Die antwoord is duidelik.

to be

Breakdown of Die antwoord is duidelik.

• die antwoord: the answer
• duidelik: clear

Questions & Answers about Die antwoord is duidelik.

What does die mean here, and is it the same as English die?

Here die is the Afrikaans definite article, meaning the.

It is not the English verb die. That is just a coincidence in spelling.

A very important pronunciation note:

• Afrikaans die is pronounced roughly like dee
• English die is pronounced differently

So in Die antwoord is duidelik, die antwoord means the answer.

Does Afrikaans have different words for the, like de/het in Dutch or der/die/das in German?

No. Standard Afrikaans uses just die as the definite article for all nouns.

That means:

• no grammatical gender in the article
• no separate masculine/feminine/neuter forms
• no case forms like in German

So die can mean the with any noun:

• die man = the man
• die vrou = the woman
• die kind = the child
• die antwoord = the answer

This is one reason Afrikaans is often simpler than Dutch or German in this area.

Why is the word order Die antwoord is duidelik and not something else?