Die plan maak voorsiening vir water.

The plan makes provision for water.

Breakdown of Die plan maak voorsiening vir water.

• die water: the water
• vir: for
• die plan: the plan
• maak: to make

Questions & Answers about Die plan maak voorsiening vir water.

Why is die lowercase here? Doesn’t Die mean the?

Yes—here die is the definite article the.

It is capitalized only because it is the first word of the sentence: Die plan ...

In the middle of a sentence, it would normally be lowercase:

• Ek verstaan die plan. = I understand the plan.

Do not confuse this with English die. In Afrikaans, die is a very common word meaning the.

Why is it die plan and not something like het plan or ’n plan?

Die plan means the plan, referring to a specific plan.

Afrikaans uses:

• die = the
• ’n = a / an

So:

• die plan = the plan
• ’n plan = a plan

There is no distinction like masculine/feminine/neuter articles, so Afrikaans is simpler here than languages like German.

What does maak voorsiening vir mean as a whole?