Elke komitee het 'n unieke agenda.

In Afrikaans, elke means each or every, and it is normally followed by a singular countable noun.

So you say:

• elke komitee = every committee
• elke student = every student
• elke dag = every day

This is similar to English, where we also say every committee, not every committees.

Because elke treats the members of the group one by one, the verb is also singular in meaning, even though the idea refers to many committees.

Here, het means has.

The verb is hê = to have, and in the present tense Afrikaans uses het for all persons:

• ek het = I have
• jy het = you have
• hy/sy dit het = he/she/it has
• ons het = we have
• hulle het = they have

So in Elke komitee het 'n unieke agenda, het simply means has.

A useful thing to remember is that Afrikaans verbs usually do not change much according to the subject, unlike English.

'n is the Afrikaans indefinite article, meaning a or an.

So:

• 'n agenda = an agenda
• 'n boek = a book

A few important points:

• It is written with an apostrophe + n: 'n
• It is usually pronounced like a very weak uh sound, not like the English letter name en
• If it begins a sentence, it still stays lowercase:
  
  • 'n Komitee het ...

That lowercase n at the start of a sentence often surprises learners.

This is because Afrikaans adjectives often take an -e ending when they come before a noun.

Compare:

• 'n unieke agenda = a unique agenda
• Die agenda is uniek = The agenda is unique

So:

• before the noun: usually unieke
• after the noun / predicate position: usually uniek

This is one of the most common adjective patterns in Afrikaans.

Yes, in this sentence the word order is very similar to English:

• Elke komitee = subject
• het = verb
• 'n unieke agenda = object / complement noun phrase

So the pattern is basically:

Subject + Verb + Object

That makes this sentence straightforward for English speakers.

No. Afrikaans uses 'n for both.

English changes between a and an depending on sound:

• a book
• an agenda

Afrikaans does not do that. It is always just 'n:

• 'n boek
• 'n agenda

So 'n is much simpler than English in this respect.

In this sentence, komitee is singular.

Because of elke, the singular form is required:

• elke komitee = every committee

The plural of komitee is komitees:

• Die komitees het verskillende agendas. = The committees have different agendas.

So:

• singular: komitee
• plural: komitees

Komitee is pronounced roughly like ko-mi-TEE.

A simple English-friendly approximation is:

• koh-mih-TEE

The stress falls on the last syllable.

It is related to English committee, but the Afrikaans form is shorter and more regular in spelling.

Unieke is pronounced roughly like ü-NEE-kə.

A loose English approximation would be:

• ew-NEE-kuh

Notes:

• the stress is on NEE
• the final -e is usually a weak uh sound
• the first vowel is not exactly like normal English you, but that approximation is often good enough at first

It can often be translated as either each or every, depending on context.

In many sentences, the difference is small:

• Elke komitee het 'n unieke agenda.
  • Each committee has a unique agenda.
  • Every committee has a unique agenda.

Both are natural translations.

If you want a practical rule as a learner, think of elke as the normal Afrikaans word for each/every before a singular noun.

Because Afrikaans does not have grammatical gender in the same way that languages like German or Dutch do.

That means nouns do not normally change article based on masculine, feminine, or neuter gender.

So you simply use:

• 'n for a/an
• die for the

This makes Afrikaans easier than many other European languages for English speakers.

Usually, 'n unieke agenda means a unique agenda in the sense that each committee has its own distinctive agenda.

So yes, the sentence strongly suggests that the committees do not all share the exact same agenda. It highlights individuality.

However, as in English, unique can sometimes be understood a bit loosely in everyday language. In normal use here, the idea is that each committee has a different or distinctive agenda.

Not in this sentence, if you want to keep the same meaning.

Het is the correct present-tense form for to have here:

• Elke komitee het 'n unieke agenda.

If you changed the verb, the meaning would change too. For example:

• Elke komitee kry 'n unieke agenda. = Every committee gets a unique agenda.
• Elke komitee gebruik 'n unieke agenda. = Every committee uses a unique agenda.

So if you mean has, then het is the correct choice.