Die doelskop volg die drie.

The conversion kick follows the try.

Breakdown of Die doelskop volg die drie.

• volg: to follow
• die drie: rugby try
• die doelskop: conversion kick

Questions & Answers about Die doelskop volg die drie.

Why is die used twice in the sentence?

Because die is the Afrikaans definite article, the equivalent of English the. Afrikaans uses die for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns
• all genders

So:

• die doelskop = the goal kick
• die drie = the three

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not change the article for gender, and unlike some other languages, it does not have different forms like masculine/feminine the.

Why is doelskop written as one word?

Afrikaans very often writes compound nouns as a single word. So doelskop is a compound made from:

• doel = goal
• skop = kick

Together they form one noun: doelskop.

This is very common in Afrikaans and can look unusual to English speakers, because English often writes similar expressions as two words.

Why is the verb just volg? Why doesn’t it change like follows in English?