Die veselnetwerk het 'n netwerkonderbreking.

The fibre network has a network outage.

Breakdown of Die veselnetwerk het 'n netwerkonderbreking.

• hê: to have
• 'n: a
• die veselnetwerk: fibre network
• die netwerkonderbreking: network outage

Questions & Answers about Die veselnetwerk het 'n netwerkonderbreking.

Why are veselnetwerk and netwerkonderbreking written as single words?

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often forms compound nouns by joining words together.

• vesel = fiber/fibre
• netwerk = network
• veselnetwerk = fiber network / fibre network

And:

• netwerk = network
• onderbreking = interruption
• netwerkonderbreking = network interruption / network outage

This is very normal in Afrikaans. English often keeps these as separate words, but Afrikaans commonly combines them into one noun.

What does die mean here?

Die is the definite article in Afrikaans, so here it means the.

A useful point for English speakers: Afrikaans does not have grammatical gender like German. So die can be used for singular nouns regardless of gender, and also for plurals.

In this sentence, die veselnetwerk means the fiber network.

What does 'n mean, and how do I use it?