Die vergadering eindig vandag.

Yes. die is the Afrikaans definite article, and here it means the.

So:

• die vergadering = the meeting

A useful point for English speakers: Afrikaans uses die for all nouns in the definite form. It does not change for gender or number the way articles do in some other languages.

Examples:

• die boek = the book
• die vrou = the woman
• die kinders = the children

Vergadering means meeting. Yes, it is a very common and useful word in Afrikaans, especially in work, school, church, or community contexts.

For example:

• Die vergadering begin nou. = The meeting starts now.
• Ons het môre ’n vergadering. = We have a meeting tomorrow.

It is a noun, and in this sentence it is the subject of the verb.

Because eindig already means ends or is ending, depending on context.

In English, learners sometimes expect something like is ending, but Afrikaans often uses the simple present where English might use either:

• ends
• is ending

So:

• Die vergadering eindig vandag.

can naturally correspond to:

• The meeting ends today
• The meeting is ending today

depending on the situation.

It is the verb being used in the present tense.

The basic verb is eindig = to end. In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change form in the present tense depending on the subject.

So you get:

• Ek eindig
• Jy eindig
• Hy eindig
• Ons eindig

That is much simpler than English, where you say I end but he ends.

In this sentence:

• Die vergadering eindig vandag.
• literally: The meeting end(s) today

This is the normal main-clause word order in Afrikaans:

subject + verb + time expression

So:

• Die vergadering = subject
• eindig = verb
• vandag = time expression

That gives:

• Die vergadering eindig vandag.

This is very natural and straightforward in Afrikaans.

You could also move vandag for emphasis in some contexts, but then Afrikaans follows its normal word-order rules:

• Vandag eindig die vergadering.

When a time word comes first, the verb usually comes second.

Yes, vandag means today.

It is a time adverb, telling you when something happens.

Other useful time words like this are:

• gister = yesterday
• môre = tomorrow
• nou = now
• later = later

So in the sentence, vandag tells you when the meeting ends.

Not exactly. Die vergadering eindig vandag means that the meeting ends today or is ending today.

If you want to say The meeting is over, Afrikaans would normally use a different structure, such as:

• Die vergadering is verby. = The meeting is over.

So eindig focuses on the action of coming to an end, while is verby focuses on the finished state.

A rough English-friendly guide:

• vergadering ≈ fer-GAA-duh-ring
• eindig ≈ AIN-dukh or AIN-dikh
• vandag ≈ fun-DAKH or fun-DAKH

A few helpful pronunciation notes:

• Afrikaans v often sounds close to English f
• g is usually a throaty sound, not the English hard g
• ei in eindig sounds roughly like ay in say, though not exactly the same

Pronunciation varies somewhat by speaker and region, but those approximations are a useful start.

Afrikaans nouns do not work like nouns in languages such as German or French. In normal Afrikaans grammar, nouns are not assigned masculine or feminine genders in the same way.

That is why the article stays simply die here:

• die vergadering

For an English speaker, this is good news: you do not need to memorize grammatical gender for nouns in ordinary Afrikaans usage.

Yes, you could. That would mean something like:

• The meeting is going to end today

It adds a slightly more future-oriented feel.

Compare:

• Die vergadering eindig vandag. = The meeting ends today / is ending today
• Die vergadering gaan vandag eindig. = The meeting is going to end today

Both are possible, but the original sentence is simpler and very natural.

In Afrikaans yes/no questions, the verb usually comes first.

So:

• Die vergadering eindig vandag. = The meeting ends today.
• Eindig die vergadering vandag? = Does the meeting end today?

That verb-first pattern is very common in Afrikaans questions.