Die vervaldatum is môre.

to be

Breakdown of Die vervaldatum is môre.

• môre: tomorrow
• die vervaldatum: due date

Questions & Answers about Die vervaldatum is môre.

Why does the sentence start with die? Does it just mean the?

Yes. Die is the Afrikaans definite article, and here it means the.

A useful thing for English speakers to know is that Afrikaans does not have different words for the based on gender. So unlike languages such as German or Dutch, you do not need to learn masculine/feminine/neuter forms here. Die is used for singular and plural definite nouns in many common cases.

So in Die vervaldatum, die simply means the expiration date.

Why is vervaldatum written as one word?

Because Afrikaans very often writes compound nouns as a single word.

So:

• verval = expiry / lapse
• datum = date

Together they form:

• vervaldatum = expiration date / expiry date

This is very common in Afrikaans and is something English speakers often have to get used to, because English usually writes these as two words more often than Afrikaans does.

Other examples of the same pattern are:

• huisdeur = house door / front door
• tafeldoek = tablecloth

What does verval mean by itself?