Die projek skep werk.

The project creates work.

Breakdown of Die projek skep werk.

• die werk: the work
• die projek: the project
• skep: to create

Questions & Answers about Die projek skep werk.

Why is die used here?

Die is the normal definite article in Afrikaans, so here it means the.

In Die projek skep werk, die projek = the project.

A useful thing to remember is that Afrikaans does not change the definite article for gender the way some other languages do. You use die for:

• singular nouns: die projek
• plural nouns: die projekte

So it is much simpler than languages with the-forms that change.

Why is projek not capitalized like in German?

Afrikaans does not capitalize all nouns.

So:

• die projek
• die werk
• die man

The only reason Die is capitalized in this sentence is that it is the first word of the sentence, not because it is a noun.

Why is there no ending on skep? Shouldn't the verb change with the subject?