aangaan
Afrikaans
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch aangaan. Senses 3 and 4 appear to be loan translations of English go on.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editaangaan (present gaan aan, present participle aangaande, past participle aangegaan)
- to concern; to be a concern to; to be someone’s business
- Moenie in dinge inmeng wat jou nie aangaan nie.
- Don’t interfere in things that don’t concern you.
- to start; to turn on
- Die lig gaan nie aan nie.
- The light won’t turn on.
- to continue; to go on
- Hulle dink alles sal aangaan soos altyd.
- They think everything will go on as ever.
- to happen; to be going on
- Wat gaan hier aan?
- What is going on here?
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch āengâan, from Old Dutch anagān. Equivalent to aan gaan. Compare German angehen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editaangaan
- (transitive) to be a concern to, to concern
- Mijn doen en laten gaat jou helemaal niets aan.
- My comings and goings are not your concern at all.
- (transitive) to enter (into something), to begin (something)
- Ze ging een contract aan met het bedrijf.
- She entered into a contract with the company.
- (intransitive) to start, to turn on (of a machine or device, or lights)
- De computer wilde maar niet aangaan. Bleek dat de stekker niet in het stopcontact zat.
- The computer just wouldn't start. Turns out the plug wasn't plugged into the power outlet.
- (transitive, in early Dutch impersonal, obsolete) to befall, to happen to
- (transitive, obsolete) to go to (someone), to approach (someone)
Conjugation
editConjugation of aangaan (strong class 7, irregular, separable) | ||||
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infinitive | aangaan | |||
past singular | ging aan | |||
past participle | aangegaan | |||
infinitive | aangaan | |||
gerund | aangaan n | |||
main clause | subordinate clause | |||
present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
1st person singular | ga aan | ging aan | aanga | aanging |
2nd person sing. (jij) | gaat aan, ga aan2 | ging aan | aangaat | aanging |
2nd person sing. (u) | gaat aan | ging aan | aangaat | aanging |
2nd person sing. (gij) | gaat aan | gingt aan | aangaat | aangingt |
3rd person singular | gaat aan | ging aan | aangaat | aanging |
plural | gaan aan | gingen aan | aangaan | aangingen |
subjunctive sing.1 | ga aan | ginge aan | aanga | aanginge |
subjunctive plur.1 | gaan aan | gingen aan | aangaan | aangingen |
imperative sing. | ga aan | |||
imperative plur.1 | gaat aan | |||
participles | aangaand | aangegaan | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
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edit- Afrikaans: aangaan
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