Breakdown of Die aflaaispoed is vinniger as die oplaaispoed.
wees
to be
as
than
vinniger
faster
die aflaaispoed
download speed
Questions & Answers about Die aflaaispoed is vinniger as die oplaaispoed.
What does die mean here, and why is it used twice?
Die is the Afrikaans definite article, so here it means the.
It appears twice because there are two separate noun phrases:
- die aflaaispoed = the download speed
- die oplaaispoed = the upload speed
A useful thing to remember is that Afrikaans uses die for all genders, and also for plural nouns, so it does not change the way English articles sometimes do.
Why are aflaaispoed and oplaaispoed written as one word?
Afrikaans very often forms compound nouns by writing them as a single word.
So:
- aflaai
- spoed → aflaaispoed
- oplaai
- spoed → oplaaispoed
English usually writes these as two words, like download speed and upload speed, but Afrikaans normally joins them.
What do aflaai and oplaai literally mean?