No. 84 in Afrikaans

alles

"Alles" means "everything" in English.

In a sentence

Alles is gereed vir die partytjie.
Everything is ready for the party.
In this sentence, 'alles' is used to mean 'everything', referring to the entirety of preparations for the party.
Sy vertel vir haar alles oor die reis.
She tells her everything about the trip.
Here, 'alles' also signifies 'everything', employed to indicate the sum of details pertaining to the trip shared during the conversation.
Ons het alles probeer om die probleem op te los.
We tried everything to solve the problem.
In this case, 'alles' is used again to denote 'everything', referencing all possible attempts made to resolve the problem.

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