Questions & Answers about Die kamer is stil vandag.
A close approximation is:
• Die = “dee” (/diː/)
• kamer = “KAH-mer” (/ˈkɑːmər/)
• is = “iss” (/ɪs/)
• stil = “stihl” (/stɪl/)
• vandag = “vuhn-DAHK” (/fənˈdɑːx/)
Remember that the Afrikaans r is softer than a rolled Spanish r.
In Afrikaans, adjectives do not take an -e ending when used predicatively (after a verb). Since stil follows the copula is, it stays in its base form:
• predicative: Die kamer is stil.
• attributive (before a noun): die stille kamer.
Afrikaans follows a S-V-O-(adverbial) word order by default. Time adverbials like vandag (“today”) typically come after subject + verb + object/predicate:
Subject (Die kamer) – Verb (is) – Predicate (stil) – Time (vandag).
Invert the subject and verb:
Is die kamer vandag stil?
You simply swap is and die kamer, keeping vandaj in its usual position: Verb–Subject–Adverb–Adjective.
• Predicative adjectives follow a linking verb and stay unmarked: “Die hond is groot.”
• Attributive adjectives come before a noun and usually take -e: “die grote hond.”
The meaning stays the same; only the form changes with position.
Die kamers is vandag stil.
• kamer → plural kamers
• Adjective stil remains uninflected in predicative use.
Yes. Placing a time adverbial first changes the emphasis:
Vandag is die kamer stil.
This T–V–S–P order is fully grammatical and highlights today.