Die landskapsfoto het 'n agtergrond.

The landscape photograph has a background.

Breakdown of Die landskapsfoto het 'n agtergrond.

• hê: to have
• 'n: a
• die agtergrond: background
• die landskapsfoto: landscape photograph

Questions & Answers about Die landskapsfoto het 'n agtergrond.

What does die mean in this sentence?

Die means the.

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

• singular nouns: die foto = the photo
• plural nouns: die foto's = the photos

So unlike English, Afrikaans does not change the definite article based on number.

Why is landskapsfoto written as one word?

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often forms compound nouns by joining words together.

So:

• landskap = landscape
• foto = photo
• landskapsfoto = landscape photo / landscape photograph

The -s- in the middle is a linking sound that often appears in compounds. You should usually learn compounds as complete words, because they are normally written together in Afrikaans.

What does het mean here?