Questions & Answers about Ek bedoel dat ons nog 'n paar vrae het.
Why is dat used in this sentence?
Dat means that and introduces a subordinate clause.
So in:
Ek bedoel dat ons nog 'n paar vrae het.
the part after dat is the thing the speaker means:
- Ek bedoel = I mean
- dat ons nog 'n paar vrae het = that we still have a few questions
Afrikaans often uses dat the same way English uses that in sentences like I mean that..., I know that..., I think that...
Why does het come at the end of the clause?
Because after dat, Afrikaans usually sends the conjugated verb to the end of the subordinate clause.
So:
This is a very important Afrikaans word-order pattern.
Compare:
- Ek weet dat sy moeg is. = I know that she is tired.
- Hulle sê dat hy vandag kom. = They say that he is coming today.
So het is at the end because dat triggers subordinate word order.
What does nog mean here?