No. 148 in Afrikaans
sedert
Since.
In a sentence
Sedert ek klaar studeer het, werk ek in 'n skool.
Since I finished my studies, I have been working at a school.
Sedert is used here as a conjunction to indicate the starting point of an action after a specific event.
Hy was sedert gister siek.
He has been sick since yesterday.
Sedert functions as a preposition to indicate the starting point of a continuous state from a specific time.
Sedert die pandemie, het dinge baie verander.
Since the pandemic, things have changed significantly.
Sedert introduces a time period as the backdrop for overall changes.
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