Die kilometertarief is in die reis- en verblyfbeleid.

Kilometertarief is a compound noun:

• kilometer = kilometre / kilometer
• tarief = rate / tariff

So literally it is kilometre rate or per-kilometre rate.

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often writes compound nouns as one word. English sometimes does this too, but less consistently. So where English might write kilometre rate as two words, Afrikaans normally joins them: kilometertarief.

Because die is the definite article the, and it appears before two different noun phrases:

• Die kilometertarief = The kilometre rate
• in die reis- en verblyfbeleid = in the travel and accommodation policy

So the sentence has the twice for the same reason English would:

• The kilometre rate is in the travel and accommodation policy.

No, not in the way English learners might expect from languages like German.

In Afrikaans, die is very flexible:

• singular definite: die boek = the book
• plural definite: die boeke = the books

Afrikaans does not have grammatical gender like der/die/das in German, and the article does not change for case in normal modern usage.

That makes Afrikaans articles much simpler than in many other European languages.

The hyphen shows that part of a compound has been left out because it is shared.

The full version would be:

• reisbeleid en verblyfbeleid

But Afrikaans often shortens this kind of structure when the second part is the same. So:

• reis- en verblyfbeleid

means:

• travel policy and accommodation policy

or, depending on context, more naturally:

• travel and accommodation policy

The hyphen after reis- signals that beleid is understood there too.

Yes. That is grammatically fine.

• reisbeleid en verblyfbeleid = full form
• reis- en verblyfbeleid = shortened form

The shortened version is very common and natural, especially in formal or administrative language. It avoids repeating beleid.

So both are correct, but the sentence you were given sounds more concise and idiomatic.

Yes. This sentence follows a very familiar pattern:

• Die kilometertarief = subject
• is = verb
• in die reis- en verblyfbeleid = prepositional phrase

So it matches English quite closely:

• The kilometre rate / is / in the travel and accommodation policy

Afrikaans main clauses often have the verb in the second position, and here that gives the same order English uses: Subject + verb + rest.

Because in means in, and here it refers to something being contained within a document or policy.

So:

• in die beleid = in the policy
• in die dokument = in the document

This is very similar to English usage. You are not talking about physical location only; you are also talking about information being included inside a text.

If you wanted to emphasize that the information is specifically written there, Afrikaans could also use a verb like staan in some contexts, for example:

• Dit staan in die beleid. = It is stated in the policy.

But in your sentence, is in is perfectly normal.

Because Afrikaans does not capitalize all nouns.

Unlike German, Afrikaans only uses capital letters in the usual places, such as:

• at the beginning of a sentence
• in proper names

So you write:

• die kilometertarief
• die reis- en verblyfbeleid

not with capital letters on every noun.

Yes.

It is made up of:

• verblyf = accommodation / stay / lodging
• beleid = policy

So verblyfbeleid means accommodation policy or lodging policy, depending on context.

This sentence is a good example of how often Afrikaans builds meaning through compounds:

• kilometertarief
• verblyfbeleid
• and the shortened coordinated form reis- en verblyfbeleid

If you get used to spotting the smaller parts inside long words, Afrikaans becomes much easier to read.