Because Afrikaans uses is for the present tense of to be with both singular and plural subjects.
So:
Even though bykomstigheid en juwele refers to more than one thing, the verb stays is.
Afrikaans can use one die for two nouns joined by en when they are understood together:
This is similar to English, where the can also cover both nouns.
If you wanted to make both nouns separately definite and a bit more explicit, you could also say:
Both are understandable, but the version with one die can sound more compact.
Juwele is plural.
The singular form is:
So:
This can be a little tricky for English speakers because English often uses jewelry as an uncountable noun, but Afrikaans juwele clearly means plural jewels.
Bykomstigheid means something like accessory, extra item, or something secondary/additional, depending on context.
In this sentence, it is being used as accessory.
A learner might also notice that this is not always the most everyday word in casual speech for a fashion accessory. In some contexts, speakers may use other words too, such as accessoire. But bykomstigheid is understandable and correct.
En means and.
So:
It works just like English and when joining words or phrases.
Because Afrikaans nouns usually do not change form after prepositions.
In English, nouns also usually stay the same in phrases like on the table. Afrikaans is similar here:
There are no case endings like in languages such as German. The noun tafel stays tafel.
No. This is the normal Afrikaans word order for a simple statement:
Subject + verb + prepositional phrase
So:
This matches English quite closely:
The main difference is just that Afrikaans still uses is, not are.
You would remove the idea.
For example:
That would mean something like An accessory and jewels are on a table.
A few useful points:
So the given sentence is definite because it refers to the accessory and the table.
Yes, it is understandable and grammatically fine.
A learner should just note two things:
So as a grammar model, the sentence works well.