Die lidmaat help die gemeenskap.

to help

Breakdown of Die lidmaat help die gemeenskap.

• die gemeenskap: the community
• die lidmaat: congregation member

Questions & Answers about Die lidmaat help die gemeenskap.

Why does die appear twice in Die lidmaat help die gemeenskap?

Because Afrikaans uses die as the definite article the.

• die lidmaat = the member / the congregant
• die gemeenskap = the community

Just like in English, you use the before both the subject and the object when both are definite.

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Does die change for gender, like de, het, or der/die/das in some other languages?

No. Afrikaans is much simpler here.

Die is used for:

• masculine nouns
• feminine nouns
• most plural nouns
• many singular nouns in general

Afrikaans does not have grammatical gender in the way German or Dutch does, so you do not need to memorize different forms of the for different noun genders.

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Why is the verb just help and not something like helps?

Afrikaans verbs usually do not change according to the subject in the present tense.

So:

• Ek help = I help
• Jy help = you help
• Hy help = he helps
• Ons help = we help

Unlike English, there is no special -s form for he/she/it in the present tense. That is why Die lidmaat help ... is correct, not helps.

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