Ons oplettendheid help ons om raaisels vinnig op te los.

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Breakdown of Ons oplettendheid help ons om raaisels vinnig op te los.

• om: to
• help: to help
• ons: us

Questions & Answers about Ons oplettendheid help ons om raaisels vinnig op te los.

What does oplettendheid mean and how is it formed?

Oplettendheid is an abstract noun meaning attentiveness or alertness. It’s formed from the adjective oplettend (“attentive”) plus the suffix -heid, which turns adjectives into nouns indicating a quality or state.

Why is ons used twice in the sentence?

Afrikaans uses the subject pronoun before the verb and again as the object of help. The first ons is the subject of help (“our attentiveness helps”), and the second ons is the object (“helps us to…”).

Why do we need om and te in om raaisels vinnig op te los?

When you use help with another verb in Afrikaans, you introduce that second verb with om plus an infinitive. The infinitive uses te immediately before the verb stem. So help ons om … te doen = “helps us to … do.”

How does the separable verb oplos work in this infinitive clause?