Die komitee bereik eenparige konsensus.

Die is the Afrikaans definite article, usually meaning the.

A useful thing to remember is that Afrikaans does not change the definite article for gender or number. So die can mean:

• the committee — singular
• the committees — plural

You figure out singular or plural from the noun and the context.

Here, komitee is singular: the committee.

It is a collective noun, like English committee, so it refers to a group but is grammatically treated as a singular noun in this sentence.

The plural is usually komitees.

Bereik means reach, attain, or achieve.

In this sentence, Die komitee bereik eenparige konsensus, it means the committee reaches or achieves unanimous consensus.

It is a common verb in formal or neutral contexts, for example:

• Hulle bereik ’n ooreenkoms. — They reach an agreement.
• Ons bereik ons doel. — We achieve our goal.

Because Afrikaans verbs usually do not change form according to the subject.

So unlike English:

• I reach
• she reaches
• they reach

Afrikaans normally keeps the same basic verb form:

• Ek bereik
• sy bereik
• hulle bereik

That makes Afrikaans verb conjugation much simpler than English in the present tense.

Eenparige means unanimous.

It comes from eenparig, which is the basic adjective form. When the adjective comes before the noun, Afrikaans often adds -e, so:

• eenparig = unanimous
• eenparige konsensus = unanimous consensus

So the -e here is a normal adjective ending.

Because in Afrikaans, adjectives used before a noun usually take an -e ending.

So:

• ’n eenparige besluit — a unanimous decision
• eenparige konsensus — unanimous consensus

The form without -e is more like the predicate form, for example:

• Die besluit is eenparig. — The decision is unanimous.

That is a very common pattern in Afrikaans:

• before the noun: often -e
• after is: usually no -e

Konsensus means consensus.

Yes, many speakers would feel that eenparige konsensus is somewhat redundant, because consensus already implies general agreement. In both English and Afrikaans, people still sometimes use unanimous consensus for emphasis, especially in formal, political, or organizational language.

So all of these are possible:

• Die komitee bereik konsensus. — The committee reaches consensus.
• Die komitee bereik eenparige konsensus. — The committee reaches unanimous consensus.

The shorter version may often sound more natural, but the longer one is understandable and emphatic.

Yes. This is normal subject–verb–object order for a main clause:

• Die komitee — subject
• bereik — verb
• eenparige konsensus — object

So the structure is very similar to English:

• The committee reaches unanimous consensus.

Afrikaans word order becomes more different from English in subordinate clauses or with auxiliaries, but this simple main clause is straightforward.

The normal past tense would be:

Die komitee het eenparige konsensus bereik.

Afrikaans usually forms the past tense with:

• het
  • past participle

With many verbs, the main verb appears at the end in the participle form. For bereik, the participle looks the same as the infinitive in practice here:

• bereik → het ... bereik

So:

• present: Die komitee bereik eenparige konsensus.
• past: Die komitee het eenparige konsensus bereik.

You would normally use the Afrikaans double negative:

Die komitee bereik nie eenparige konsensus nie.

Afrikaans typically uses:

• nie after the verb or after the part being negated
• another nie at the end of the clause

So this is a very important pattern to learn.

A rough English-friendly guide would be:

duh ko-mee-TAY buh-RAKE AIN-pah-ri-ghuh kon-SEN-sus

A few notes:

• Die here sounds like duh, not like English die
• komitee is stressed near the end: ko-mee-TAY
• bereik is stressed on the second syllable: buh-RAKE
• g in eenparige is the guttural Afrikaans g/ch sound, which does not exist in standard English

Pronunciation varies a bit by speaker and region, but that should get you close.

Yes. A very common alternative is to use tot konsensus kom:

Die komitee kom tot konsensus.
This means The committee comes to / reaches consensus.

Another possibility is:

Die komitee bereik konsensus.

So depending on style, you might hear either:

• bereik konsensus
• kom tot konsensus

Both are natural.