Sy maak 'n spesiale rok.

she

Breakdown of Sy maak 'n spesiale rok.

• 'n: a
• maak: to make
• die rok: the dress

Questions & Answers about Sy maak 'n spesiale rok.

What is 'n, and why is it written with an apostrophe?

'n is the Afrikaans indefinite article, the equivalent of English a/an.

A few key points:

• It is written with an apostrophe because it is a shortened form historically.
• It is pronounced very weakly, like uh.
• Afrikaans uses 'n before both consonants and vowels, so there is no separate an form.
• It stays lowercase even at the start of a sentence: 'n Spesiale rok.

Why is Sy capitalized here?

It is capitalized only because it is the first word of the sentence.

Afrikaans does not normally capitalize pronouns just because they are pronouns. So in the middle of a sentence, you would usually write sy, not Sy.

Can sy mean more than one thing in Afrikaans?

Yes. sy can mean different things depending on context.

Most commonly:

• sy = she
• sy = his

In your sentence, Sy maak 'n spesiale rok, it clearly means she because it is the subject of the verb maak.

Why is it spesiale and not ?