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Questions & Answers about Ons spaar energie.
Why is ons used here?
Ons is the Afrikaans subject pronoun for we.
In Ons spaar energie, it is the subject, so it means we.
A useful extra note: ons can also appear in possessive use, meaning our, as in ons huis = our house. But in this sentence, because it comes before the verb spaar, it clearly means we.
Why doesn’t spaar change for ons?
In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change according to the subject in the present tense.
So you get:
- ek spaar = I save
- jy spaar = you save
- hy spaar = he saves
- ons spaar = we save
This is much simpler than English, where you have I save but he saves.
What exactly does spaar mean?