Die skuld bly hoog.

to remain

Breakdown of Die skuld bly hoog.

• hoog: high
• die skuld: financial debt

Questions & Answers about Die skuld bly hoog.

What does each word in Die skuld bly hoog mean?

• Die = the
• skuld = debt
• bly = remain / stay
• hoog = high

So the sentence is literally The debt remains high.

Why is die used here? Does Afrikaans have grammatical gender like Dutch or German?

No. Afrikaans does not use grammatical gender the way Dutch or German do.

Die is the normal definite article for the:

• die man = the man
• die vrou = the woman
• die huis = the house

So in Die skuld, die simply means the.

Is skuld only debt, or can it mean something else too?

Skuld can mean debt, but in other contexts it can also be related to guilt or fault/blame.

Examples:

• finansiële skuld = financial debt
• Hy het skuld. = He is guilty / He is to blame.

In Die skuld bly hoog, the meaning is clearly debt.

How is skuld pronounced?