Die versekeringsdekking is belangrik.

to be

Breakdown of Die versekeringsdekking is belangrik.

• belangrik: important
• die versekeringsdekking: insurance coverage

Questions & Answers about Die versekeringsdekking is belangrik.

Why does the sentence start with Die? Does it mean the?

Yes. Die is the Afrikaans definite article, and here it means the.

So:

• die = the
• versekeringsdekking = insurance coverage
• is = is
• belangrik = important

A useful point for English speakers: Afrikaans uses die for all nouns in the definite form. It does not change for gender the way some other languages do.

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Does Afrikaans have grammatical gender? Why is it die and not different articles like in some other languages?

Afrikaans does not use grammatical gender in the same way languages like German or Dutch do.

That means:

• you do not have to learn separate words for the based on masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns
• die is the normal definite article for nouns

This makes Afrikaans much simpler for English speakers than many other European languages.

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Why is versekeringsdekking written as one long word?