"dit" meaning in Afrikaans

See dit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /dət/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-dit.wav Forms: sy [possessive]
Etymology: From Dutch dit (“this”), from Middle Dutch dit, from Old Dutch thit. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|dit||this}} Dutch dit (“this”), {{inh|af|dum|dit}} Middle Dutch dit, {{inh|af|odt|thit}} Old Dutch thit Head templates: {{head|af|pronoun|possessive|sy}} dit (possessive sy)
  1. it, this, that (subject and object)
    referring to the context
    Sense id: en-dit-af-pron-20nm2Zxz
  2. it, this, that (subject and object)
    referring to something seen or heard in the real world
    Synonyms (referring to something seen or heard): hierdie, daardie (english: both more demonstrative)
    Sense id: en-dit-af-pron-02Dy4eMY Disambiguation of 'referring to something seen or heard': 19 62 20
  3. it, this, that (subject and object)
    referring to non-personal singular nouns
    Synonyms (referring to non-personal singulars): hy, hom
    Sense id: en-dit-af-pron-~cADdIME Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Afrikaans pronouns Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 23 19 58 Disambiguation of Afrikaans pronouns: 24 31 45 Disambiguation of 'referring to non-personal singulars': 23 20 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 't [Cape-Afrikaans] Derived forms: dis
Related terms: die, dié, ek, my, myne, jy, jou, joune, u, u s’n, hy, hom, sy, syne, haar, hare, ons, ons s’n, julle, jul1, julle s’n, hulle, hul1, hulle s’n, 1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for dit meaning in Afrikaans (4.0kB)

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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Dutch dit (“this”), from Middle Dutch dit, from Old Dutch thit.",
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    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "my"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "u"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "haar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hare"
    },
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      "word": "ons"
    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "but also otherwise"
    },
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        {
          "english": "It seems very difficult.",
          "text": "Dit lyk baie moeilik.",
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        }
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          "that"
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        {
          "english": "This is a house.",
          "text": "Dit is ’n huis.",
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        }
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        "referring to something seen or heard in the real world"
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          "_dis1": "19 62 20",
          "sense": "referring to something seen or heard",
          "word": "hierdie"
        },
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          "_dis1": "19 62 20",
          "english": "both more demonstrative",
          "sense": "referring to something seen or heard",
          "word": "daardie"
        }
      ]
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        }
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        {
          "english": "She gave me the book, but I haven’t read it yet.",
          "text": "Sy het my die boek gegee, maar ek het dit nog nie gelees nie.",
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        }
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "23 20 58",
          "sense": "referring to non-personal singulars",
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        "Cape-Afrikaans"
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    "Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    }
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    {
      "word": "dié"
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    }
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        {
          "english": "It seems very difficult.",
          "text": "Dit lyk baie moeilik.",
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        }
      ],
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        "it, this, that (subject and object)",
        "referring to the context"
      ],
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          "this",
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    {
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          "english": "This is a house.",
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        }
      ],
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        "referring to something seen or heard in the real world"
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          "it",
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          "this",
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          "that",
          "that"
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      ]
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    {
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        {
          "english": "She gave me the book, but I haven’t read it yet.",
          "text": "Sy het my die boek gegee, maar ek het dit nog nie gelees nie.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "it, this, that (subject and object)",
        "referring to non-personal singular nouns"
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        ],
        [
          "this",
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      "sense": "referring to something seen or heard",
      "word": "hierdie"
    },
    {
      "english": "both more demonstrative",
      "sense": "referring to something seen or heard",
      "word": "daardie"
    },
    {
      "sense": "referring to non-personal singulars",
      "word": "hy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "referring to non-personal singulars",
      "word": "hom"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cape-Afrikaans"
      ],
      "word": "'t"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dit"
}

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