Die bemiddeling begin môre.

Here die is the definite article the.

A few useful things to know:

• Afrikaans uses die for the in both singular and plural.
• It does not change for gender, because Afrikaans nouns do not have grammatical gender the way some other languages do.
• It is capitalized here only because it is the first word in the sentence.

So die bemiddeling means the mediation.

In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change form for person or number in the present tense.

So you get:

• Ek begin
• Jy begin
• Die bemiddeling begin
• Hulle begin

This is much simpler than English, where you would say I begin but it begins. In Afrikaans, the verb stays begin.

Grammatically, it uses the present tense form begin, but it refers to the future because of the time word môre.

Afrikaans often uses the present tense for future events when the time is already clear from context, just like English can do in sentences such as The meeting starts tomorrow.

So Die bemiddeling begin môre is a very natural way to say that the mediation starts tomorrow.

Bemiddeling is a noun. You can tell partly because it comes after the article die.

It is related to the verb bemiddel, meaning to mediate. The ending -ing often forms a noun, similar to how English can form nouns like mediation or sometimes -ing forms.

So:

• bemiddel = to mediate
• bemiddeling = mediation

This follows normal Afrikaans main-clause word order:

• Subject: Die bemiddeling
• Verb: begin
• Time expression: môre

So the pattern is very natural: subject + verb + time.

Afrikaans is a verb-second language in main clauses, which means the finite verb tends to stay in the second position. With the subject first, the verb comes next, and other information follows.

Yes, absolutely.

That version is also correct, and it puts more focus on môre. When you move môre to the front, the verb still has to stay in second position, so the subject comes after it:

• Die bemiddeling begin môre
• Môre begin die bemiddeling

Both are natural. The difference is mostly about emphasis and style.

Not always. Môre can mean tomorrow, and in some contexts it can also relate to morning.

In this sentence, it clearly means tomorrow.

Some related forms are:

• môre = tomorrow
• more / môre in greetings like Goeie môre = good morning
• môreoggend = tomorrow morning

So context helps you decide which meaning is intended.

Môre is roughly pronounced like MOH-ruh, with the stress usually on the first syllable.

The ô shows that the vowel is pronounced differently from a plain o. In practical terms for a learner, it helps signal that this is not pronounced like English more.

A rough pronunciation of the full sentence is:

duh buh-mid-duh-ling buh-ghin MOH-ruh

The exact sounds are not identical to English, of course, but that is a useful starting approximation.

Yes. That is also correct.

Using sal makes the future meaning more explicit:

• Die bemiddeling begin môre = the mediation begins tomorrow / is starting tomorrow
• Die bemiddeling sal môre begin = the mediation will begin tomorrow

Both are good Afrikaans. The version without sal is often very natural when a time word like môre already makes the future clear.