Ons stuur die beskadigde produk terug.

we

Breakdown of Ons stuur die beskadigde produk terug.

• beskadig: damaged
• die produk: product
• terugstuur: to send back; return

Questions & Answers about Ons stuur die beskadigde produk terug.

Why is ons used here? Does it mean we or us?

In Afrikaans, ons can mean both we and us.

In this sentence, ons is the subject, so it means we:

• Ons stuur ... terug. = We send ... back.

Examples:

• Ons help hulle. = We help them.
• Hulle help ons. = They help us.

So unlike English, Afrikaans does not change the form the way we/us does.

What does die mean here, and why is it not different for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns?

Die means the.

Afrikaans does not have grammatical gender the way languages like German or Dutch do, so you do not need different forms of the for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns. That makes things much simpler.

So:

• die produk = the product
• die tafel = the table
• die vrou = the woman

Also, die is used for both singular and plural definite nouns:

• die produk = the product
• die produkte = the products