Die bibliotekaris soek saam met my en bel my wanneer hy dit kry.

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Breakdown of Die bibliotekaris soek saam met my en bel my wanneer hy dit kry.

• en: and
• met: with
• saam: together

Questions & Answers about Die bibliotekaris soek saam met my en bel my wanneer hy dit kry.

What does saam met mean in this sentence?

The phrase saam met literally means together with. Here soek saam met my means “search together with me” or more naturally, “is searching with me.”

Why isn’t the verb soek changed for the singular subject Die bibliotekaris?

Afrikaans verbs do not conjugate for person or number in the present tense. The form stays the same for ek, jy, hy, ons, etc. So you always say soek (present tense) regardless of who is doing the searching.

Why does kry come at the end of the clause wanneer hy dit kry?

Because wanneer introduces a subordinate clause in Afrikaans. In subordinate clauses the finite verb is pushed to the very end. So instead of hy kry dit, you get wanneer hy dit kry.

What’s the difference between using wanneer, toe, and as for “when”?