Die bemiddeling begin môre.

tomorrow

Breakdown of Die bemiddeling begin môre.

• begin: to begin
• die bemiddeling: mediation

Questions & Answers about Die bemiddeling begin môre.

What does die mean here?

Here die is the definite article the.

A few useful things to know:

• Afrikaans uses die for the in both singular and plural.
• It does not change for gender, because Afrikaans nouns do not have grammatical gender the way some other languages do.
• It is capitalized here only because it is the first word in the sentence.

So die bemiddeling means the mediation.

Why is the verb begin not changed to match the subject?

In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change form for person or number in the present tense.

So you get:

• Ek begin
• Jy begin
• Die bemiddeling begin
• Hulle begin

This is much simpler than English, where you would say I begin but it begins. In Afrikaans, the verb stays begin.

Is this sentence in the present tense or the future?