VOEGWOORDE

Voegwoorde are conjunctions or joining words

If VOEGWOORDE are conjunctions or joining
words, what do they join?
• Voegwoorde join two sentences together.
Sentence 1 never changes. Sentence 2 often re-
arranges depending on the voegwoord (joining word)
 Voegwoorde are divided into 3 groups in Afrikaans. Each
group has a different impact on the word order of the
second sentence:

GROEP 1 (group 1) GROEP 2 (middle group 2) GROEP 3 (end group 3)

NO impact on the second sentence.
WORD ORDER STAYS THE SAME
The 2nd or MIDDLE GROUP 2 changes The END GROUP 3 changes the order
the order of the second sentence. of the words in the second sentence.
How does the END or 3rd group of
VOEGWOORDE (conjunctions or
How does the MIDDLE or 2nd group of joining words) change the word
VOEGWOORDE (conjunctions or order of the second sentence?
joining words) change the word
order of the second sentence?
The VERB of the second sentence
goes to the END of the sentence.
The VERB from the second
sentence moves to the middle just
behind the voegwoord or joining
word
Which voegwoorde belong in which group?

1st Group 1 (groep 1) MIDDLE Group 2 (groep2) END Group 3 (groep 3)

dan buitendien dat
,maar sodra
dus bowendien omdat
en sedert
daarom intussen totdat
aangesien
of voordat
derhalwe verder as
,want nogtans nadat
of
,dog nietemin sodat
mits
anders wat
tensy
gevolglik wie
indien
toe terwyl
 My number
ONE
Meow- 1 st Group (groep1)
1 dog!!!!!

Meow!

Groep 2 (MIDDLE group 2) Groep 3 (END group 3)

Groep 1 (group 1)

• ,maar
• en
• of
• ,want
• ,dog
 1 st Group (groep1)

M = ,maar

e = en

o = of

w = ,want

Dog = ,dog
 Hey mon – dis is
da MIDDLE group MIDDLE 2 (group 2)
(Group 2). It be
full of dees but
none of dat.

Middle END Group 3 (Groep 3)

1st Group (Groep 1)

• dan buitendien
• dus bowendien
• daarom intussen
• derhalw verder
e
anders
• nogtans
gevolglik
• Nietemin
• toe
Dees are da ‘d’s MIDDLE 2 (group 2)
mon.

Here bee the

Middle ‘b’s but no
none of ‘dat’
• dan buitendien
• dus bowendien
• daarom intussen
• derhalwe verder

• nogtans toe

• nietemin
• anders
• gevolglik
 Who (wie) or
(of) what (wat)

Sometimes I
is to blame?
END
ss..so just want
to END-dat (end it)
Group 3

END
GROEP 1 MIDDLE Groep 2
• dat sodra
• omdat sedert
• totdat sodat
• voordat aangesien
• nadat as
• indien of
• terwyl Mits
• tensy wat
wie