Questions & Answers about Die plan het 'n duidelike basis.
Why does the sentence start with Die? Does Afrikaans have different words for the?
Die is the Afrikaans definite article, meaning the.
A useful thing for English speakers is that Afrikaans does not change the for gender or case. So unlike languages such as German, you just use die for singular and plural nouns:
- die plan = the plan
- die basis = the basis
- die planne = the plans
So in this sentence, Die plan simply means the plan.
Why is het used here? Does it mean has?
Yes. In this sentence, het means has.
So:
- Die plan het ... = The plan has ...
Afrikaans uses het as the present-tense form of to have for all subjects:
- Ek het = I have
- Jy het = you have
- Hy/Sy/Dit het = he/she/it has
- Ons het = we have
- Julle het = you all have
- Hulle het = they have
Unlike English, the verb does not change to has for he/she/it. It stays het.