Die verpakkingsmateriaal noem die allergeen.

to mention

Breakdown of Die verpakkingsmateriaal noem die allergeen.

• die verpakkingsmateriaal: packaging material
• die allergeen: allergen

Questions & Answers about Die verpakkingsmateriaal noem die allergeen.

Why is die used twice?

Because die is the Afrikaans definite article, meaning the.

It appears before both nouns here:

• die verpakkingsmateriaal
• die allergeen

A useful thing to remember is that Afrikaans uses die for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns
• all genders

So unlike German or Dutch, you do not have to learn different definite articles for different noun genders.

Is verpakkingsmateriaal really one word?

Yes. Afrikaans very often writes compound nouns as a single word.

So verpakkingsmateriaal is one compound noun made from:

• verpakking = packaging
• materiaal = material

Together they form packaging material as one word.

This is very normal in Afrikaans, and English learners often need to get used to writing these combinations as a single word.

What is the -s- doing in verpakkingsmateriaal?