Die salarisstrokie bevat die werknemernommer.

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Breakdown of Die salarisstrokie bevat die werknemernommer.

• die salarisstrokie: payslip
• die werknemernommer: employee number

Questions & Answers about Die salarisstrokie bevat die werknemernommer.

Why is die used twice in this sentence?

In Afrikaans, die is the definite article for the in both singular and plural.

So in:

Die salarisstrokie bevat die werknemernommer.

the first die = the payslip
the second die = the employee number

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not change the word for the based on gender or number.

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Is die pronounced like the English verb die?

No. Afrikaans die is usually pronounced roughly like dee.

So:

• die = the
• not like English die = to stop living

This is a very common point of confusion for English speakers.

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Why is werknemernommer written as one long word?

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often joins nouns together into compound words.

So:

• werknemer = employee
• nommer = number
• werknemernommer = employee number

English usually writes these as separate words, but Afrikaans often combines them into one.

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