No. 318 in Afrikaans
voormalige
Former.
In a sentence
Die voormalige president het 'n boek geskryf.
The former president wrote a book.
In this sentence, 'voormalige' is an adjective describing 'president', indicating that the person was a president in the past.
Hulle het die voormalige fabriek in 'n museum omskep.
They converted the former factory into a museum.
Here, 'voormalige' describes 'fabriek', specifying that it was a factory but is no longer used as one.
Ons besoek die voormalige huis van die kunstenaar.
We visit the former house of the artist.
In this example, 'voormalige' qualifies 'huis', indicating that it was previously the residence of the artist.
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