Breakdown of Die glasuur is in die keramiekateljee.
wees
to be
in
in
die keramiekateljee
pottery studio
die glasuur
glaze
Questions & Answers about Die glasuur is in die keramiekateljee.
Why does the sentence use die twice?
In Afrikaans, die is the definite article, meaning the.
So in:
Die glasuur is in die keramiekateljee.
the first die means the before glasuur, and the second die means the before keramiekateljee.
A useful thing for English speakers is that Afrikaans does not change the for gender or number. It is simply die in all these cases:
- die man = the man
- die vrou = the woman
- die kinders = the children
So both nouns here take the same article.
Does Afrikaans have grammatical gender, like German or Dutch?
No, not in the way German or Dutch do.
Afrikaans does not require you to learn different forms of the depending on masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns. You just use die as the definite article.
That makes this sentence simpler than it might be in some other Germanic languages:
- die glasuur
- die keramiekateljee
You do not need to worry about noun gender here.
Why is the word order Die glasuur is in die keramiekateljee?