Ons sit gemaklik op die bank.

We sit comfortably on the couch.

Breakdown of Ons sit gemaklik op die bank.

• ons: we
• sit: to sit
• op: on
• die bank: the couch

Questions & Answers about Ons sit gemaklik op die bank.

What does ons mean, and do I need to capitalize it?

Ons means we.

It is only capitalized at the start of the sentence here because it is the first word. In the middle of a sentence, it would normally be ons with a lowercase o.

Examples:

• Ons sit hier. — We sit here.
• Hulle sê ons moet wag. — They say we must wait.

Why is the verb sit so short? Shouldn’t it change for we?

In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change according to the subject the way they do in English.

So you get:

• Ek sit — I sit / I am sitting
• Jy sit — you sit / you are sitting
• Ons sit — we sit / we are sitting
• Hulle sit — they sit / they are sitting

This is one of the nice simplifications in Afrikaans: no extra ending like English sits.

Does sit mean sit, or can it also mean are sitting?