Die kabelroete gaan na die veselterminaal.

The cable route goes to the fibre terminal.

Breakdown of Die kabelroete gaan na die veselterminaal.

• gaan: to go
• na: toward
• die kabelroete: cable route
• die veselterminaal: fibre terminal

Questions & Answers about Die kabelroete gaan na die veselterminaal.

Why is die used twice in Die kabelroete gaan na die veselterminaal?

Die is the Afrikaans definite article, meaning the. Afrikaans uses die for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns
• all grammatical genders

So in this sentence:

• die kabelroete = the cable route
• die veselterminaal = the fiber terminal

Unlike languages such as German or Dutch, Afrikaans does not change the definite article for gender or case.

Why is kabelroete written as one word?

Afrikaans very often forms compound nouns as a single word, just like German, and more consistently than English.

So:

• kabel = cable
• roete = route
• kabelroete = cable route

English often writes these as two words, but Afrikaans commonly joins them into one compound noun. The same happens with veselterminaal:

• vesel = fiber
• terminaal = terminal
• veselterminaal = fiber terminal

What does gaan mean here? Does it literally mean goes?