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No. 74 in Afrikaans

gedoen

"Done" or "completed."

In a sentence

  • Ek het jou versoek gedoen.

    I have done your request.

    Here, 'gedoen' is used as the past participle of the verb 'doen', meaning 'done', to indicate an action (making the request) that was completed.

  • Wat jy gedoen het, was verkeerd.

    What you did was incorrect.

    In this instance, 'gedoen' is also the past participle form, used here to describe an action ('did') in the past in a relative clause.

  • Hy het altyd sy werk goed gedoen.

    He always did his work well.

    Here, 'gedoen' follows 'het' to form the perfect tense, referencing a repeated action in the past performed well.

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