This is the 535th most frequent Afrikaans word.
gekies
Chosen.
Here, 'gekies' is used as the past participle to indicate the act of choosing that has been completed.
Hy het die nuwe boek gekies.
He chose the new book.
In this sentence, 'gekies' functions similarly to denote the selection process in the past.
Ons het 'n naam vir die span gekies.
We chose a name for the team.
Here, 'gekies' is part of the future perfect tense, indicating that the action of selection will have been completed at a future time.