Die speellys is gereed.

to be

Breakdown of Die speellys is gereed.

• gereed: ready
• die speellys: playlist

Questions & Answers about Die speellys is gereed.

Why does the sentence start with Die?

Die is the Afrikaans definite article, equivalent to English the.

A few useful things about die:

• It is used for all genders. Afrikaans does not have separate words like German der / die / das.
• It can be used for singular and plural nouns:
  • die speellys = the playlist
  • die speellyste = the playlists

So in Die speellys is gereed, die simply means the.

What kind of word is speellys?

Speellys is a compound noun, which is very common in Afrikaans.

It is made up of:

• speel = play
• lys = list

Together, speellys literally means something like play-list, so it works just like English playlist.

Afrikaans often combines words this way into one noun.

Why is is used here, and does it work like English is?