Breakdown of Die kulturele program verbeter haar prestasie.
haar
her
verbeter
to improve
die program
the program
die prestasie
achievement; performance
Questions & Answers about Die kulturele program verbeter haar prestasie.
Why does the sentence start with Die? Does it mean the?
Yes. Die is the definite article in Afrikaans, and here it means the.
A useful point for English speakers: Afrikaans does not change die for gender the way some other languages do. So you use die for nouns like program and prestasie regardless of grammatical gender.
In this sentence:
- Die kulturele program = the cultural program
Why is it kulturele and not just kultureel?
That is because kultureel is the basic adjective form, but before a noun it often takes -e.
So:
- kultureel = cultural
- kulturele program = cultural program
This is very common in Afrikaans. Compare:
- ’n kulturele fees = a cultural festival
- die kulturele program = the cultural program
For a learner, it is often easiest to remember the whole phrase as die kulturele program.
Why is the word order Die kulturele program verbeter haar prestasie and not something more like English with does improve?