Afrikaans verbs are much simpler than English verbs. In the present tense, the verb usually stays the same regardless of the subject.
So you get:
Unlike English, Afrikaans does not normally add an -s for he/she/it in the present tense.
Yes. Argiveer is a normal Afrikaans verb meaning to archive or to file/store in an archive. It is clearly related to the English word archive, although its spelling follows Afrikaans patterns.
This is common in Afrikaans: some words are recognizably similar to English, but spelled in an Afrikaans way.
A simple learner-friendly guide:
A few helpful notes:
If you are a beginner, getting the rhythm right is more important than perfect accent at first.
Because argiveer here is a finite verb in a normal statement, not an infinitive.
In English:
Not:
Afrikaans works the same way here. You only use an infinitive marker like te in certain constructions, not in a simple present-tense main clause.
A common way to form the past in Afrikaans is with het + ge- past participle.
So:
Notice two things:
This is a very common Afrikaans pattern.