Ons werk saam in die samelewing.

we

Breakdown of Ons werk saam in die samelewing.

• in: in
• werk: to work
• saam: together

Questions & Answers about Ons werk saam in die samelewing.

What does each word in Ons werk saam in die samelewing do?

A simple breakdown is:

• Ons = we
• werk = work
• saam = together
• in = in
• die = the
• samelewing = society

So the structure is basically:

We + work + together + in + the society

In natural English, that often comes out as We work together in society.

Why is the verb werk not changed for ons?

Because Afrikaans verbs usually do not change much for different subjects in the present tense.

So you get:

• Ek werk = I work
• Jy werk = you work
• Ons werk = we work
• Hulle werk = they work

This is much simpler than English, where you have forms like I work but he works.

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