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Why is it Die nuus and not 'n nuus?
Die means the. In this sentence, the speaker is referring to specific news, so Afrikaans uses die nuus = the news.
You would use 'n for a/an, but news is usually not talked about as a single countable item in either English or Afrikaans. So 'n nuus is not normal Afrikaans.
More natural alternatives would be:
- die nuus = the news
- goeie nuus = good news
- slegte nuus = bad news
Does die only mean the for singular nouns?
Is nuus singular or plural?