Die span werk saam.

to work

Breakdown of Die span werk saam.

• saam: together
• die span: the team

Questions & Answers about Die span werk saam.

Why does the sentence start with die? Is that the same as English the?

Yes. Die is the Afrikaans definite article, so it usually corresponds to English the.

A useful thing for English speakers is that Afrikaans does not have grammatical gender for nouns the way some other languages do. So die can be used for singular and plural nouns in many cases:

• die span = the team
• die spanne = the teams

So here, die span simply means the team.

What does span mean, and is it related to the English word span?

In this sentence, span means team.

It is not the common English meaning of span as in length or bridge span. For an English speaker, it is best to learn span here as a vocabulary item meaning team, squad, or group working together.

You will see it often in contexts like sports, work, and projects.

Why is the verb werk the same form as the dictionary form? Shouldn't it change for the team works?