Ten spyte van die aftrekking bly die netto salaris hoog.

to remain

Breakdown of Ten spyte van die aftrekking bly die netto salaris hoog.

• hoog: high
• ten spyte van: despite; in spite of
• die netto salaris: net salary

Questions & Answers about Ten spyte van die aftrekking bly die netto salaris hoog.

What does ten spyte van do in this sentence?

Ten spyte van means despite or in spite of. It is a fixed expression in Afrikaans.

In this sentence:

• Ten spyte van die aftrekking = Despite the deduction

A useful thing to remember is that van is part of the expression, so learners should treat ten spyte van as one unit.

Examples:

• Ten spyte van die reën, gaan ons uit. = Despite the rain, we are going out.
• Ten spyte van die probleem, werk dit nog. = Despite the problem, it still works.

Why is it die aftrekking and die netto salaris? Why is die used twice?

Die is the definite article in Afrikaans, meaning the.

So:

• die aftrekking = the deduction
• die netto salaris = the net salary

Afrikaans uses die for all genders and for both singular and plural definite nouns, so it is much simpler than many other languages.

You use it twice because there are two separate noun phrases:

1. die aftrekking
2. die netto salaris

What exactly does aftrekking mean here?