Ons kampeer op die staanplek van die kampeerterrein.

Because Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often forms compound nouns as a single word.

• kampeer = camp / camping
• terrein = grounds, area, site

So kampeerterrein literally means camping ground or campsite/campground.

The same thing happens in staanplek:

• staan = stand
• plek = place

So staanplek literally means standing place, but in this context it means a pitch, site, or spot on the campground.

Ons kampeer means We camp or We are camping, depending on context.

Afrikaans does not use the present tense the same way English does. In many cases, one simple verb form can cover both:

• We camp
• We are camping

So:

• Ons kampeer = We camp / We are camping

Also, Afrikaans verbs do not usually change form depending on the subject in the present tense:

• Ek kampeer = I camp
• Jy kampeer = you camp
• Ons kampeer = we camp

That makes the verb system simpler than English in this respect.

In this sentence, staanplek means a camping pitch, camping spot, or site within a campground.

Literally, it is made from:

• staan = stand
• plek = place

So the literal idea is the place where you set up or stand, but the natural English meaning here is a camping pitch/site.

Op usually means on, but Afrikaans prepositions do not always match English one-for-one.

Here, op die staanplek is the normal way to say on the pitch/site or simply at the camping spot.

So although English might sometimes prefer at or on, Afrikaans uses op naturally with this kind of location.

A good way to learn this is as a fixed phrase:

• op die staanplek = on/at the pitch

Because die is the definite article in Afrikaans, meaning the.

In this sentence:

• die staanplek = the pitch/site
• die kampeerterrein = the campground/campsite

Afrikaans uses die for singular nouns and plural nouns, and it does not change for gender. That is much simpler than in many other languages.

So both nouns are definite, and each one gets its own die.

Van usually means of or from. In this sentence, it means of.

So:

• die staanplek van die kampeerterrein = the pitch of the campground

In more natural English, you would often say:

• the campground pitch
• the pitch at the campground
• the campsite on the campground

Here van die kampeerterrein tells you which staanplek is meant: the one belonging to or associated with the campground.

Yes. A very literal translation is:

• We camp on the pitch of the campground.

But more natural English could be:

• We are camping on the campsite pitch.
• We are camping at the campground on a pitch.
• We camp on the campground pitch.

The Afrikaans sentence is completely normal, but the most natural English version depends on context.

The sentence follows a straightforward Afrikaans main-clause pattern:

• Ons = subject
• kampeer = verb
• op die staanplek van die kampeerterrein = prepositional phrase giving location

So the pattern is:

• Subject + verb + place

That is why it looks very close to English:

• Ons kampeer op die staanplek van die kampeerterrein.
• We camp on the pitch of the campground.

Here it is a verb.

• kampeer = to camp / camping

In the sentence Ons kampeer, it is the action: we camp / we are camping.

Afrikaans dictionaries often list verbs in the same basic form used in the sentence, so kampeer is both the dictionary form and the present-tense form.

Yes, there are other possible ways depending on what exactly you want to emphasize.

For example:

• Ons kampeer by die kampeerterrein. = We are camping at the campground.
• Ons kampeer op 'n staanplek by die kampeerterrein. = We are camping on a pitch at the campground.

But your original sentence is more specific because it focuses on the pitch of the campground, not just the campground in general.