Ons leer oor die kultuur.

Yes. Ons means we.

It is the normal Afrikaans subject pronoun for we, as in:

• Ons leer = We learn
• Ons lees = We read

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not change the verb depending on I/you/we/they in the present tense, so ons is followed by the same basic verb form.

In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change in the present tense according to the subject.

So you get:

• Ek leer = I learn
• Jy leer = you learn
• Ons leer = we learn
• Hulle leer = they learn

This is much simpler than English, where you sometimes get forms like learn / learns.

Here, oor means about.

So:

• leer oor = learn about

That is a very common combination in Afrikaans. For example:

• Ons leer oor geskiedenis. = We learn about history.
• Hulle leer oor diere. = They learn about animals.

Be aware that oor can also mean over in other contexts, just like English over/about can depend on usage.

Yes. Die means the.

So:

• die kultuur = the culture

One useful thing in Afrikaans is that die is the definite article for nouns in general. Afrikaans does not have separate words for the based on grammatical gender, the way some other languages do.

Yes, very closely. Kultuur is a cognate of English culture, so it is easy to recognize.

It can refer to culture in the broad sense:

• a people’s customs
• traditions
• way of life

So die kultuur means the culture.

Yes, this is the normal basic word order for a main clause in Afrikaans:

Subject + Verb + Rest

So:

• Ons = subject
• leer = verb
• oor die kultuur = prepositional phrase

That makes Ons leer oor die kultuur a very straightforward sentence.

Usually, Ons leer oor die kultuur is the more natural way to say We learn about the culture.

If you say Ons leer die kultuur, it may sound unnatural or suggest something more like we are learning the culture itself in a less idiomatic way.

For learn about, Afrikaans commonly uses leer oor.

A rough English-friendly guide is:

Ons ≈ ons (with a short o, not like English owns)
leer ≈ lear in clear, but a bit tenser
oor ≈ ore without the strong English r
die ≈ dee
kultuur ≈ kul-TEER or kul-TYUR, depending on accent

A few helpful notes:

• die is pronounced dee, not like English die
• leer and oor are both long vowel sounds
• kultuur has stress on the second syllable

No. In Afrikaans, die is pronounced dee.

This is a very common beginner issue, because it is spelled like the English word die, but it does not sound the same.

So in this sentence:

• die kultuur sounds like dee kul...

Yes. The Afrikaans present tense often covers both ideas.

So Ons leer oor die kultuur can mean:

• We learn about the culture
• We are learning about the culture

The exact meaning depends on context. Afrikaans often relies on context where English might choose between simple present and present continuous.

Yes, you can, but then Afrikaans changes the word order because the verb must stay in the second position in a main clause.

So you can say:

• Oor die kultuur leer ons.

That gives extra emphasis to about the culture.

Notice the pattern:

• Normal: Ons leer oor die kultuur.
• Fronted phrase: Oor die kultuur leer ons.

The verb leer still comes early in the clause.