No. 535 in Afrikaans
gekies
Chosen.
In a sentence
Hy het die nuwe boek gekies.
He chose the new book.
Here, 'gekies' is used as the past participle to indicate the act of choosing that has been completed.
Ons het 'n naam vir die span gekies.
We chose a name for the team.
In this sentence, 'gekies' functions similarly to denote the selection process in the past.
Sy sal 'n kandidaat vir die posisie gekies hê.
She will have chosen a candidate for the position.
Here, 'gekies' is part of the future perfect tense, indicating that the action of selection will have been completed at a future time.
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