Die harmonie is goed.

to be

Breakdown of Die harmonie is goed.

• goed: good
• die harmonie: harmony in music

Questions & Answers about Die harmonie is goed.

Why does the sentence start with die?

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

A very useful thing for learners: Afrikaans does not have different words for grammatical gender like German der / die / das. It just uses die for the in ordinary cases, including singular and plural nouns.

So:

• die harmonie = the harmony
• die boeke = the books

In this sentence, die harmonie is the subject.

Is harmonie related to the English word harmony?

Yes. Harmonie is a clear cognate of English harmony. Many Afrikaans words look familiar to English speakers because of shared European roots or international vocabulary.

The spelling is just slightly different:

• English: harmony
• Afrikaans: harmonie

That final -ie is common in Afrikaans spelling.

Why is the word order so similar to English here?