Ons bewonder die skepping.

Here, ons means we.

Afrikaans ons can mean both we and us, depending on its role in the sentence. In Ons bewonder die skepping, it is the subject, so it means we.

Because Afrikaans verbs usually do not change according to the subject.

In English, we say:

• I admire
• he admires
• we admire

In Afrikaans, the verb usually stays the same:

• Ek bewonder
• Hy bewonder
• Ons bewonder

This is one of the simpler parts of Afrikaans grammar compared with English.

Bewonder means admire.

It is related in form to Dutch/Germanic words connected with wonder or admiration, but in modern Afrikaans it specifically means to admire.

Examples:

• Ek bewonder jou moed. — I admire your courage.
• Ons bewonder die skepping. — We admire the creation.

So in this sentence, it expresses respect, appreciation, or awe.

Die is the Afrikaans definite article, meaning the.

So:

• die skepping = the creation

A very useful thing to remember is that Afrikaans uses die for all definite nouns:

• singular or plural
• common gender or neuter distinctions do not matter

Examples:

• die boek — the book
• die boeke — the books
• die man — the man
• die vrou — the woman

No, not in the way languages like German or Dutch do.

Afrikaans does not normally use grammatical gender in everyday grammar. That means you do not have to learn different forms of the for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns.

So die skepping is simply the creation, with no gender marking to worry about.

Skepping is a noun meaning creation.

It comes from the verb skep, meaning to create.

So the pattern is:

• skep — create
• skepping — creation

Depending on context, die skepping can mean:

• creation in a general sense
• the created world
• creation in a religious sense, such as God’s creation

Yes, in this simple main clause the word order is very similar to English:

• Ons — subject
• bewonder — verb
• die skepping — object

So it follows a normal subject–verb–object pattern:

• We admire the creation
• Ons bewonder die skepping

This makes the sentence easy for English speakers to follow.

A rough English-friendly guide would be:

• Ons ≈ ons / awns
• bewonder ≈ buh-VON-der
• die ≈ dee
• skepping ≈ SKHEP-ping or SKHEP-ing

A few helpful notes:

• w in Afrikaans is usually like English v
• die is pronounced dee, not like English die
• g in many Afrikaans words is a throat sound, but skepping does not have that issue

So a rough full pronunciation is: Ons buh-VON-der dee SKHEP-ping

It can be both.

Depending on context, die skepping may refer to:

• creation in a religious sense
• the natural world
• everything that has been created

So the sentence could sound spiritual, poetic, or simply appreciative of nature and existence.

Usually, no—not if you mean the creation in a definite sense.

In this sentence, die is natural because the noun is definite and specific:

• Ons bewonder die skepping. — We admire the creation.

Leaving out die would sound unusual here unless the sentence were restructured for a different meaning or style.

Yes, it is a complete, grammatical, and natural sentence.

It has:

• a subject: Ons
• a verb: bewonder
• an object: die skepping

It sounds like a clear statement and would be understood easily by Afrikaans speakers.