Die passasier sit langs my.

to sit

Breakdown of Die passasier sit langs my.

• my: me
• langs: next to
• die passasier: the passenger

Questions & Answers about Die passasier sit langs my.

What does die mean here, and is it pronounced like the English word die?

Here die means the.

It is not pronounced like the English verb die. In Afrikaans, die is usually pronounced roughly like dee.

A useful thing to remember is that Afrikaans uses die as the definite article for nouns generally, without separate masculine/feminine forms like some other languages.

Does passasier have grammatical gender?

No. Afrikaans does not use grammatical gender the way languages like German or French do.

So passasier is simply passenger, and you do not need to learn it as masculine or feminine. That is one reason Afrikaans grammar is often simpler for English speakers.

Why is the verb just sit? Why isn’t there a form like sits?

In Afrikaans, verbs do not change in the present tense the way they do in English.

So you get:

• Ek sit = I sit / I am sitting
• Jy sit = you sit / you are sitting
• Die passasier sit = the passenger sits / is sitting

Unlike English, there is no extra -s for he/she/it.

What exactly does mean?