Die limiet is laag.

to be

Breakdown of Die limiet is laag.

• laag: low
• die limiet: the usage limit

Questions & Answers about Die limiet is laag.

Why does the sentence start with die?

Die is the Afrikaans definite article, usually translated as the. So die limiet means the limit.

A useful thing to know is that Afrikaans uses die for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns
• all genders

So Afrikaans is simpler here than languages that have different forms for masculine, feminine, or plural. It is capitalized in this sentence only because it comes first; in the middle of a sentence it would normally be die.

Why is the verb is?

Is is the present-tense form of to be in Afrikaans. In a sentence like this, the normal pattern is:

subject + is + adjective

So:

• Die limiet = subject
• is = is
• laag = adjective

Also, unlike English, Afrikaans does not change this verb for different persons in the present tense:

• ek is
• jy is
• hy/sy is
• ons is
• julle is
• hulle is

Why is it laag and not lae?