Die deelnemer is bewusteloos.

to be

Breakdown of Die deelnemer is bewusteloos.

• die deelnemer: participant
• bewusteloos: unconscious

Questions & Answers about Die deelnemer is bewusteloos.

Is die pronounced like the English word die?

No. In Afrikaans, die here is pronounced roughly like dee.

A few helpful points:

• die = the
• It is a very common word in Afrikaans.
• English speakers often misread it at first because of the spelling.

So in this sentence, Die deelnemer sounds roughly like dee dayl-neh-mer.

What does die mean here?

Here, die is the definite article, so it means the.

Unlike English, Afrikaans uses die for:

• singular nouns: die deelnemer = the participant
• plural nouns: die deelnemers = the participants

So die does a lot of work in Afrikaans.

Does Afrikaans have grammatical gender, like de and het in Dutch or der/die/das in German?

No, not in the same way.

Afrikaans does not use different articles for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns. That makes things simpler for learners.

So:

• die man = the man
• die vrou = the woman
• die kind = the child

All of them use die.

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