No. 755 in Afrikaans
begraafplaas
Cemetery.
In a sentence
Die familie het blomme na die begraafplaas geneem.
The family took flowers to the cemetery.
The word 'begraafplaas' is used as a noun to denote the 'cemetery', indicating the place where individuals are buried.
Die begraafplaas is 'n stil en rustige plek.
The cemetery is a quiet and peaceful place.
Here, 'begraafplaas' is employed as the subject of the sentence describing attributes of a cemetery.
Ons het die naam op die klip in die begraafplaas gelees.
We read the name on the stone in the cemetery.
In this instance, 'begraafplaas' indicates the location where the action of reading the name occurs, serving as the object indicating the setting.
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