Hulle verkoop kos, met dien verstande dat die datummerk duidelik is.

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Breakdown of Hulle verkoop kos, met dien verstande dat die datummerk duidelik is.

• wees: to be
• die kos: the food
• duidelik: clear

Questions & Answers about Hulle verkoop kos, met dien verstande dat die datummerk duidelik is.

What does met dien verstande dat mean as a whole?

It is a fixed, formal expression meaning provided that, on condition that, or with the understanding that.

In other words, it introduces a condition. In this sentence, the selling happens only under that condition.

This phrase is especially common in formal, official, legal, or administrative language.

Why is it dien and not die?

Dien is part of this fixed expression. It is an older, formal form that survives in set phrases like met dien verstande dat.

So for a learner, the best approach is:

• learn met dien verstande dat as one chunk
• do not try to build it freely with normal modern article rules

In everyday Afrikaans, you would not normally use dien like this outside such fixed expressions.

What is verstande here? Is it related to verstand?

Yes. It is related to verstand, which normally means understanding, sense, or mind.

In met dien verstande dat, the form verstande is part of the frozen idiom. It is not something learners usually need to produce separately in ordinary speech.

So again, it is best to treat met dien verstande dat as a set phrase rather than trying to analyze each word too literally.