Samewerking is belangrik.

to be

Breakdown of Samewerking is belangrik.

• belangrik: important
• die samewerking: cooperation

Questions & Answers about Samewerking is belangrik.

Why is samewerking written as one word?

In Afrikaans, compounds are very often written as a single word. Samewerking is built from saam/same- idea of together plus werking meaning working/operation/cooperation in this context. So instead of writing something like same werking, Afrikaans normally makes one compound noun: samewerking.

Is samewerking a noun here?

Yes. Samewerking is a noun, and in this sentence it is the subject.

So the structure is:

• Samewerking = the subject
• is = the verb
• belangrik = the description after the verb

It works much like English Cooperation is important.

Is is used the same way as English is?

Yes, very much so. Is is the present tense form of the verb wees (to be) used with a singular subject.

So:

• Samewerking is belangrik. = Cooperation is important.

This is one of the easiest parts for English speakers, because it looks and works very similarly to English.

Why is there no word for before ?