Ons het mos die afskrif.

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Breakdown of Ons het mos die afskrif.

• hê: to have
• die afskrif: the copy; the transcript
• mos: as you know; after all

Questions & Answers about Ons het mos die afskrif.

What does mos mean here?

Mos is a very common Afrikaans particle with no neat one-word English equivalent. It adds a sense like:

• you know
• after all
• as you know
• obviously / remember

In Ons het mos die afskrif, mos suggests that the speaker thinks this should already be clear or known to the listener.

So it is not adding new factual content as much as adding attitude or shared knowledge.

Examples of the feeling:

• We do have the copy, you know.
• But we have the copy, after all.

Can I leave out mos?

Yes. You can say:

Ons het die afskrif.

That is grammatically fine. Without mos, the sentence is more neutral and straightforward.

Adding mos makes it sound more like:

• a reminder
• a mild correction
• an appeal to shared knowledge

So the difference is mainly in tone, not basic meaning.

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