Questions & Answers about Dit is die kaartjie waarvoor ek gister betaal het.
Waarvoor is a prepositional relative word. It is made from:
- waar = a form used for what/which after a preposition
- voor = for
So waarvoor literally works like for which or what ... for.
In this sentence, die kaartjie waarvoor ek gister betaal het means the ticket for which I paid yesterday, or more naturally in English, the ticket that I paid for yesterday.
In Afrikaans, when a relative clause involves a preposition, the language often combines waar- with the preposition:
- waarvoor = for which
- waarin = in which
- waarmee = with which
- waarop = on which
English often leaves the preposition at the end: the ticket that I paid for.
Afrikaans usually does not do that in the same way here. It prefers the combined form waarvoor.
So: