Die woonadres is op die dokument.

to be

Breakdown of Die woonadres is op die dokument.

• op: on
• die dokument: the document
• die woonadres: residential address

Questions & Answers about Die woonadres is op die dokument.

Why is die used twice in Die woonadres is op die dokument?

Because the sentence has two separate nouns, and each one needs its own definite article:

• die woonadres = the residential address / home address
• die dokument = the document

So Afrikaans works like English here:

• The address is on the document.

The first die belongs to woonadres.
The second die belongs to dokument.

Also, die is the normal definite article in Afrikaans for all genders and for both singular and plural nouns in most basic uses.

What does woonadres mean exactly?

Woonadres is a compound noun:

• woon = related to living or residing
• adres = address

So woonadres means residential address, home address, or address where someone lives.

This is very common in Afrikaans: two words join together to make one noun.

Other similar compounds are:

• e-posadres = email address
• posadres = postal address
• huisadres = home address

A learner should notice that Afrikaans often writes these as one word.

Why is it is op die dokument and not something like in die dokument?