Breakdown of Die kamerabeeld is duidelik; ons identifiseer hom daarmee.
ons
we
wees
to be
hom
him
duidelik
clear
Questions & Answers about Die kamerabeeld is duidelik; ons identifiseer hom daarmee.
Why is kamerabeeld written as one word?
Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often forms compounds by joining nouns into a single word.
So:
- kamera = camera
- beeld = image / picture / footage
Together, kamerabeeld means a camera image or camera footage. The last part, beeld, is the main part of the compound, so the whole word is a kind of beeld.
Writing kamera beeld as two separate words would normally be wrong in standard Afrikaans.
What does die mean here, and does it show gender?
Here die is just the definite article, so it means the.
A useful thing for English speakers to know is that Afrikaans does not have different definite articles for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns. It uses die for all of them.
So:
- die kamerabeeld = the camera image
- die man = the man
- die vrou = the woman
It is also used with plurals, so context tells you whether it is singular or plural.
Why is it duidelik and not duidelike?