Die voedselhanteerder voel vreugde.

Here die means the.

It is the normal Afrikaans definite article, so Die voedselhanteerder means the food handler. A few useful points:

• die is used for both singular and plural nouns
• it does not change for masculine, feminine, or neuter
• it is capitalized here only because it is the first word of the sentence

So in the middle of a sentence, you would usually write die voedselhanteerder with a lowercase d.

Because Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often forms compound nouns as a single word.

So:

• voedsel = food
• hanteerder = handler

Together, voedselhanteerder means food handler.

This is very normal in Afrikaans. English often writes similar expressions as two words, but Afrikaans usually joins them into one.

voel means feel.

In Afrikaans, voel can be used for:

• physical sensation: Ek voel koud = I feel cold
• touch: Voel daaraan = Touch it / Feel it
• emotion: Ek voel vreugde = I feel joy

In this sentence, it is being used in the emotional sense: the food handler experiences joy.

Because Afrikaans verbs usually do not change form for different subjects in the present tense.

So you get:

• Ek voel = I feel
• Jy voel = you feel
• Hy voel = he feels
• Sy voel = she feels
• Ons voel = we feel
• Hulle voel = they feel

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not add an extra -s for he/she/it in the present tense.

Because abstract nouns in Afrikaans are often used without an article when talking about the feeling or idea in a general sense.

So vreugde here simply means joy as an emotion.

Compare:

• Hy voel vreugde = He feels joy
• die vreugde = the joy, a specific joy
• 'n vreugde = a joy / a pleasure, depending on context

In your sentence, no article is needed.

This sentence uses the basic main-clause word order:

subject + verb + object

So:

• Die voedselhanteerder = subject
• voel = verb
• vreugde = object

That is very similar to normal English word order in a simple statement.

No. Afrikaans does not have grammatical gender in the way languages like German or French do.

That means:

• nouns are not grouped into masculine, feminine, and neuter for article purposes
• the article die does not change depending on gender

So you do not have to memorize separate forms of the for different noun genders.

It would be:

Die voedselhanteerders voel vreugde.

Notice what changes and what does not:

• die stays the same
• voedselhanteerder becomes voedselhanteerders
• voel stays voel

That is another good example of how simple Afrikaans noun and verb patterns can be.