Die tegnikus aktiveer die veselverbinding.

the technician

Breakdown of Die tegnikus aktiveer die veselverbinding.

• die veselverbinding: fibre connection
• aktiveer: to activate

Questions & Answers about Die tegnikus aktiveer die veselverbinding.

Why does die appear twice in the sentence?

Because die means the in Afrikaans, and each definite noun here has its own article:

• die tegnikus = the technician
• die veselverbinding = the fiber connection

Unlike English learners might expect from some other languages, Afrikaans uses die for all genders, and also for singular and plural definite nouns in most ordinary cases.

Does Afrikaans have grammatical gender here?

No. Afrikaans does not assign grammatical gender to nouns the way languages like German do. So tegnikus and veselverbinding do not take different articles based on masculine, feminine, or neuter gender.

That is why you simply use die for both nouns.

Why is the verb aktiveer not changed to match die tegnikus?

Afrikaans verbs usually do not change form for different subjects in the present tense. That is much simpler than English.

For example:

• Ek aktiveer = I activate
• Jy aktiveer = you activate
• Die tegnikus aktiveer = the technician activates
• Hulle aktiveer = they activate

So aktiveer stays the same.