Ons stuur die vergoedingsaansoek vandag.

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Breakdown of Ons stuur die vergoedingsaansoek vandag.

• vandag: today
• stuur: to send
• die vergoedingsaansoek: compensation application

Questions & Answers about Ons stuur die vergoedingsaansoek vandag.

Why is stuur not changed to match ons?

In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not conjugate for person in the present tense the way English verbs do.

So you get:

• ek stuur
• jy stuur
• ons stuur
• hulle stuur

The verb stays stuur in all of these. That is why Ons stuur ... is completely normal.

What does die mean here?

Die is the definite article, so it means the.

A very useful thing for English speakers is that Afrikaans does not change the article for gender. So the same die is used regardless of whether the noun is masculine, feminine, or neuter.

It is also used with plural nouns, so die can mean:

• the (singular)
• the (plural)

You do not need to learn different forms like in some other languages.

Why is vergoedingsaansoek written as one word?