Die eenheid is klein.

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Breakdown of Die eenheid is klein.

• wees: to be
• die eenheid: the unit

Questions & Answers about Die eenheid is klein.

What does die mean here?

Here die means the.

So Die eenheid is klein is literally The unit is small.

A useful thing to know is that Afrikaans uses die for:

• singular definite nouns: die eenheid = the unit
• plural definite nouns: die eenhede = the units

Afrikaans does not use different forms of the for different grammatical genders.

How do you pronounce die in Afrikaans?

Afrikaans die is pronounced roughly like dee, not like the English verb die.

That surprises many English speakers at first.

So:

• die → dee

Does Afrikaans have grammatical gender? Why is it just die?

Modern Afrikaans has largely lost grammatical gender in the article system.

That means you do not have to learn separate words like the for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns in everyday Afrikaans. In a sentence like this, die is simply the normal definite article.

That makes Afrikaans easier than some related languages in this area.