Die klein kam waarmee ek my hare kam, lê nog in die badkamer.

The small comb with which I comb my hair is still in the bathroom.

Breakdown of Die klein kam waarmee ek my hare kam, lê nog in die badkamer.

• ek: I
• die: the
• klein: small
• my: my

Questions & Answers about Die klein kam waarmee ek my hare kam, lê nog in die badkamer.

How do I break this sentence into its main parts?

A very helpful way to read it is to spot the main clause first and then the describing clause inside it.

• Main clause: Die klein kam lê nog in die badkamer.
• Describing relative clause: waarmee ek my hare kam

So the full sentence is:

Die klein kam + waarmee ek my hare kam + lê nog in die badkamer.

If you remove the middle part, you get:

Die klein kam lê nog in die badkamer.

That makes it easier to see that lê is the main verb of the whole sentence.

What does waarmee mean here?

Waarmee means with which.

So:

• die klein kam waarmee ek my hare kam = the small comb with which I comb my hair

Afrikaans often uses waar- compounds for things after prepositions:

• waarin = in which
• waarop = on which
• waarmee = with which
• waarvoor = for which

This is very common and natural Afrikaans.

Why is the word order waarmee ek my hare kam and not waarmee ek kam my hare?