Ons het heelwat tyd.

It is very close to English in structure:

• Ons = we
• het = have
• heelwat = quite a lot / plenty
• tyd = time

So the sentence is built as subject + verb + object/quantity phrase, just like English.

No. In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change according to the subject the way they do in English.

So you get:

• ek het = I have
• jy het = you have
• ons het = we have
• hulle het = they have

That makes Afrikaans verb forms much simpler than English.

Heelwat means quite a lot, a fair amount, or plenty.

In this sentence, it tells you that the amount of time is large. It is a common quantity word before a noun.

Compared with baie:

• baie tyd = a lot of time
• heelwat tyd = quite a lot of time / plenty of time

Heelwat can feel a little more idiomatic or slightly more emphatic than baie.

Because in Afrikaans it is normally treated as a single fixed word when used this way.

So you write:

• heelwat tyd
• heelwat mense
• heelwat geld

Even though it may look like it could be split, learners should treat heelwat as one vocabulary item meaning quite a lot / many.

Because tyd here is being used as an uncountable noun, just like time in English.

You are talking about an amount of time, not a specific time or a separate unit.

So:

• heelwat tyd = plenty of time

But:

• 'n tyd = a time / a period / a while

In this sentence, no article is needed.

Yes, in this simple sentence it is very similar to English:

• Ons = subject
• het = verb
• heelwat tyd = object/complement

So it follows a straightforward subject–verb–object pattern.

However, Afrikaans is often described as a verb-second language in main clauses. That means if you move another element to the front, the verb still stays in second position:

• Vandag het ons heelwat tyd. = Today we have plenty of time.

Yes. Ons can mean different things depending on the sentence:

• we
• us
• our

In Ons het heelwat tyd, it clearly means we because it is the subject of the sentence.

For comparison:

• Hulle sien ons. = They see us.
• Ons huis = our house.

So context tells you which meaning is intended.

Yes, absolutely.

• Ons het baie tyd. = We have a lot of time.
• Ons het heelwat tyd. = We have quite a lot of time / plenty of time.

Both are natural. Baie is the more basic, very common word for a lot / many / much. Heelwat adds a slightly different nuance, often suggesting a fairly large amount.

The direct negative would be:

Ons het nie heelwat tyd nie.

Afrikaans normally uses double nie in standard negation:

• one nie after the verb or core statement
• another nie at the end of the clause

That said, if you mean We do not have much time, a more natural sentence is often:

Ons het nie baie tyd nie.

It can mean time in the broad general sense, not just a clock reading.

In Ons het heelwat tyd, it means there is a good amount of time available.

So this is about available time, not about asking what time it is.

For example:

• Hoe laat is dit? = What time is it?
• Ons het heelwat tyd. = We have plenty of time.

Here it is an ordinary main verb meaning have.

Afrikaans het can also be used as an auxiliary in the perfect tense, for example:

• Ons het gegaan. = We have gone / We went.

But in Ons het heelwat tyd, there is no second verb. So het simply means have.