Die aansig en die deursneeaansig is gereed.

Because both nouns are definite: the view and the sectional view. In Afrikaans, it is very normal to repeat die before each noun when you are naming two separate definite things joined by en.

So the structure is:

• die aansig = the view
• die deursneeaansig = the sectional view
• die aansig en die deursneeaansig = the view and the sectional view

Repeating the article makes the sentence clear and natural, especially in careful or technical language.

No. In Afrikaans, the present tense of wees (to be) is is for all persons and numbers.

So you get:

• ek is = I am
• jy is = you are
• hy/sy is = he/she is
• ons is = we are
• hulle is = they are

So is can mean both is and are, depending on the subject.

That is why Die aansig en die deursneeaansig is gereed is correct.

Yes, gereed is an adjective here, used after is to describe the subject. It means that the items are ready.

Afrikaans adjectives in this position do not change for singular or plural. So:

• Die aansig is gereed.
• Die aansig en die deursneeaansig is gereed.

In both cases, gereed stays the same.

Afrikaans very often writes compound nouns as a single word. English might write sectional view as two words, but Afrikaans usually joins noun elements together.

So:

• deursnee
  • aansig → deursneeaansig

This is a very common Afrikaans pattern. If English uses a noun + noun expression, Afrikaans will often prefer one compound word.

Because Afrikaans usually keeps the spelling of both parts when forming a compound.

Here you have:

• deursnee
• aansig

When they are joined, the vowels meet in the middle:

• deursneeaansig

That can look strange to an English speaker, but it is normal in Afrikaans compounds. The spelling is not trying to simplify the vowel sequence; it is simply combining the two existing words.

Normally, no. The standard Afrikaans form is the single compound deursneeaansig.

Hyphens in Afrikaans are used in certain special cases, for example for readability, abbreviations, or some unusual combinations, but an ordinary compound like this is usually written as one word.

So the expected form here is:

• deursneeaansig

not

• deursnee-aansig

Yes. This is normal main-clause word order.

The sentence is:

• Die aansig en die deursneeaansig = subject
• is = finite verb
• gereed = complement

Afrikaans main clauses normally place the finite verb in the second position. Here, the whole subject phrase comes first, so is comes next.

That makes the structure very similar to English in this sentence.

By itself, die does not tell you singular versus plural. It can be used for both.

For example:

• die boek = the book
• die boeke = the books

In your sentence, each noun is singular:

• die aansig
• die deursneeaansig

But together they form a compound subject, which is why the overall meaning refers to two things.

Not always. Aansig can have different meanings depending on context.

In general Afrikaans, it can refer to something like:

• appearance
• aspect
• look

But in technical, architectural, or engineering contexts, aansig often means view or elevation. In this sentence, because it appears with deursneeaansig, it is clearly being used in that technical sense.

So this is a good example of a word whose exact meaning depends on context.

Because the sentence is not talking about multiple views of the same type. It is talking about one view and one sectional view.

So each noun stays singular:

• die aansig = one view
• die deursneeaansig = one sectional view

Together, they make a plural idea, but Afrikaans does not need to mark that by changing the nouns here. The meaning comes from the coordination with en (and).