Dit sal eendag werk.

Here Dit is best understood as it.

In Afrikaans, dit can sometimes overlap with English it, this, or even that, depending on context. In this sentence, though, it functions like English it: It will work someday.

It can refer to a thing, an idea, a plan, or a situation, not only a physical object.

Sal is the usual Afrikaans future auxiliary, roughly equivalent to English will.

So in Dit sal eendag werk, sal is what makes the sentence future-oriented.

A useful thing for learners: sal does not change for different subjects. You use the same form with ek, jy, hy, ons, hulle, and so on.

For example:

• Ek sal werk
• Hy sal werk
• Ons sal werk

This is because of normal Afrikaans word order.

In a main clause, the finite verb usually comes in the second position. Here, the finite verb is sal, so it comes right after the first element:

Dit + sal + eendag + werk

Then, because sal is an auxiliary/modal-type verb, the main verb werk stays later in the clause, here at the end.

This is very common in Afrikaans:

• Ek sal môre kom
• Sy kan goed sing
• Ons moet nou gaan

So Dit sal eendag werk follows a very normal pattern.

After sal, Afrikaans uses the bare infinitive, not a to-form.

So English will work matches Afrikaans sal werk, not sal te werk.

That is the normal pattern after auxiliaries and modals in Afrikaans:

• kan werk
• moet werk
• wil werk
• sal werk

So werk is already in the correct form.

Eendag is an adverb of time. It means someday or one day in the sense of at some point in the future.

It tells you when the action will happen, not with a precise time, but as a general future idea.

So grammatically:

• Dit = subject
• sal = future auxiliary
• eendag = time adverb
• werk = main verb

Yes, eendag is normally written as one word when it means someday.

That is different from een dag as two words, which can mean one day in a more literal counting sense.

A simple way to remember it:

• eendag = someday, at some future point
• een dag = one day, one particular day

In your sentence, eendag as one word is the natural choice.

Yes. Afrikaans allows some flexibility with adverbs like eendag.

You can also say:

Eendag sal dit werk.

That puts more emphasis on eendag.

What stays important is that the finite verb sal still comes in the second position of the clause. So if eendag moves to the front, sal must still come right after it.

Usually, no. Afrikaans verbs are much simpler than English verbs in this way.

You do not normally add an ending like English -s:

• Ek werk
• Jy werk
• Hy werk
• Ons werk

And after sal, the verb also stays unchanged:

• Ek sal werk
• Hy sal werk
• Hulle sal werk

So werk is the same form here regardless of the subject.

Yes. Just like English work, Afrikaans werk can mean different but related things depending on context.

It can mean:

• to function
• to be effective
• to succeed
• to work in the general sense

So this sentence could fit several situations, such as a machine, a plan, a method, or an idea. Context decides the most natural interpretation.

Yes, you often can.

Gaan can also be used to talk about the future, a bit like English going to. So Dit gaan eendag werk is also possible.

A rough distinction is:

• sal = neutral future, prediction, promise, formal future
• gaan = often a more expected, developing, or colloquial future

But in everyday speech, there is overlap, and both can be natural depending on context.

You would say:

Dit sal nie eendag werk nie.

Afrikaans typically uses double negation:

• the first nie comes after the finite verb area
• the second nie comes at the end of the clause

So the pattern is: Dit + sal + nie + eendag + werk + nie

That double nie ... nie pattern is very important in Afrikaans.

A rough English-friendly guide would be:

Dit = a bit like dit sal = a bit like suhl or sahl, depending on accent eendag = roughly EEN-dakh or EEN-dag with a guttural final sound werk = roughly verk or vairk, again depending on accent

A few helpful notes:

• w in Afrikaans is usually pronounced more like English v
• r is often tapped or trilled more than in English
• the final g in eendag is often the guttural sound that English speakers find difficult

So the whole sentence is approximately:

Dit sal EEN-dakh verk

That is only an approximation, but it helps get you close.