Die oortredingskennisgewing wys die oortreding.

Die is the Afrikaans definite article, and it means the.

A useful thing for English speakers is that Afrikaans keeps this very simple:

• die = the
• ’n = a / an

Unlike some other languages, Afrikaans does not change die for gender or case. So you use die for singular and plural nouns alike:

• die oortreding = the violation
• die oortredings = the violations

So in Die oortredingskennisgewing wys die oortreding, both nouns take die simply because they are definite: the notice and the violation.

Oortredingskennisgewing is a compound noun, and compound nouns are very common in Afrikaans, just as they are in Dutch and German.

It is built from smaller parts:

• oortreding = violation / offense / transgression
• kennisgewing = notice / notification

Together, oortredingskennisgewing means something like violation notice or notice of violation.

English often writes these ideas as separate words, but Afrikaans usually writes them as one word when they form a single noun.

So:

• oortredingskennisgewing = violation notice

This is very normal in Afrikaans, even when the result looks long.

That -s- is a linking sound/letter often found in Afrikaans compound nouns.

Here the first part is oortreding, but in the compound it becomes:

• oortreding + s + kennisgewing
• oortredingskennisgewing

This linking -s- does not usually need to be translated. It helps join the parts naturally.

English speakers often want to analyze it as if it were a possessive 's, but that is not really the right way to think about it. It is better to see it as a common compound pattern.

Similar joining patterns happen in many Afrikaans compounds, and the best way to learn them is by exposure.

Yes, wys is the verb here.

In this sentence, wys means shows or indicates.

So the structure is:

• Die oortredingskennisgewing = subject
• wys = verb
• die oortreding = object

Afrikaans verbs are much simpler than English verbs in many ways. The verb usually does not change depending on the subject:

• Ek wys = I show
• Jy wys = you show
• Hy wys = he shows
• Ons wys = we show

So unlike English, Afrikaans does not add -s for he/she/it in the present tense. The same form wys is used.

Yes. In a simple main clause, Afrikaans normally uses subject + verb + object, just like English.

So:

• Die oortredingskennisgewing = subject
• wys = verb
• die oortreding = object

That gives:

• Die oortredingskennisgewing wys die oortreding.

This is a straightforward main-clause pattern.

One thing to remember is that Afrikaans does have a strong verb-second tendency in main clauses. That means the finite verb often comes early in the sentence, especially if something other than the subject comes first.

For example:

• Vandag wys die oortredingskennisgewing die oortreding.

Here Vandag comes first, so the verb wys still stays in second position.

They are related, but they are not the same thing.

• oortreding = the violation / offense itself
• oortredingskennisgewing = the notice about that violation

So one is the act/event, and the other is the document/notification referring to it.

In the sentence:

• the notice is doing the showing
• the violation is what is being shown

That is why both words appear in the same sentence.

Long Afrikaans compounds can look intimidating, but they become easier if you break them into parts:

• oor-tre-ding-s-ke-nis-ge-wing

A rough English-friendly guide could be:

• oor: like ore without the final glide, roughly oor
• tre: like treh
• ding: similar to English ding
• s
• ke: kuh
• nis: niss
• ge: often a soft guttural g sound, not like English g
• wing: something like ving/wing, depending on accent

A very rough approximation: OOR-tray-ding-s-kuh-nis-khuh-ving

A few pronunciation notes:

• w in Afrikaans is usually like English v
• g is usually a guttural sound, not a hard English g
• stress often falls earlier in the compound, but compounds can have secondary stresses too

The most helpful strategy is to say it in chunks:

• oortreding
• kennisgewing

Then join them:

• oortredingskennisgewing

Yes, kennisgewing is a normal formal word meaning notice, notification, or sometimes announcement, depending on context.

It can be understood from:

• kennis = knowledge / awareness
• gewing = giving

So historically/literally, it is something like a giving of knowledge or making known.

In actual usage, though, you should simply learn:

• kennisgewing = notice / notification

Examples:

• ’n Kennisgewing = a notice
• ’n Formele kennisgewing = a formal notice

In your sentence, it is part of the larger compound oortredingskennisgewing.

Yes, wys can mean show or point out, depending on context.

For example:

• Hy wys die huis. = He shows the house.
• Hy wys na die huis. = He points to the house.

The pattern matters:

• wys + direct object often means show
• wys na + object often means point to

In your sentence, wys die oortreding naturally means shows the violation or indicates the violation, not physically pointing at it.

This sentence sounds fairly formal and administrative, especially because of the word oortredingskennisgewing.

That is very normal for legal, government, parking, traffic, or official written contexts. A document, system, or notice often wys information in this kind of wording.

In casual everyday speech, people might use shorter or less official wording if the context allowed it. But as an official-style sentence, this is completely natural.

A plural version could look like this:

• Die oortredingskennisgewing wys die oortredings. = The violation notice shows the violations.

Or if the notice itself is also plural:

• Die oortredingskennisgewings wys die oortredings. = The violation notices show the violations.

Notice a few things:

• die stays die
• wys stays wys
• the noun changes to plural:
  • oortreding → oortredings
  • oortredingskennisgewing → oortredingskennisgewings

This is another example of how Afrikaans often keeps grammar simpler than English learners expect.