Hy loop weg.

Yes. Hy is the Afrikaans subject pronoun meaning he.

Some related pronouns:

• ek = I
• jy = you
• sy = she
• ons = we
• hulle = they

In Hy loop weg, hy is simply the subject: he.

Loop usually means walk, but in everyday Afrikaans it can also be used more broadly for go on foot or sometimes in expressions where English might say go or move.

So Hy loop weg most naturally means He walks away, but depending on context it can feel like He goes away on foot.

If you specifically want run away, Afrikaans would usually use hardloop weg.

Weg means away.

In this sentence, it works with loop to give the idea walk away:

• Hy loop = He walks
• Hy loop weg = He walks away

So weg adds the direction or sense of leaving.

That is the normal order in Afrikaans. The verb comes early in the clause, and words like weg often come later.

So:

• Hy loop weg = correct, natural order

This is similar to English He walks away, where away also comes after the verb.

Yes. The simple present in Afrikaans can often cover both:

• He walks away
• He is walking away

Context usually tells you which is meant.

Afrikaans often uses the simple verb form where English chooses between walks and is walking.

No. Afrikaans verbs do not change the way English verbs do in the present tense.

So you get:

• Ek loop = I walk
• Jy loop = You walk
• Hy loop = He walks
• Ons loop = We walk

The verb stays loop.

That is one of the simpler parts of Afrikaans grammar for English speakers.

A rough guide for English speakers:

• Hy sounds roughly like hay, but with the Afrikaans y sound, which can vary a bit by accent.
• loop sounds like lope with a long oo vowel, roughly lohp
• weg sounds a bit like vekh or veg, with w often pronounced more like English v

A very rough approximation:

• Hay lohp vekh

But pronunciation varies by speaker, and the Afrikaans g is not exactly like an English sound.

In this sentence, weg is best understood as an adverb meaning away.

It combines naturally with loop:

• loop weg = walk away

So while you can think of the whole expression together, grammatically weg itself is functioning like away in English.

Yes. Stap often means walk in a more straightforward, literal sense.

So:

• Hy loop weg = He walks away / He goes away on foot
• Hy stap weg = He walks away

In many contexts both are possible, but loop is extremely common and flexible in Afrikaans.

Afrikaans normally uses a double negative with nie ... nie.

So:

• Hy loop weg. = He walks away.
• Hy loop nie weg nie. = He does not walk away.

That double nie is a very important Afrikaans pattern.

A common past form in Afrikaans uses het + past participle.

So:

• Hy het weggeloop. = He walked away / He has walked away

Notice that weg and geloop join together:

• weg
  • geloop → weggeloop

This is a very common pattern with verbs like this.

Yes. In a yes/no question, the verb usually comes first.

So:

• Hy loop weg. = He walks away.
• Loop hy weg? = Is he walking away? / Does he walk away?

That verb-first pattern is very common in Afrikaans questions.

Yes. It is a full, natural sentence:

• Hy = subject
• loop = verb
• weg = adverb

Afrikaans often allows very short complete sentences like this, just as English does:

• He walks away.