Hy assesseer die risiko versigtig.

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Breakdown of Hy assesseer die risiko versigtig.

• versigtig: carefully
• die risiko: the risk
• assesseer: to assess

Questions & Answers about Hy assesseer die risiko versigtig.

Why doesn’t assesseer change when the subject is hy?

In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change form for different persons in the present tense.

So you get:

• ek assesseer
• jy assesseer
• hy assesseer
• ons assesseer
• hulle assesseer

Unlike English, there is no special -s form for he/she/it in the present tense.

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What tense is assesseer here?

It is the simple present.

In Afrikaans, the simple present can cover:

• a habitual action: He assesses the risk carefully
• a general fact
• sometimes a current action, depending on context

If you want to make the ongoing sense extra clear, Afrikaans often uses:

• Hy is besig om die risiko versigtig te assesseer.

That is closer to He is carefully assessing the risk.

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What is die doing in this sentence?