Ek het ervaring.

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Breakdown of Ek het ervaring.

• hê: to have
• die ervaring: the experience

Questions & Answers about Ek het ervaring.

Why is the sentence just Ek het ervaring and not something like Ek is ervaring?

Because Afrikaans expresses this idea with the verb hê / het (to have), just like English does in I have experience.

• Ek = I
• het = have
• ervaring = experience

So the structure is simply:

subject + verb + noun

Using is would not be correct here.

Why is it het and not hê?

Hê is the dictionary form, meaning to have.
Het is the form you actually use in a normal present-tense sentence.

So:

• hê = to have
• Ek het = I have

This is something learners often notice because the forms look different.

Does het change depending on the subject, like English have/has?