Questions & Answers about Hulle het 'n goeie verhouding.
What does Hulle mean here?
Hulle means they.
In this sentence, it is the subject pronoun: the people who have the relationship.
A few useful subject pronouns in Afrikaans are:
- ek = I
- jy = you
- hy = he
- sy = she
- ons = we
- julle = you all / you plural
- hulle = they
So Hulle het ... = They have ...
Why is het used? Does it mean have or has?
Het is the Afrikaans form of have in the present tense, and it does not change depending on the subject.
So:
- Ek het = I have
- Jy het = you have
- Hy het = he has
- Hulle het = they have
Unlike English, Afrikaans verbs usually do not change much for different persons. That makes Afrikaans verb conjugation simpler.
In this sentence:
- Hulle het 'n goeie verhouding = They have a good relationship
What is 'n, and why is it written with an apostrophe?