Die paskamer is naby.

Die means the.

A few useful things to know about die in Afrikaans:

• It is the definite article.
• Afrikaans does not have grammatical gender like German, so die is used regardless of whether the noun would be masculine, feminine, or neuter in other languages.
• Die can also be used with plural nouns, so the form does not change.

In this sentence, Die paskamer = the fitting room.

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

If it appeared in the middle of a sentence, it would normally be written as die:

• Waar is die paskamer? = Where is the fitting room?

Paskamer means fitting room or changing room.

It is a compound noun, which is very common in Afrikaans. Afrikaans often joins words together into one word where English uses two separate words.

Here:

• pas relates to trying on or fitting
• kamer means room

So paskamer is literally something like fit-room / try-on room.

Is is the present-tense form of the verb wees, which means to be.

In Afrikaans, is is used very widely in the present tense:

• Ek is = I am
• Jy is = you are
• Hy is = he is
• Ons is = we are
• Hulle is = they are

So unlike English, the form does not change to am / is / are.

Because this sentence follows the normal Afrikaans pattern:

• subject
  • verb
    • complement

So:

• Die paskamer = subject
• is = verb
• naby = complement

This is very similar to English in a simple sentence like The fitting room is nearby.

It can mean near, nearby, or close depending on the context.

In Die paskamer is naby, it most naturally means:

• The fitting room is nearby or
• The fitting room is near

If you want to say what it is near to, you can add more information:

• Die paskamer is naby die ingang. = The fitting room is near the entrance.

So naby can stand on its own, or it can be followed by a place.

No. Afrikaans does not need a separate word like English to in this structure.

You can say:

• Die paskamer is naby. = The fitting room is nearby.
• Die paskamer is naby die kassas. = The fitting room is near the tills/cash registers.

So naby works directly before the place noun phrase.

In this sentence, it behaves like a predicate adjective or location-type complement after is.

For a learner, the most useful point is this:

• after is, Afrikaans often uses words like naby without changing them

So you do not need to worry too much about giving it a special ending here.

Compare:

• Die winkel is naby. = The shop is nearby.
• Die deur is oop. = The door is open.

In this sentence, naby comes after is, so it stays in its basic form.

That is normal in Afrikaans:

• Die kamer is groot. = The room is big.
• Die paskamer is naby. = The fitting room is near.

When adjectives come before a noun, they often do change:

• ’n groot kamer = a big room

With naby, you may sometimes see forms like nabye before a noun in more formal usage:

• die nabye dorp = the nearby town

But in your sentence, naby stays unchanged because it comes after is.

Move the verb is to the front:

• Is die paskamer naby?

This means:

• Is the fitting room nearby?

That verb-first pattern is very common for yes/no questions in Afrikaans.

You would use ’n instead of die:

• ’n paskamer is naby.

Here:

• die = the
• ’n = a / an

So the choice depends on whether you mean a specific fitting room or just any fitting room.

You would make the noun plural:

• Die paskamers is naby.

A few important points:

• paskamer → paskamers
• die can still mean the
• the verb is still is

That last point often surprises English speakers, because English changes to are, but Afrikaans keeps is:

• Die paskamers is naby. = The fitting rooms are nearby.

A rough English-friendly pronunciation is:

• Die ≈ dee
• paskamer ≈ PAHS-kah-mer
• is ≈ iss
• naby ≈ nah-buy

So the whole sentence is roughly:

dee PAHS-kah-mer iss nah-buy

This is only an approximation, but it is a helpful starting point.