My hart is gesond.

to be

Breakdown of My hart is gesond.

• my: my
• gesond: healthy
• die hart: the heart

Questions & Answers about My hart is gesond.

Why is my used here? Does it work like English my?

Yes. My is the possessive word meaning my.

So My hart = my heart.

A useful extra note: in Afrikaans, my can also be the object form me in other contexts, so the exact meaning depends on the sentence. Here, before the noun hart, it clearly means my.

What does hart mean, and is it related to English heart?

Hart means heart. It is a close relative of English heart, so it is an easy cognate to remember.

The spelling is simpler in Afrikaans:

• English: heart
• Afrikaans: hart

Why is is the same as in English?

Because Afrikaans and English are related Germanic languages, some very common words look the same.
Here, is is the present-tense form of to be:

• My hart is gesond = My heart is healthy

So in this sentence, is works just like English is.

What does gesond mean?