Die bruto salaris bevat die basiese salaris.

The gross salary contains the basic salary.

Breakdown of Die bruto salaris bevat die basiese salaris.

• bevat: to contain
• die bruto salaris: gross salary
• die basiese salaris: basic salary

Questions & Answers about Die bruto salaris bevat die basiese salaris.

Why is die used before both bruto salaris and basiese salaris?

Die is the Afrikaans definite article, equivalent to the.

In this sentence, there are two separate definite noun phrases:

• die bruto salaris = the gross salary
• die basiese salaris = the basic salary

Afrikaans normally uses the article with each definite noun phrase, so you do not leave out the second die here.

Does die change for gender or number?

No. Die is very simple compared with articles in many other languages.

It is used for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns
• all genders

So:

• die salaris = the salary
• die salarisse = the salaries

Afrikaans has largely lost grammatical gender, so you do not have to learn different forms like in German or Dutch.

How do you pronounce die in Afrikaans?

Here, die is pronounced roughly like dee.

So:

• die in Afrikaans = dee
• not like the English word die

That is one of the first pronunciation differences English speakers usually notice.