No. 921 in Afrikaans
kar
Car.
In a sentence
Ek het 'n blou kar gekoop.
I bought a blue car.
The word 'kar' is used as a noun to refer to a vehicle, specifically a car in English.
Die kinders speel met 'n klein speelgoedkar.
The children are playing with a small toy car.
Here the word 'kar' is used to describe a miniature representation of a car, emphasizing its toy nature.
Hulle se, die kar speel nie musiek nie omdat die radio stukkend is.
They say the car does not play music because the radio is broken.
In this context, 'kar' might imply the entire vehicle object, often considered as a system or unit, implicit to the suggestion that equipment within it, such as the radio, might not function.
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