Questions & Answers about Ons lees die teks saam.
What does ons mean here?
Ons means we in this sentence.
A useful thing to know is that ons can also mean us in other contexts, so Afrikaans does not separate we/us the way English does.
- Ons lees die teks saam. = We read the text together.
- Hulle sien ons. = They see us.
Here, because ons comes before the verb and is doing the action, it means we.
Why is the verb lees so short? Where is the ending for we?
Afrikaans verbs usually do not change form for different subjects in the present tense.
So you get:
- Ek lees = I read / am reading
- Jy lees = you read / are reading
- Ons lees = we read / are reading
- Hulle lees = they read / are reading
This is much simpler than English, where you have I read but he reads. In Afrikaans, the verb usually stays the same.
Does Ons lees die teks saam mean We read the text together or We are reading the text together?