Sy trek haar blou rok aan, en ek trek my nuwe broek aan.

She puts on her blue dress, and I put on my new trousers.

Breakdown of Sy trek haar blou rok aan, en ek trek my nuwe broek aan.

• ek: I
• sy: she
• my: my
• nuwe: new

Questions & Answers about Sy trek haar blou rok aan, en ek trek my nuwe broek aan.

Does sy mean she or his here?

Here it means she.

Afrikaans sy can mean two different things depending on its job in the sentence:

• sy = she when it is a subject pronoun
• sy = his when it comes before a noun

In Sy trek haar blou rok aan, Sy is followed by the verb trek, so it is the subject: she.

Compare:

• Sy trek haar rok aan. = She puts on her dress.
• sy broek = his trousers

Why is haar used in haar blou rok?

Haar here means her in the possessive sense: her blue dress.

Afrikaans haar can be:

• an object pronoun: I see her
• a possessive word: her dress

In this sentence it is possessive because it comes directly before the noun phrase blou rok.

So:

• haar rok = her dress
• ek sien haar = I see her

Why is aan at the end of the clause?