Why is there no article before vriendelikheid?
Vriendelikheid (“friendliness”) is an abstract, uncountable noun describing a general quality. In Afrikaans, you often omit the article when speaking about qualities in general.
How is vriendelikheid formed?
Why does the verb help not change form?
Afrikaans verbs do not conjugate for person or number in the present tense. Help stays the same for I, you, he/she, we, and they.