Die skrum begin nou.

now

Breakdown of Die skrum begin nou.

• begin: to start
• die skrum: scrum

Questions & Answers about Die skrum begin nou.

What does die mean here, and is it pronounced like English die?

Here die means the.

It is not pronounced like English die. In Afrikaans it is pronounced roughly like dee.

So Die skrum begin nou starts with dee.

Does Afrikaans have different words for the depending on gender, like some other languages?

No. Afrikaans does not use grammatical gender the way languages like German do.

The definite article is simply die for:

• masculine nouns
• feminine nouns
• neuter ideas
• singular nouns
• plural nouns

So learners do not have to memorize different forms of the.

What exactly is skrum?

Skrum is the Afrikaans word for scrum, the rugby term.

It is basically the same word as in English, just spelled the Afrikaans way. This is very common in sports vocabulary.

Why is the verb begin just begin and not something like begins?