Word
Ek kry een punt.
Meaning
I get one point.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Ek kry een punt.
What does each word in Ek kry een punt mean?
Why is it een and not 'n?
What does kry mean exactly?
A rough English approximation is something like kray or cry, but neither is perfect.
The pronunciation is a bit different from English, so the safest useful guide is:
If you are learning pronunciation, kry is worth listening to from native audio, because the vowel does not match English exactly.
In a basic yes/no question, Afrikaans usually puts the verb before the subject:
Afrikaans typically uses nie ... nie for negation.
A direct negative version is:
This can mean I do not get one point or I don’t get a single point.
If you specifically want to say I get no points, a very natural version is:
So both are possible, but they are used a little differently.