No. 16 in Afrikaans

daar

There; there is/are.

In a sentence

Daar is 'n kat op die tafel.
There is a cat on the table.
In this sentence, 'daar' acts as an existential indicator meaning 'there', used to state that something exists at a location.
Ek gaan daar heen.
I am going over there.
Here, 'daar' refers to a specific distant location described as 'there', indicating direction.
Daar waar die son sak, lê my hoop.
There, where the sun sets, lies my hope.
In this case, 'daar' specifies a poetic or abstract location, used in a descriptive phrase to set a scene or context.

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