Die kondensasiewater verdwyn.

condensation water

Breakdown of Die kondensasiewater verdwyn.

• verdwyn: to disappear

Questions & Answers about Die kondensasiewater verdwyn.

What does die mean here?

Here die is the definite article the.

A few useful things to know about die in Afrikaans:

• It is used for all genders, because Afrikaans does not have grammatical gender like German.
• It can be used with singular or plural nouns.
• In this sentence, it points to a specific thing: the condensation water.

So Die kondensasiewater means the condensation water.

Is die pronounced like the English word die?

No. In Afrikaans, die is usually pronounced roughly like dee.

So the beginning of the sentence sounds like:

dee kon-den-SA-sie-water ...

That is a very common beginner trap, because the spelling looks familiar to English speakers.

Why is kondensasiewater written as one word?