Die sluiterspoed is vinnig.

The shutter speed is fast.

Breakdown of Die sluiterspoed is vinnig.

• wees: to be
• vinnig: fast
• die sluiterspoed: shutter speed

Questions & Answers about Die sluiterspoed is vinnig.

Why is sluiterspoed written as one word?

Because Afrikaans usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

So:

• sluiter = shutter
• spoed = speed
• sluiterspoed = shutter speed

This is very common in Afrikaans, much more so than in English. Where English often uses two words, Afrikaans often combines them into one.

More examples:

• kamera lens in English becomes kameralens in Afrikaans
• school bag becomes skooltas

So sluiterspoed is normal and expected spelling.

What does die mean here?

Here, die means the.

So Die sluiterspoed = The shutter speed.

A useful thing to know is that Afrikaans uses die for:

• singular definite nouns: the camera
• plural definite nouns: the cameras

Unlike Dutch or German, Afrikaans does not have different forms of the for gender.

Examples:

• die kamera = the camera
• die kameras = the cameras

Is used the same way as English ?