Breakdown of Ek loop na die einde van die pad.
Questions & Answers about Ek loop na die einde van die pad.
loop is the standard Afrikaans verb for to walk or to go on foot.
• hardloop means to run.
• stap (“step”) is used informally for to stroll or to take a walk, but loop remains more common.
In Afrikaans na means to when talking about movement toward a location.
• in = in (static or into)
• op = on
• tot = until (you’d use tot or tot by to stress up to a point)
For simple directional movement use na.
Afrikaans expresses “end of the road” by putting the head noun first (einde) and then the genitive phrase (van die pad).
• pad einde or einde pad breaks the normal noun-of-noun order.
• You could say die pad se einde (Saxon genitive), but einde van die pad is far more common in everyday speech.
Yes, van die pad is the regular genitive in Afrikaans.
• die pad se einde uses the Saxon genitive and is correct, but it often sounds more formal or poetic.
• For most purposes einde van die pad is preferred.
loop here is intransitive, meaning it doesn’t take a direct object.
• na die einde van die pad is a prepositional phrase showing direction, not a grammatical object.
Yes.
• na die einde van die pad simply means toward/to the end of the road.
• tot by die einde van die pad adds the nuance up to or as far as that point, implying you go right up to the very end.
Use the auxiliary het plus the past participle:
Ek het na die einde van die pad geloop.
(Literally I have walked to the end of the road.)
Use the future auxiliary sal plus the infinitive:
Ek sal na die einde van die pad loop.
(Literally I shall walk to the end of the road.)