Dit sal eendag werk.

It will work one day.

Breakdown of Dit sal eendag werk.

• werk: to work
• sal: will
• dit: it
• eendag: one day; someday

Questions & Answers about Dit sal eendag werk.

What does Dit mean here? Is it it or this?

Here Dit is best understood as it.

In Afrikaans, dit can sometimes overlap with English it, this, or even that, depending on context. In this sentence, though, it functions like English it: It will work someday.

It can refer to a thing, an idea, a plan, or a situation, not only a physical object.

What does sal mean?

Sal is the usual Afrikaans future auxiliary, roughly equivalent to English will.

So in Dit sal eendag werk, sal is what makes the sentence future-oriented.

A useful thing for learners: sal does not change for different subjects. You use the same form with ek, jy, hy, ons, hulle, and so on.

For example:

• Ek sal werk
• Hy sal werk
• Ons sal werk

Why is sal before eendag, and why is werk at the end?