Samewerking is belangrik.

Yes. Samewerking is a noun, and in this sentence it is the subject.

So the structure is:

• Samewerking = the subject
• is = the verb
• belangrik = the description after the verb

It works much like English Cooperation is important.

Yes, very much so. Is is the present tense form of the verb wees (to be) used with a singular subject.

So:

• Samewerking is belangrik. = Cooperation is important.

This is one of the easiest parts for English speakers, because it looks and works very similarly to English.

Afrikaans often leaves out the article with general or abstract ideas.

So:

• Samewerking is belangrik. = Cooperation is important / Co-operation is important
• not necessarily The cooperation is important

If you wanted to refer to a specific cooperation, you could use die:

• Die samewerking is belangrik. = The cooperation is important

Without die, it sounds more general.

Because after is, Afrikaans normally uses the basic adjective form, not the inflected form.

So:

• Die werk is belangrik.
• Samewerking is belangrik.

The form belangrike is usually used before a noun:

• ’n belangrike saak = an important matter
• belangrike werk = important work

So in your sentence, belangrik is correct because it is a predicate adjective, coming after is.

No. Afrikaans adjectives do not agree the way adjectives do in many other languages. There is no gender agreement, and very little inflection compared with languages like German or Dutch.

In this sentence, belangrik stays the same regardless of grammatical gender, because Afrikaans does not have grammatical gender for nouns in the same way.

The word order is very straightforward:

• Subject + verb + adjective/complement

So:

• Samewerking = subject
• is = verb
• belangrik = complement

This is the normal pattern for a simple statement in Afrikaans, just like in English.

A rough English-friendly guide would be:

• Samewerking ≈ SAA-muh-vair-king
• is ≈ iss
• belangrik ≈ buh-LUNG-rik

A few helpful notes:

• w in Afrikaans is usually pronounced like English v
• g is the hard throaty sound common in Afrikaans and Dutch
• stress often falls strongly in belangrik on the second syllable: be-LANG-rik

This is only an approximation, but it should help you get close.

No, the standard noun is samewerking.

Even though learners often connect it with saam (together), the established word for cooperation is samewerking. So for normal usage, stick with:

• Samewerking is belangrik.

Yes. It is related to werk (work). That connection can help you remember it.

You can think of samewerking as something like working together or co-operation. Even if the exact English wording differs, the idea behind the word is strongly connected to work and working together.

Afrikaans does not use grammatical gender the way many European languages do. So you do not need to learn whether samewerking is masculine, feminine, or neuter.

That means nothing changes here because of gender. The sentence stays:

• Samewerking is belangrik.

This makes Afrikaans simpler for many English speakers.

Yes. If the context already makes it clear what you are talking about, you could use dit (it):

• Dit is belangrik. = It is important.

But if you want to state the idea clearly and generally, Samewerking is belangrik is better.

Yes. A few natural alternatives are:

• Dit is belangrik om saam te werk. = It is important to work together.
• Samewerking is noodsaaklik. = Cooperation is essential.
• Ons moet saamwerk. = We must work together.

Your original sentence is short, clear, and very natural for expressing the general idea.