No. 531 in Afrikaans
bewering
Claim or assertion.
In a sentence
Die bewering wat hy gemaak het, is nie waar nie.
The claim he made is not true.
In this sentence, 'bewering' is used to mean 'claim' in the context of an assertion or statement made regarding a fact or opinion.
Sy bewering oor die projek het almal se aandag getrek.
His assertion about the project caught everyone's attention.
Here, 'bewering' denotes an assertion or proposition made during a discussion or presentation.
Ek verstaan nie die bewering van daardie artikel nie.
I do not understand the assertion in that article.
In this context, 'bewering' refers to a concept or thesis presented within a written text, such as an article.
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