Die oordrag is suksesvol.

to be

Breakdown of Die oordrag is suksesvol.

• die oordrag: ownership transfer
• suksesvol: successful

Questions & Answers about Die oordrag is suksesvol.

Why does the sentence start with die?

Die is the Afrikaans definite article, equivalent to the in English.

So in Die oordrag is suksesvol, die oordrag means the transfer.

A useful thing for English speakers to know is that Afrikaans does not have different definite articles for gender, the way some other languages do. Die is used very broadly:

• die man = the man
• die vrou = the woman
• die kind = the child
• die oordrag = the transfer

It is also used for plural nouns:

• die oordragte = the transfers

Why is it is? Is that really the Afrikaans verb?

Yes. Is is the present-tense form of the verb wees (to be).

In this sentence, it works just like English is:

• Die oordrag is suksesvol. = The transfer is successful.

One very learner-friendly feature of Afrikaans is that verbs usually do not change much depending on the subject. So unlike English:

• I am
• you are
• he is

Afrikaans often keeps things simpler:

• ek is
• jy is
• hy is
• ons is

So is is completely normal here.

Why is suksesvol not changed in any way?