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Afrikaans frequency list

No. 758 in Afrikaans

daai

"Daai" means "that" in English.

In a sentence

  • Ek hou van daai boek wat jy lees.

    I like that book you are reading.

    In this sentence, 'daai' is used as a demonstrative adjective to specify or point out 'boek' (the book).

  • Het jy daai fliek al gesien?

    Have you already seen that movie?

    Here, 'daai' functions as a demonstrative adjective to refer to 'fliek' (the movie) of which the speaker assumes the listener is aware.

  • Die honde het gehoor gegee aan daai instruksies.

    The dogs followed those instructions.

    'Daai' is used in this context as a demonstrative pronoun referring to 'instruksies' (the instructions), indicating specific instructions previously mentioned or known to both speaker and listener.

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