No. 863 in Afrikaans
totdat
"Until"
In a sentence
Ek sal wag totdat hy arriveer.
I will wait until he arrives.
Here, 'totdat' is used as a conjunction meaning 'until', indicating the time duration up to the point of the arrival.
Sy lees die boek totdat haar oë moeg word.
She reads the book until her eyes get tired.
In this sentence, 'totdat' connects two clauses, denoting the time leading up to the moment her eyes tire.
Ons het gesels totdat die son opgekom het.
We talked until the sun rose.
'Totdat' once again shows a time-related event conjunction, describing the span of the conversation until dawn.
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