Ek kry een punt.

• Ek = I
• kry = get, receive, or score
• een = one
• punt = point

So the sentence is built very directly: I get one point.

This is a very common question.

• een means one
• 'n means a/an

So:

• Ek kry een punt = I get one point
• Ek kry 'n punt = I get a point

Using een usually makes the number one explicit. It can also sound slightly emphatic, like one single point.

kry is a very common Afrikaans verb with a broad meaning. It can mean things like:

• get
• receive
• obtain
• manage to get

In this sentence, it most naturally means get or score.

So if this is about a game, test, or competition, Ek kry een punt means I get/score one point.

Because Afrikaans verbs usually do not change according to the subject the way English verbs sometimes do.

For example:

• Ek kry = I get
• Jy kry = you get
• Hy kry = he gets
• Ons kry = we get

The verb stays kry in all of these.

This is one of the simpler features of Afrikaans grammar.

Yes, in this simple statement the word order is very similar to English:

• Ek = subject
• kry = verb
• een punt = object

So the pattern is:

subject + verb + object

That makes this sentence quite straightforward for an English speaker.

It is singular because een means one.

• een punt = one point
• twee punte = two points

The plural of punt is punte.

So if you changed the number, the noun would usually change too:

• Ek kry een punt
• Ek kry twee punte

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:

• ek sounds roughly like eck
• kry starts like cry, but with an Afrikaans vowel sound
• een is pronounced separately as the word for one
• punt sounds somewhat like pint with a different vowel, closer to punt

If you are learning pronunciation, kry is worth listening to from native audio, because the vowel does not match English exactly.

No. punt can have several meanings depending on context, including:

• a point in scoring
• a dot/point
• a full stop/period in writing
• a point in an argument or discussion

In Ek kry een punt, the meaning is clearly a point in scoring or marking.

In a basic yes/no question, Afrikaans usually puts the verb before the subject:

• Ek kry een punt. = I get one point.
• Kry ek een punt? = Do I get one point?

So the change is mainly word order.

Afrikaans typically uses nie ... nie for negation.

A direct negative version is:

• Ek kry nie een punt nie.

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:

• Ek kry geen punte nie.

So both are possible, but they are used a little differently.

Yes, but it changes the tone slightly.

• kry is the everyday, very common word for get
• ontvang means receive and sounds more formal

So:

• Ek kry een punt = normal, everyday Afrikaans
• Ek ontvang een punt = more formal, less conversational

In most ordinary situations, kry is the more natural choice.