Talk:Afrikaans grammar

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ʕSome links to all those grammatical terms would be nice. Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 23:42, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

You are quite right, I think it would be easier to understand if the terms were hyperlinked. --payxystaxna 13:41, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Afrikaans Infinitive

All afrikaans infinitive does not look exactly like the present form, instead there is an infinitive construction:

The correct form of the present (and future) infinitive for the afrikaans verb "speel" (to play) is "om te speel".

A past infinitive can also be formed, for speel this infitive is om te gespeel het.

Notably these infinitives are remarkably like the english full infinitives to play and to have played

Note that just like English, Afrikaans has a short or bare infinitve form that does look exactly like the present form.

Examples:

1. Ek hou van speel - I like playing (short form)
2. Ek het vergeet om te speel - I forgot to play (full form)
3. Om te gespeel het was 'n voorreg - To have played was an honour.

I am a native afrikaans speaker, but would still like having the input of other speakers before editing these comments into the article. --payxystaxna 14:10, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Preterite form

About the preterite form, the page says: "The preterite has been completely replaced by the perfect. Once again, the verb wees is the only exception to this rule, which admits the preterite form was." Immediately after that, there's a list of preterite forms (sou/kon/wis etc.) That's confusing. Perhaps someones who speaks Afrikaans can improve this.