Die kondensasiewater val in die drupbak.

to fall

Breakdown of Die kondensasiewater val in die drupbak.

• in: into
• die drupbak: drip tray
• die kondensasiewater: condensation water

Questions & Answers about Die kondensasiewater val in die drupbak.

Why does the sentence start with Die? Is that the?

Yes. Die is the Afrikaans definite article, and here it means the.

A useful thing to know is that Afrikaans uses die much more broadly than English uses the:

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

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not change the article for gender, and unlike Dutch or German, it does not have several different forms of the depending on case.

In your sentence:

• Die kondensasiewater = the condensation water

Why is die used twice in the sentence?

Because both nouns are definite:

• Die kondensasiewater = the condensation water
• die drupbak = the drip tray

So the sentence has two noun phrases, and each one has its own article:

• Die kondensasiewater = the subject
• in die drupbak = a prepositional phrase

This is completely normal in Afrikaans, just as in English:

• The water falls into the tray.

Is kondensasiewater one word? Why is it written like that?