Word
Die instapkaart wys die vlugnommer.
Meaning
The boarding pass shows the flight number.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Die instapkaart wys die vlugnommer.
wys
to show
die instapkaart
boarding pass
die vlugnommer
flight number
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Questions & Answers about Die instapkaart wys die vlugnommer.
Why does the sentence start with Die?
Die is the Afrikaans definite article, equivalent to English the.
So in this sentence:
- Die instapkaart = the boarding pass
- die vlugnommer = the flight number
A useful thing for English speakers is that Afrikaans uses die for all nouns, regardless of gender. Unlike languages such as German or French, you do not have to learn different words for the depending on masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns.
Does die ever mean anything other than the?
Yes. In other contexts, die can also mean that/those as a demonstrative, depending on the sentence.
But in Die instapkaart wys die vlugnommer, both instances of die are simply the article the.
A learner tip:
When die comes directly before a noun like instapkaart or vlugnommer, it is very often just the.
How is instapkaart built, and why is it one word?