Die koopprys is redelik.

to be

Breakdown of Die koopprys is redelik.

• die koopprys: purchase price
• redelik: reasonable

Questions & Answers about Die koopprys is redelik.

What does die mean in this sentence?

Here die is the definite article, equivalent to English the.

So:

• die koopprys = the purchase price

A useful thing to know is that Afrikaans uses die for the with both singular and plural nouns:

• die boek = the book
• die boeke = the books

Unlike languages such as German, Afrikaans does not have different forms of the for grammatical gender.

Why is koopprys written as one word?

Afrikaans very often writes compound nouns as one word.

So koopprys is made up of:

• koop = buy / purchase
• prys = price

Together, koopprys means purchase price or buying price.

This is very common in Afrikaans. English often writes these as two words, but Afrikaans usually combines them into one compound noun.

Why is the word order Die koopprys is redelik?