Daar is vier kamers in die huis.

There are four rooms in the house.

Breakdown of Daar is vier kamers in die huis.

• wees: to be
• in: in
• die huis: the house
• die kamer: the room

Questions & Answers about Daar is vier kamers in die huis.

Why does the sentence start with Daar is?

Because daar is is the normal Afrikaans way to say there is or there are when you mean that something exists or is present.

So:

• Daar is vier kamers in die huis. = There are four rooms in the house.

Here, daar does not mainly mean a physical place like English over there. In this sentence, it is part of the fixed existential expression daar is.

Why is it Daar is even though English says there are with a plural noun?

Afrikaans uses is in this kind of sentence whether the noun after it is singular or plural.

So you get:

• Daar is een kamer. = There is one room.
• Daar is vier kamers. = There are four rooms.

English changes between is and are, but Afrikaans usually just uses is here.

Does daar always mean there?