geweet

In a sentence

• Ek het geweet jy sou kom.

  I knew you would come.

  The word 'geweet' is used here in the past tense to denote knowledge or awareness of something or some event beforehand.

• Het jy geweet dat vandag my verjaarsdag is?

  Did you know that today is my birthday?

  'Geweet' is used in its question form here, implying inquiry to confirm prior knowledge about a fact.

• As ek geweet het dit sou reën, sou ek 'n sambreel gebring het.

  If I had known it was going to rain, I would have brought an umbrella.

  Here, 'geweet' is used in a conditional past tense to indicate knowledge that would have altered one's actions if it had been held.