Die toelatingsvereiste is op die inskrywingsvorm.

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, often forms compound nouns by joining smaller words together.

Here:

• toelating = admission / entry
• vereiste = requirement

So toelatingsvereiste literally means admission requirement.

This is very normal in Afrikaans. English often writes these as two words, but Afrikaans commonly joins them into one:

• inskrywingsvorm = registration form
• skoolhoof = school principal
• huiswerkboek = homework book

So the long word is not unusual; it is just standard Afrikaans spelling.

Die is the definite article in Afrikaans, meaning the.

It appears twice because there are two separate nouns:

• die toelatingsvereiste = the admission requirement
• die inskrywingsvorm = the registration form

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not change the definite article for gender or case. So die is used very broadly:

• die man = the man
• die vrou = the woman
• die kind = the child
• die boeke = the books

So both instances of die are completely normal.

Is is the present tense of wees = to be.

In this sentence, it links the subject to a location:

• Die toelatingsvereiste is op die inskrywingsvorm.
• The admission requirement is on the registration form.

This works much like English is.

Structure:

• Die toelatingsvereiste = subject
• is = verb
• op die inskrywingsvorm = location phrase

So is simply tells you where something is.

Yes, in some contexts staan could also be used, but the meaning changes slightly.

• is op die inskrywingsvorm = is on the form
• staan op die inskrywingsvorm = is written/printed on the form

So:

• is is a general statement of location or presence
• staan focuses more on the fact that the information appears in writing

If you are talking about text on a page, Afrikaans very often uses staan:

• Jou naam staan op die lys. = Your name is on the list.
• Die datum staan op die brief. = The date is on the letter.

But is is still understandable and grammatical.

Op usually means on.

In this sentence:

• op die inskrywingsvorm = on the registration form

This is the normal preposition to use for something appearing on a surface, page, document, or form.

Examples:

• op die tafel = on the table
• op die bladsy = on the page
• op die lys = on the list

So op works very much like English on here.

Inskrywingsvorm means registration form or enrolment form.

It is another compound noun:

• inskrywing = registration / enrolment
• vorm = form

So:

• inskrywingsvorm = registration form

Again, Afrikaans prefers to combine these into one word rather than writing them separately.

The sentence follows the normal Afrikaans main-clause pattern:

Subject + verb + rest

So:

• Die toelatingsvereiste = subject
• is = verb
• op die inskrywingsvorm = prepositional phrase

This is very similar to English:

• The admission requirement
  • is
    • on the registration form

Afrikaans is often quite straightforward in simple main clauses like this.

In Afrikaans, nouns are not automatically capitalized.

So:

• toelatingsvereiste
• inskrywingsvorm

stay lowercase unless they begin the sentence or are part of a proper name.

This is different from German, where all nouns are capitalized. Afrikaans behaves more like English here.

The first Die is capitalized only because it starts the sentence.

You would usually make the relevant nouns plural:

• toelatingsvereiste → toelatingsvereistes
• inskrywingsvorm → inskrywingsvorms

So a plural version could be:

Die toelatingsvereistes is op die inskrywingsvorms.

That means: The admission requirements are on the registration forms.

A useful thing to notice: in standard Afrikaans, is is used with both singular and plural subjects in the present tense:

• Die boek is hier.
• Die boeke is hier.

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not switch to are.

A few things may stand out:

1. Compound nouns

   • English: admission requirement
   • Afrikaans: toelatingsvereiste

2. One article form

   • Afrikaans uses die for the in many situations, without changing for gender.

3. No noun capitalization

   • Unlike German, common nouns stay lowercase.

4. Same present form of the verb

   • Afrikaans uses is for both singular and plural in the present tense.

5. Possible use of staan

   • When talking about information written on a form or page, Afrikaans often prefers staan.

So although the sentence is quite simple, it shows several important Afrikaans patterns.