Die vlak is hoog.

to be

Breakdown of Die vlak is hoog.

• hoog: high
• die vlak: the level

Questions & Answers about Die vlak is hoog.

What does die mean here?

Here, die is the definite article, so it usually means the.

A useful thing for learners is that Afrikaans uses die much more simply than some other European languages:

• no grammatical gender distinction
• no case endings
• the same die is also used with plural nouns

So you get:

• die boek = the book
• die tafel = the table
• die kinders = the children

Why is Die capitalized?

It is capitalized only because it is the first word of the sentence.

Afrikaans does not capitalize all nouns the way German does. So in the middle of a sentence, you would write:

• die vlak is hoog

not because vlak is less important, but simply because normal noun capitalization rules are different.

Is vlak a noun or an adjective in this sentence?