Die verkoopsooreenkoms is gereed.

to be

Breakdown of Die verkoopsooreenkoms is gereed.

• gereed: ready
• die verkoopsooreenkoms: sales agreement

Questions & Answers about Die verkoopsooreenkoms is gereed.

What does Die mean here, and is it always the?

Yes. In this sentence, Die means the.

Afrikaans has just one definite article: die. Unlike English, it does not change for gender or number. So the same word is used for:

• the contract → die kontrak
• the woman → die vrou
• the houses → die huise

A useful thing to remember is that die can also mean those in some contexts, but here it is clearly the article the.

Why is verkoopsooreenkoms written as one long word?

Afrikaans often forms compound nouns by writing the parts together as a single word.

So verkoopsooreenkoms is made up of:

• verkoop = sale / selling
• ooreenkoms = agreement

Together, verkoopsooreenkoms means sales agreement or agreement of sale.

This is very common in Afrikaans and also in Dutch and German. Where English often uses separate words, Afrikaans frequently joins them:

• huis + deur → huisdeur = house door / front door
• taal + kursus → taalkursus = language course

So the long word is normal, not unusual.

How do I know is a noun?