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Learn Hardcore Afrikaans: Die oornagverblyf kos geld. - The overnight accommodation costs money.

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/Die oornagverblyf kos geld.

Die oornagverblyf kos geld.

Word

Die oornagverblyf kos geld.

Meaning

The overnight accommodation costs money.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Afrikaans

Lesson

Claiming compensation after a delayed flight

Breakdown of Die oornagverblyf kos geld.

to cost; have a price

die oornagverblyf

overnight accommodation

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Questions & Answers about Die oornagverblyf kos geld.

Why is oornagverblyf written as one long word?

Because Afrikaans usually writes compound nouns as one word.

oornag = overnight
verblyf = stay / accommodation

So oornagverblyf is a compound meaning overnight accommodation or an overnight stay, depending on context.

What does die mean here?

Die means the.

A helpful thing for English speakers is that Afrikaans uses die for the regardless of gender, and also for both singular and plural in many cases. So here it simply means the.

Does kos mean costs or food?

Here, kos means costs.

Afrikaans has:

kos as a verb = to cost
kos as a noun = food

In this sentence, it is clearly the verb, because it comes after the subject:

Die oornagverblyf = the overnight accommodation
kos = costs
geld = money

Why is there no article before geld?

Because geld is being used in a general sense, like money in English.

Compare:

Dit kos geld. = It costs money.
not It costs the money.

If you were talking about specific money already mentioned, then die geld could be used.

Is the word order just the normal word order?

Yes. This is the normal main-clause pattern:

subject + verb + object/complement

Die oornagverblyf = subject
kos = verb
geld = object/complement

So the sentence structure is very close to English here.

Can oornagverblyf mean both overnight accommodation and overnight stay?

Yes. It can cover both ideas, depending on context.

For example:

in a hotel or travel context, overnight accommodation is often the best translation
in a broader context, overnight stay may also fit

So the exact English wording can vary a little, even though the Afrikaans is the same.

Can I leave out die?

Yes, but the meaning becomes more general.

Die oornagverblyf kos geld. = The overnight accommodation costs money.
Oornagverblyf kos geld. = Overnight accommodation costs money.

With die, you are referring to a specific overnight stay or accommodation. Without it, you are speaking more generally.

Does kos geld mean that it is expensive?

Not necessarily.

Kos geld only means costs money or is not free.

If you want to say it is expensive, Afrikaans would usually use something like:

Die oornagverblyf is duur. = The overnight accommodation is expensive.

So kos geld is weaker than is duur.

How do you pronounce oornagverblyf?

A rough English-friendly guide is:

OOR-nakh-fur-blayf

A few notes:

oor sounds roughly like a long or
g in nag is the guttural Afrikaans sound, like the ch in Scottish loch
ver is usually unstressed
blyf is roughly blayf

It does not have to sound perfect right away; the most unfamiliar part for many English speakers is the Afrikaans g.

Do Afrikaans nouns have grammatical gender that I need to worry about here?

No. Afrikaans does not have grammatical gender in the way languages like German or Dutch do.

That means you do not need to learn different forms of the for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns. In this sentence, die stays die regardless of the noun.

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