Ons kruis die straat.

Here ons means we, because it is the subject of the sentence.

Afrikaans ons can be a little flexible:

• ons = we
• ons = us
• ons = our in many contexts

So you decide from the grammar of the sentence. In Ons kruis die straat, it clearly means we.

Kruis is the verb cross.

So:

• Ons kruis = We cross
• die straat = the street

The full sentence is structurally very close to English.

Usually no. One very learner-friendly feature of Afrikaans is that verbs generally do not change form the way English verbs do.

For example:

• Ek kruis = I cross
• Jy kruis = you cross
• Ons kruis = we cross
• Hulle kruis = they cross

So kruis stays kruis.

Here die means the.

Afrikaans uses die as the definite article for nouns, and it does not change for gender the way articles do in some other languages. That makes it much simpler than languages like German.

So:

• die straat = the street

No. In this sentence, die is pronounced roughly like dee.

That often surprises English speakers, because the spelling looks identical to the English verb die. But in Afrikaans, as the article the, it sounds like dee.

Because this is a simple main clause with the subject first, and Afrikaans often looks very similar to English in that pattern:

• Ons = subject
• kruis = verb
• die straat = object

So the sentence follows a basic subject–verb–object order.

A useful extra point: Afrikaans is often described as a verb-second language. That means the finite verb normally comes second in a main clause. When the subject comes first, the result looks just like English:

• Ons kruis die straat.

But if another element comes first, the verb still stays second:

• Nou kruis ons die straat. = Now we cross / are crossing the street.

It can often cover both, depending on context.

Afrikaans commonly uses the simple present where English might use either:

• we cross the street
• we are crossing the street

If you want to strongly emphasize an ongoing action, Afrikaans can use a different structure, but in everyday language the simple present is very common.

So Ons kruis die straat could be understood as:

• We cross the street
• We are crossing the street

Context tells you which one is meant.

It is understandable and grammatical, but many speakers would more naturally say steek die straat oor for physically crossing a road or street.

So:

• Ons kruis die straat = understandable, more direct/literal
• Ons steek die straat oor = often more idiomatic for actually going across the street

This is a good example of the difference between what is grammatically possible and what is most natural in everyday speech.

A rough English-friendly guide is:

ons kr-uis dee straht

A few notes:

• Ons: the o is short, not like English own
• kruis: the ui sound is tricky and does not match English exactly
• die: pronounced dee
• straat: the vowel is long, roughly straaht

If you want a very rough approximation, you could think:

ons kruys dee straat

But remember that the ui in kruis is a specifically Afrikaans/Dutch-type vowel sound, so no English spelling captures it perfectly.