Yes, it is one word because Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often forms compound nouns by writing them together.
Together:
English often writes similar ideas as two words, but Afrikaans commonly joins them into one compound noun.
Because Afrikaans verbs are much simpler than English verbs.
In the present tense, the verb usually does not change depending on the subject:
So Afrikaans uses bepaal for all of these, while English changes to determines with he/she/it.
Yes. bepaal can mean several closely related things depending on context, such as:
In this sentence, it suggests that the contract period is the factor that sets or determines the installation fee.
So depending on the context, an English speaker might also understand it as:
Afrikaans often uses ’n for a/an.
So if you wanted to say something like:
you could say:
A few useful notes:
A rough English-friendly guide is:
A couple of helpful pronunciation points:
Yes. The present tense in Afrikaans often works like the English present tense for:
So this sentence can mean either:
Afrikaans does not need a special form here to express that general idea.
The likely plurals are:
So, for example:
This is useful because Afrikaans plurals often appear in real-life administrative or business language.