Die duet is goed.

The duet is good.

Breakdown of Die duet is goed.

• wees: to be
• goed: good
• die duet: duet

Questions & Answers about Die duet is goed.

What is die doing here?

Die is the definite article, equivalent to English the.

A useful thing for English speakers to know is that Afrikaans uses die much more simply than many European languages:

• it does not change for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns
• it is used for both singular and plural definite nouns

So:

• die duet = the duet
• die duette = the duets

Also, die is pronounced like dee, not like the English word die.

Does die change depending on gender, like de and het in Dutch?

No. Afrikaans does not have that kind of article system.

Unlike Dutch, Afrikaans uses:

• die for the
• ’n for a/an

So you do not need to learn noun gender for articles in a sentence like this. That makes Afrikaans easier than Dutch in this area.

Why is the verb is here?