No. 161 in Afrikaans

voordat

"Before."

In a sentence

Ek sal die boek lees voordat ek gaan slaap.
I will read the book before I go to sleep.
In this sentence, 'voordat' serves as a conjunction linking two clauses, indicating the order of events.
Voordat ons vertrek, moet ons seker maak dat alles gereed is.
Before we leave, we must make sure that everything is ready.
Here, 'voordat' introduces a temporal subordinate clause that specifies an action that precedes the main clause activity.
Sy het die skottelgoed gewas voordat sy die televisie aangeskakel het.
She washed the dishes before she turned on the television.
'Voordat' in this context is used to establish the sequence of events between the two actions in the clause.

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