Die lugdiens verduidelik die aanspreeklikheid en die vervoervoorwaardes.

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Breakdown of Die lugdiens verduidelik die aanspreeklikheid en die vervoervoorwaardes.

• verduidelik: to explain
• die lugdiens: airline
• die vervoervoorwaardes: conditions of carriage

Questions & Answers about Die lugdiens verduidelik die aanspreeklikheid en die vervoervoorwaardes.

Why is die used twice in this sentence?

Because both nouns are definite:

• die lugdiens = the airline
• die aanspreeklikheid = the liability
• die vervoervoorwaardes = the conditions of carriage / transport conditions

Afrikaans often repeats the definite article before each noun in a list, just as English can do. So die aanspreeklikheid en die vervoervoorwaardes is perfectly normal.

Also, Afrikaans uses die for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns
• all grammatical genders

So unlike languages such as German or Dutch, you do not have to learn different forms of the.

What does lugdiens literally mean, and why is it written as one word?

Lugdiens is a compound noun:

• lug = air
• diens = service

So literally it means air service, but in context it means airline.

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often writes compound nouns as a single word. English sometimes does this too, but less consistently. So where English might write air service or transport conditions, Afrikaans often joins the parts into one word.

Why is verduidelik used without any ending? Is it present tense?