Die bewegingsensor werk.

to work

Breakdown of Die bewegingsensor werk.

• die bewegingsensor: motion sensor

Questions & Answers about Die bewegingsensor werk.

What does die mean in this sentence?

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

A useful thing to know is that Afrikaans uses die much more simply than English learners might expect:

• die = the
• It does not change for gender
• It can be used for singular and plural

So in Die bewegingsensor werk, die simply means the.

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Why is bewegingsensor written as one word?

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often forms compound nouns by writing them as one word.

So:

• beweging = movement
• sensor = sensor
• bewegingsensor = motion sensor / movement sensor

English often writes similar combinations as two words, but Afrikaans commonly joins them into a single compound noun.

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Why is there an -s- in bewegingsensor?