No. 828 in Afrikaans
gekyk
"Looked" or "watched."
In a sentence
Ek het na die sonsondergang gekyk.
I looked at the sunset.
Here, 'gekyk' is used as the past participle of the verb 'kyk', indicating the act of looking or watching something, specifically the sunset.
Hy het my vreemd gekyk toe ek dit gesê het.
He looked at me strangely when I said that.
In this sentence, 'gekyk' describes the manner in which the subject looked at the speaker, indicating an expression or reaction.
Sy het lank na die oulike hondjies gekyk.
She looked at the cute puppies for a long time.
'Gekyk' here conveys sustained attention or observation directed towards the puppies.
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