Die versendingsetiket kan deur die kliëntediens gestuur word.

The shipping label can be sent by customer service.

Breakdown of Die versendingsetiket kan deur die kliëntediens gestuur word.

• kan: can
• word: to become
• stuur: to send
• deur: by

Questions & Answers about Die versendingsetiket kan deur die kliëntediens gestuur word.

Why does the sentence start with Die?

Die is the definite article in Afrikaans, and it means the.

So:

• Die versendingsetiket = the shipping label
• die kliëntediens = the customer service

Unlike English, Afrikaans uses die for both singular and plural definite nouns, so the same word covers the in many situations.

What does versendingsetiket mean, and why is it one long word?

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

versendingsetiket can be broken down as:

• versending = shipping / dispatch
• etiket = label

Together, versendingsetiket means shipping label.

English often writes these as two words, but Afrikaans commonly combines them into one.

What does kan mean here?

Kan means can or is able to.

In this sentence, it shows possibility or ability:

• Die versendingsetiket kan ... gestuur word.
• The shipping label can ... be sent.

So kan works very much like English can.