Die dreineringsplan wys die rioolaansluiting.

Because die is the definite article in Afrikaans, meaning the.

In Die dreineringsplan wys die rioolaansluiting, you have:

• Die dreineringsplan = the drainage plan
• die rioolaansluiting = the sewer connection

Afrikaans uses die for singular nouns and plural nouns, and it does not change for grammatical gender. That makes it much simpler than languages that have different forms for the.

Here it means the.

Afrikaans die can sometimes look confusing to English speakers because it resembles words in other languages, but in normal usage as an article, die = the.

If you wanted to say this, Afrikaans would usually use hierdie.

So:

• die plan = the plan
• hierdie plan = this plan

Yes. Afrikaans very commonly forms compound nouns by writing them as a single word.

So dreineringsplan is a compound noun made up of:

• dreinering = drainage
• plan = plan

Together, dreineringsplan means drainage plan.

This is very normal in Afrikaans. English often writes similar expressions as two words, but Afrikaans usually joins them into one.

That -s- is a linking element often found in Afrikaans compounds.

So:

• dreinering
  • plan
• becomes dreineringsplan

This linking -s- does not always directly translate into anything in English. It is just part of how some compound nouns are formed naturally in Afrikaans.

You do not add it mechanically to every compound, so it is often something learners pick up through exposure and dictionary forms.

The sentence follows the normal Afrikaans main-clause word order:

Subject + verb + object

So:

• Die dreineringsplan = subject
• wys = verb
• die rioolaansluiting = object

That is very similar to English:

• The drainage plan / shows / the sewer connection

So this sentence is structurally straightforward for an English speaker.

Wys means shows or show depending on context, and Afrikaans verbs are much simpler than English verbs.

In the present tense, Afrikaans verbs usually do not change form for different subjects.

For example:

• Ek wys = I show
• Jy wys = you show
• Hy wys = he shows
• Ons wys = we show

So unlike English, Afrikaans does not add an extra -s only for he/she/it. The form stays wys.

That is why the verb may look surprisingly simple.

It is another compound noun.

It breaks down as:

• riool = sewer
• aansluiting = connection, hookup, connection point

So rioolaansluiting literally means sewer connection.

Depending on context, it could refer to:

• the sewer connection point
• the connection to the sewer system
• the sewer hookup shown on a plan

Aansluiting comes from the idea of connecting or joining up.

Related forms include:

• aansluit = connect / join up
• aansluiting = connection

In technical or planning contexts, aansluiting often refers to a utility connection, such as water, electricity, or sewer.

So in this sentence, it has a practical, technical meaning rather than a more abstract one.

In this sentence, both nouns are singular:

• die dreineringsplan = the drainage plan
• die rioolaansluiting = the sewer connection

Yes, Afrikaans could also make them plural, but the sentence as given refers to one plan and one connection.

A learner should also notice that die would still be used in the plural:

• die planne = the plans
• die aansluitings = the connections

So die does not tell you by itself whether the noun is singular or plural; the noun form does that.

Because Afrikaans does not use grammatical gender the way some other European languages do.

You do not need to learn separate words for the depending on whether a noun is masculine, feminine, or neuter. In this sentence, both nouns simply take die.

That means:

• die plan
• die aansluiting

No gender-based article changes are needed.

This is one of the reasons Afrikaans grammar often feels approachable to English speakers.

It helps to break it into parts:

• riool
• aan
• sluiting

A few useful points:

• riool has a clear vowel sequence; do not try to squash it into one English-style vowel
• aan has a long aa sound
• ui in sluiting is a specifically Afrikaans/Dutch-type vowel sound that English speakers often find difficult

You do not need perfect pronunciation immediately, but it helps to say it in chunks:

riool-aansluiting

That is often easier than trying to say the whole compound at once.

Because Afrikaans does not capitalize all nouns.

Unlike German, Afrikaans only capitalizes:

• the first word of a sentence
• proper names
• certain special cases

So in this sentence:

• Die is capitalized because it begins the sentence
• dreineringsplan and rioolaansluiting stay lowercase because they are ordinary common nouns

This matches English more closely than German.

Yes. Wys can have more than one meaning depending on context.

Common meanings include:

• show
• point out
• indicate

In a technical sentence like this one, wys often has the sense of shows or indicates.

So the drainage plan is not physically showing something like a person would; rather, the plan indicates where the sewer connection is.

That kind of slightly broader meaning is very common in practical or technical Afrikaans.