No. 829 in Afrikaans

geloop

"Walked" or "gone."

In a sentence

Ek het gister ver geloop.
I walked far yesterday.
The word 'geloop' functions as the past participle of 'loop', which means 'to walk', indicating the act of walking.
Die water het by die kraan geloop.
The water flowed from the faucet.
The word 'geloop' in this sentence is used metaphorically to mean 'to flow', adapted to describe the movement of water.
Hulle het nog nooit in hierdie park geloop nie.
They have never walked in this park before.
Here 'geloop' refers to the action of walking, forming part of a negation indicated by 'nooit' meaning 'never'.

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