Die besluit word oorweeg.

to become

Breakdown of Die besluit word oorweeg.

• die besluit: the decision
• oorweeg: to consider

Questions & Answers about Die besluit word oorweeg.

Why is die used here? Does Afrikaans have different words for the?

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

A useful thing for English speakers: Afrikaans does not change the definite article for gender the way languages like German or Dutch do. You use die very broadly.

• die besluit = the decision
• die man = the man
• die vrou = the woman
• die kinders = the children

So in this sentence, die simply marks besluit as a specific, known decision.

Is besluit a noun or a verb here?

Here, besluit is a noun.

You can tell because it comes right after the article die:

• die besluit = the decision

But besluit can also be a verb in other sentences:

• Ek besluit môre. = I decide tomorrow.

So this is one of those Afrikaans words where context tells you the part of speech.

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