No. 169 in Afrikaans
onlangs
Recently.
In a sentence
Ek het onlangs 'n nuwe boek gelees.
I recently read a new book.
The word 'onlangs' is used here to indicate an event that occurred in the near past.
Het jy onlangs iets interessant ervaar?
Have you recently experienced something interesting?
In this sentence, 'onlangs' is posed within a question to inquire about experiences in the recent past.
Hulle het my onlangs genooi om by hulle aan te sluit.
They recently invited me to join them.
Here, 'onlangs' is used to set a timeframe reference for an action that took place in the past.
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