Die patroondeel het 'n groot naattoelating.

to have

Breakdown of Die patroondeel het 'n groot naattoelating.

• 'n: a
• groot: large
• die patroondeel: pattern piece

Questions & Answers about Die patroondeel het 'n groot naattoelating.

What do patroondeel and naattoelating literally break down into?

Both are compound nouns, which are very common in Afrikaans.

• patroondeel = patroon
  • deel
    Literally, pattern part/piece
• naattoelating = naat
  • toelating
    Literally, seam allowance

English often writes these as two words, but Afrikaans usually joins them into one word.

Why are patroondeel and naattoelating written as single words?

Because Afrikaans normally writes compound nouns as one word.

So where English has:

• pattern piece
• seam allowance

Afrikaans has:

• patroondeel
• naattoelating

This is one of the most noticeable spelling differences between English and Afrikaans.

What does die mean here?