No. 459 in Afrikaans
gesluit
Closed.
In a sentence
Die winkel is gesluit.
The store is closed.
Here, 'gesluit' is used as an adjective to describe the state of the store.
Ek het die deur gesluit.
I closed the door.
In this sentence, 'gesluit' serves as the past participle of the verb indicating the action of closing the door.
Die vergadering word gesluit.
The meeting is being closed.
'Gesluit' functions as part of a passive construction describing the action of concluding the meeting.
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