Die vuur brand.

Here, die means the.

So Die vuur = The fire.

It is not the English verb die. In Afrikaans, die is the normal definite article.

A rough pronunciation is dee.

No. Afrikaans is much simpler here.

die is used as the for nouns in general, without changing for masculine, feminine, or neuter gender.

So you do not have to learn separate forms like de/het or der/die/das. In Afrikaans, die is the standard definite article.

Afrikaans verbs usually do not change according to the subject in the present tense.

So you get:

• Ek brand = I burn / am burning
• Jy brand = you burn / are burning
• Die vuur brand = the fire burns / is burning

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not add -s for he/she/it in the present tense.

It can mean either one, depending on context.

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

• The fire burns
• The fire is burning

So this sentence can describe a general fact or something happening right now.

The word order is the basic Afrikaans main-clause pattern:

subject + verb

So:

• Die vuur = the subject
• brand = the verb

This is very similar to English:

• The fire burns

vuur can be tricky for English speakers.

A rough English-style approximation is fee-uhr, said smoothly.
The vowel does not match English exactly, so any approximation will be imperfect.

A few helpful points:

• v is like English v
• uu is a long vowel sound that is not exactly English
• r may sound more tapped or rolled, depending on the speaker

So vuur should not be pronounced exactly like English viewer or fur.

A rough pronunciation is:

dee fee-uhr brahnt

A few notes:

• Die sounds like dee
• vuur has no exact English equivalent, but fee-uhr is a useful approximation
• brand is similar to English brand, but the vowel is usually broader, and the final d may sound close to t in natural speech

It is capitalized only because it is the first word of the sentence.

If the same phrase appeared in the middle of a sentence, it would normally be written die vuur with a lowercase d.

So the capitalization is a writing rule, not a special grammar feature of the word itself.