Die afmeting is duidelik.

to be

Breakdown of Die afmeting is duidelik.

• duidelik: clear
• die afmeting: dimension

Questions & Answers about Die afmeting is duidelik.

What does die mean in Die afmeting is duidelik?

Die is the Afrikaans definite article, usually meaning the.

So:

• die afmeting = the measurement / the dimension

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

• it does not change for gender
• it can be used for both singular and plural

Examples:

• die boek = the book
• die boeke = the books

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Why is the word order Die afmeting is duidelik and not something different?

This is the normal basic Afrikaans sentence pattern:

subject + verb + complement

So here:

• Die afmeting = subject
• is = verb
• duidelik = complement/adjective describing the subject

It works very much like English:

• The measurement is clear.

Afrikaans main clauses often look quite familiar to English speakers in simple statements like this.

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