Besoedeling is gevaarlik.

Pollution is dangerous.

Breakdown of Besoedeling is gevaarlik.

• wees: to be
• gevaarlik: dangerous
• die besoedeling: the pollution

Questions & Answers about Besoedeling is gevaarlik.

How do you pronounce Besoedeling is gevaarlik?

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• Besoedeling ≈ buh-SOO-duh-ling
• is ≈ is
• gevaarlik ≈ khuh-VAAR-lik

A few notes:

• oe in Afrikaans usually sounds like oo in food.
• g is usually a throaty sound, not a hard English g.
• aa is a long a sound.

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

buh-SOO-duh-ling is khuh-VAAR-lik

What does each word do in the sentence?

The sentence breaks down like this:

• Besoedeling = pollution
• is = is
• gevaarlik = dangerous

So the structure is very close to English:

• subject: Besoedeling
• verb: is
• description: gevaarlik

It is a very straightforward sentence pattern in Afrikaans.

Is is used the same way as in English?