Because after is, the adjective is being used predicatively, and in Afrikaans predicative adjectives usually do not take -e.
So:
But when an adjective comes before a noun, it often does take -e:
This is a very useful contrast:
Standard Afrikaans does not use grammatical gender the way languages like German or Dutch do. That makes things simpler for learners.
So die is used as the regardless of masculine, feminine, or neuter distinctions, because Afrikaans does not mark them in the article the way some related languages do.
That means you do not need to memorize different forms like the based on gender.
Sometimes, yes. It usually means text, but depending on context it could refer to:
So if you saw Die teks is kort in isolation, the most natural meaning is still The text is short, but context could make it more specific, such as the passage or the written text.
For a yes/no question, Afrikaans usually puts the verb first:
So the statement:
becomes:
That is very similar to English question formation.
So:
Notice that:
That is another way Afrikaans is often simpler than English.