Die verblyfkoste is op die faktuur.

In Afrikaans, die is the definite article for the. Unlike English, Afrikaans does not change the article for gender or case, so the same word die is used for:

• the accommodation costs → die verblyfkoste
• the invoice → die faktuur

So seeing die more than once in a sentence is completely normal.

Verblyfkoste is a compound noun, which is very common in Afrikaans.

It breaks down into:

• verblyf = accommodation / lodging / stay
• koste = costs / expenses

So verblyfkoste literally means accommodation costs or lodging expenses.

Afrikaans often joins words together where English might keep them separate.

Even though koste can refer to costs or expenses, the whole compound verblyfkoste is treated here as a single idea or item on an invoice. That is why the verb is is and not are.

So:

• Die verblyfkoste is ... = The accommodation costs are / the accommodation charge is ...

In practice, Afrikaans often uses a singular verb with this kind of noun phrase when it refers to one category or line item.

Yes, in this sentence is is the present tense of to be, just like English is.

So:

• Die verblyfkoste is op die faktuur.
• The accommodation costs are on the invoice.

Even though English might use are with costs, Afrikaans uses is here because of how the noun is being treated grammatically.

Afrikaans commonly uses op for on in this kind of context, just like English says on the invoice, on the bill, or on the list.

• op = on
• in = in

So op die faktuur means on the invoice, not physically on top of it, but as part of what is written there.

Faktuur is a noun meaning invoice.

It is a standard business or administrative word. You might also see it in contexts like:

• Die faktuur is betaal. = The invoice has been paid.
• Stuur asseblief die faktuur. = Please send the invoice.

Yes. This is a very normal simple statement in Afrikaans:

• Die verblyfkoste = subject
• is = verb
• op die faktuur = prepositional phrase

So the structure is:

Subject + verb + rest of sentence

That is the same basic pattern as in English.

A helpful rough guide is:

fer-BLUYF-kos-te

A few notes:

• ver- often sounds a bit like fer-
• blyf has a sound a bit like blayf or bluyf, depending on accent
• koste is roughly KOS-te

If you are an English speaker, the hardest part is usually blyf, especially the ui/uy-like vowel quality found in Afrikaans pronunciation.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

fak-TUUR

The second syllable is stressed. The uu sound is longer than the English vowel in tour, though English speakers often approximate it that way at first.

No. Afrikaans does not capitalize all nouns.

So in this sentence:

• verblyfkoste is lowercase
• faktuur is lowercase

You would only capitalize at the start of the sentence or for proper names.

Possibly, but it changes the meaning slightly.

• faktuur = invoice
• rekening = bill / account / statement, depending on context

So op die faktuur is best if you specifically mean on the invoice.
If you mean on the bill or on the account, then rekening could work.

Afrikaans uses 'n for a/an.

So:

• die faktuur = the invoice
• 'n faktuur = an invoice

And:

• die verblyfkoste = the accommodation costs
• verblyfkoste or sometimes 'n verblyfkoste-item depending on context

With mass nouns or category nouns like verblyfkoste, the indefinite form can be a bit less straightforward than with countable nouns like faktuur.

Normally, no. In standard Afrikaans, compound nouns are usually written as one word.

So the standard form is:

• verblyfkoste

not:

• verblyf koste

This is one of the most important spelling habits to get used to in Afrikaans.