The confusing pronoun sy in Afrikaans

A lot of people get confused with when to use the word "sy" in Afrikaans for the male personal pronoun or the female personal pronoun. There are very few of these. In fact this could be the only one where there is a difference between male and female.
The female Afrikaans "sy" is she. That is normally in the subject position of a sentence. But the "sy" male version is when it is showing a posession and will not be in the subject position. The question you should ask yourself is who does it belong to? If it is male we use the Afrikaans "sy".
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[@DawnMiaLaughton-kv5zs]

Love it. Very helpful thank you and easy enough to remember.

[@YourAfrikaansChannel]

Great to get some feedback. Thank you very much.

[@andreaskallstrom9031]

Dankie!

[@YourAfrikaansChannel]

Plesier!

[@effortlessjapanese123]

dankie vir die video Mevrouw Lisa and Meneer Shaun!

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Groot plesier! Dankie vir jou ondersteuning. Thank you for your support.

[@semihuskuplu7595]

This is like in german.This is his book:Dat is sein Buch.She is thirsty:Sie ist durstig.

[@YourAfrikaansChannel]

Thank you for connecting.

[@advan1832]

Or like in Dutch : "Zij" meaning both "she" (sy) and "they" (hulle). The possessives being "zijn" (M) "haar" (F) and "hun" (plur.). The funny thing is that "zijn" means "to be" ("wezen" in old Dutch, similar to Afrikaans "wees") as an infinitive or for plural persons. Dit is zijn boek Zij is dorstig ze/zij zijn dorstig Deliciously confusing, isn't it? :)

[@YourAfrikaansChannel]

Yes, thank you.

[@mwonyonyixoldingzsouthafrika]

you have the best video learning series keep up the great work, can you recommend any poets who write in Afrikaans?? thank you

[@YourAfrikaansChannel]

You can look at Jan F. E. Celliers and Totius (Dr. JD Du Toit) for poems that are not so difficult.

[@mwonyonyixoldingzsouthafrika]

@@YourAfrikaansChannel this is my favorite one..totally epic but very short and captured my family's motto credo "live free"...I believe Celliers the land and the Afrikaaner people are connected spiritually.. this one : kzbin.info/www/bejne/iILcg6Jja6mspqc

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@mwonyonyixoldingzukraine9903 Awesome, thank you!

[@user-zy2qi6xq8r]

May you talk about helping verbs

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Good request, thank you.

[@leenderttamboer2091]

May be i can ask a question in dutch.. ik probeer het Afrikaans beter te begrijpen. Waarom is het: “Sy is dors” en niet “Sy het dors”? Dankie|

[@YourAfrikaansChannel]

It is similar to English when we say "I am thirsty." and not "I have thirst." Some reasons are that Afrikaans has a simpler verb conjugation and grammer than Dutch.

[@desydukuk291]

How do you say "He is thirsty" and "This is her book"?

[@marcellio8907]

Goeie vraag.. Ek skat ' hy is dors' en ' dit is haar boek' ? 🤔

[@YourAfrikaansChannel]

Dit is reg, ja.

[@desydukuk291]

@@YourAfrikaansChannel That's right, yes.