No. 652 in Afrikaans
vergeet
To forget.
In a sentence
Ek vergeet waar ek my sleutels gelaat het.
I forget where I left my keys.
Here, 'vergeet' is used in the present tense to express a current mental state of forgetting or not recalling something.
Hy het vergeet om die deur te sluit.
He forgot to lock the door.
In this sentence, 'vergeet' is used in the past tense to indicate a previous act of forgetting or omission.
Moet asseblief nie vergeet om hulle te bel nie.
Please don't forget to call them.
This usage of 'vergeet' is in the present tense combined with a command, emphasizing a reminder to recall and perform an action in the future.
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