Die wysiging verander die mosie.

Die is the Afrikaans definite article, meaning the. It is used before both nouns here:

• die wysiging = the amendment
• die mosie = the motion

Afrikaans does not have different forms of the for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns, so the same die is used again.

It is usually pronounced like dee, not like the English verb die.

In a basic Afrikaans main clause, word order is usually subject – verb – object, just like in English.

So in:

Die wysiging verander die mosie.

• Die wysiging = the subject, the thing doing the action
• verander = the verb
• die mosie = the object, the thing being affected

Because Afrikaans does not mark nouns for case the way German does, word order is very important.

Afrikaans verbs are much simpler than English verbs. In the present tense, the verb usually stays the same regardless of the subject.

So you get:

• Ek verander = I change
• Jy verander = you change
• Hy/Sy/Dit verander = he/she/it changes
• Hulle verander = they change

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not add -s in the third person singular.

Here it is a present-tense finite verb: changes.

The form verander is also the basic dictionary form, so the same spelling can serve more than one function. In this sentence, its position after the subject shows that it is the main verb of the clause.

So here it means changes, not to change.

Yes. Wysiging is a noun related to the verb wysig, meaning to amend or to modify.

A useful pattern in Afrikaans is:

• wysig = amend / modify
• wysiging = amendment / modification

The ending -ing often forms a noun from a verb, similar to English patterns like amend → amending or modify → modification, although the exact English equivalent depends on context.

Mosie usually means a formal motion, especially in a meeting, committee, or parliament.

So in this sentence, it most naturally refers to the kind of motion that people propose, discuss, and vote on.

If you wanted to talk about physical movement, Afrikaans would more often use another word, such as beweging.

Afrikaans usually uses double negation:

Die wysiging verander nie die mosie nie.

The pattern is:

• first nie after the verb phrase
• second nie at the end of the clause

That is a very important Afrikaans pattern.

For a yes/no question, Afrikaans normally puts the verb first:

Verander die wysiging die mosie?

This is similar to English Does the amendment change the motion?, except Afrikaans does not need a separate helping verb like does.

You can change the article or the noun ending:

• 'n wysiging verander die mosie. = An amendment changes the motion.
• Die wysigings verander die mosie. = The amendments change the motion.
• Die wysiging verander die mosies. = The amendment changes the motions.

A few useful points:

• 'n = a/an
• plural of wysiging is usually wysigings
• plural of mosie is usually mosies
• die is also used for the in the plural

So die can mean both the singular and the plural.