Kommunikasie help die werker.

Communication helps the worker.

Breakdown of Kommunikasie help die werker.

• help: to help
• die werker: worker
• die kommunikasie: communication

Questions & Answers about Kommunikasie help die werker.

Why is kommunikasie spelled with k instead of c?

Afrikaans often uses more phonetic spelling than English. So a word like communication becomes kommunikasie:

• c often becomes k
• -tion often becomes -sie

This makes the spelling match the pronunciation more closely. Many Afrikaans words that came through Dutch, French, or English were adapted this way.

Is kommunikasie a noun here, and does it have grammatical gender?

Yes, kommunikasie is a noun here. It means communication.

Afrikaans does not have grammatical gender the way some other languages do. So nouns are not treated as masculine, feminine, or neuter in the grammar you use with articles and adjectives. You do not have to learn a gender for kommunikasie.

Why is the sentence Kommunikasie help die werker and not something with a different verb ending, like in English helps?

Afrikaans verbs usually do not change form according to the subject in the present tense.

So you get:

• Ek help = I help
• Jy help = you help
• Hy help = he helps
• Kommunikasie help = communication helps

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not add -s for he/she/it in the present tense.

What does die mean here?