Word
Ons het balbesit!
Meaning
We have possession!
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Ons het balbesit!
Why is it ons het? Does het mean have here?
Yes. In this sentence, het means have.
- ons = we
- het = have
So Ons het balbesit! literally follows the pattern We have possession!
A useful thing to know is that Afrikaans commonly uses het as the present-tense form of to have with all subjects:
- Ek het = I have
- Jy het = you have
- Hy/Sy het = he/she has
- Ons het = we have
- Julle het = you all have
- Hulle het = they have
Unlike English, there is no separate has form.
Why is it het and not hê?
Hê is the dictionary form / infinitive, meaning to have.
Het is the form you normally use in a full present-tense statement.
So:
- om te hê = to have
- ons het = we have
This is just something you need to learn as part of the verb.
What does balbesit mean exactly?