Die oudioboek is beskikbaar.

The audiobook is available.

Breakdown of Die oudioboek is beskikbaar.

• wees: to be
• beskikbaar: available
• die oudioboek: audiobook

Questions & Answers about Die oudioboek is beskikbaar.

How do you pronounce die in this sentence?

Here die is pronounced dee, not like the English verb die.

It is the very common Afrikaans word for the.

What does die mean here, and does it change for gender?

Here die means the.

Unlike languages such as German or Dutch, Afrikaans does not have grammatical gender in the article system the way English learners might expect. Die is used as the definite article for singular and plural nouns:

• die boek = the book
• die boeke = the books

So you do not need to learn different forms like the masculine, the feminine, etc.

Why is oudioboek written as one word?

Afrikaans often writes compound nouns as a single word, just like Dutch and German often do.

So:

• oudio = audio
• boek = book
• oudioboek = audiobook

This is completely normal in Afrikaans. English often writes similar ideas as two words, but Afrikaans prefers one combined word.

How do you pronounce oudioboek?