Die kwaliteit is goed.

to be

Breakdown of Die kwaliteit is goed.

• goed: good
• die kwaliteit: quality

Questions & Answers about Die kwaliteit is goed.

What does die mean in this sentence?

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

A useful thing to know is that Afrikaans uses die for:

• singular nouns: die boek = the book
• plural nouns: die boeke = the books

So in Die kwaliteit is goed, die kwaliteit means the quality.

Is kwaliteit a common Afrikaans word, and is it related to English quality?

Yes. Kwaliteit is a normal Afrikaans noun meaning quality, and it is clearly related to the English word quality.

Like many Afrikaans words, it comes from the same broader European vocabulary family, so it is fairly easy for English speakers to recognize.

Why is the verb is used here?

Is is the present-tense form of to be in Afrikaans, just like English is in The quality is good.

In this sentence, it links the subject die kwaliteit to the description goed.

One very helpful feature of Afrikaans is that verbs usually do not change much for different persons in the present tense. For example:

• Ek is = I am
• Jy is = you are
• Hy is = he is
• Ons is = we are

So is is used very widely.