Word
Hy druk nog ’n kopie, want die gids vra vir ’n kwitansie.
Meaning
He prints another copy because the guide asks for a receipt.
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Breakdown of Hy druk nog ’n kopie, want die gids vra vir ’n kwitansie.
hy
he
want
because
’n
a
die gids
the guide
Questions & Answers about Hy druk nog ’n kopie, want die gids vra vir ’n kwitansie.
What does druk mean in this sentence?
Why is it nog ’n kopie instead of nog kopie?
Nog on its own can mean still, yet or more, but to express another copy you always follow nog with the indefinite article ’n. So nog ’n kopie = another copy or one more copy.
Why do we write the indefinite article as ’n with an apostrophe instead of just n?
’n is simply the shortened form of een (“one”). The apostrophe marks the missing ee. Functionally it’s the Afrikaans equivalent of the English a or an.
What is the function of want here, and why doesn’t the verb go to the end in the second clause?