Ons ontdek 'n nuwe kampeerterrein.

'n is the Afrikaans indefinite article, the equivalent of English a/an.

A few useful things about it:

• It is always written with an apostrophe.
• It is always written in lowercase, even at the beginning of a sentence.
• If it starts a sentence, the next word gets the capital letter: 'n Nuwe kampeerterrein.

So in Ons ontdek 'n nuwe kampeerterrein, 'n simply introduces new campsite/campground as a new campsite/campground.

You pronounce 'n as a very short, weak uh sound, like the first sound in about.

Important points:

• You do not pronounce it like the English letter N.
• The apostrophe is not pronounced.
• In natural speech, it is usually very unstressed.

So 'n nuwe sounds roughly like uh NUH-vuh / uh NIEU-vuh, depending on accent.

Because nuwe is the form used when the adjective comes before a noun.

• base form: nuut = new
• before a noun: nuwe kampeerterrein = new campsite/campground

Compare:

• 'n nuwe kampeerterrein
• Die kampeerterrein is nuut.

So:

• nuwe = attributive adjective form
• nuut = predicate adjective form

This is very common in Afrikaans.

No. In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change form for different persons.

So you get:

• ek ontdek
• jy ontdek
• hy ontdek
• ons ontdek
• hulle ontdek

That is much simpler than English, where you have forms like I discover but he discovers.

It is the present tense.

Depending on context, Afrikaans present tense can often cover both:

• we discover
• we are discovering

So Ons ontdek 'n nuwe kampeerterrein can be understood as a present-time action. Context usually tells you whether it is a general statement, a current event, or part of a story.

This sentence uses normal main-clause word order:

• Ons = subject
• ontdek = verb
• 'n nuwe kampeerterrein = object/noun phrase

So the structure is basically:

subject + verb + object

Afrikaans main clauses also follow the verb-second pattern. That means the finite verb normally comes early in the sentence.

Compare:

• Ons ontdek 'n nuwe kampeerterrein.
• Vandag ontdek ons 'n nuwe kampeerterrein.

When Vandag is moved to the front, the verb ontdek still stays in second position.

Because Afrikaans normally writes compound nouns as one word.

Here:

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

Together:

• kampeerterrein = camping site, campsite, campground

This is very typical of Afrikaans and Dutch-style spelling. English often separates words more, but Afrikaans frequently joins them.

You would usually say:

Ons het 'n nuwe kampeerterrein ontdek.

Notice two things:

• het is used for the past/perfect construction
• the main verb goes to the end

Also, ontdek does not get ge- in this form. That is because verbs with inseparable prefixes such as ont- usually do not take ge-.

So it is:

• ontdek
  not
• geontdek

Yes. ons can mean:

• we
• us
• our

Its meaning depends on how it is used in the sentence.

Examples:

• Ons ontdek 'n nuwe kampeerterrein. = we
• Hulle sien ons. = us
• Ons tent is groot. = our

In your sentence, ons is the subject before the verb, so it means we.