Die voedselhanteerder neem ook deel.

The food handler also participates.

Breakdown of Die voedselhanteerder neem ook deel.

• ook: also
• die voedselhanteerder: food handler
• deelneem: to participate

Questions & Answers about Die voedselhanteerder neem ook deel.

Why does the sentence start with Die? Does Afrikaans have grammatical gender like German?

Die here is the definite article, meaning the.

Afrikaans does not use grammatical gender the way German does, so you do not have to learn different forms of the for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns. In many basic cases, die is used for the with singular nouns like die voedselhanteerder.

So in this sentence:

• die = the
• voedselhanteerder = food handler

That makes Die voedselhanteerder = The food handler.

What does voedselhanteerder mean, and why is it written as one long word?

Afrikaans often forms nouns by combining smaller words into a compound word, just like German and often like Dutch.

Here:

• voedsel = food
• hanteerder = handler / person who handles

So:

• voedselhanteerder = food handler

Afrikaans usually writes these combinations as one word, even where English often uses two words.

What is neem deel? Why are there two words for what seems to be one idea?