Here haar means her in the possessive sense: her judgment.
That is because haar comes directly before the noun oordeel:
Afrikaans haar can also be an object pronoun, as in:
So the position in the sentence tells you what it means.
Not necessarily. Just like in English, her can sometimes be ambiguous without context.
So Sy gee haar oordeel could mean:
If you want to make it clearly mean her own judgment, Afrikaans often uses eie:
Oordeel usually means judgment, judgement, or sometimes opinion, depending on context.
It often sounds a bit more formal or weighty than just a casual opinion. So it can suggest:
In some contexts, English opinion may sound more natural, but judgment is often the closest match.
By itself, it most naturally means She gives her judgment.
However, Afrikaans present tense can often cover situations that English might express with either the simple present or the present continuous, depending on context.
So in the right context, it could also refer to an action happening now. If Afrikaans wants to make the ongoing sense extra clear, it can use another structure, for example:
But the plain sentence Sy gee haar oordeel is completely normal.
A rough beginner-friendly guide is:
So the whole sentence is roughly:
A few notes:
So the rough sound is helpful, but listening to native audio is the best way to learn it accurately.