Die oefenprogram kry kritiek.

Yes. Die is the Afrikaans definite article, so here it means the.

A useful difference from English is that Afrikaans uses die for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns
• all grammatical genders

So unlike languages that have different words for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns, Afrikaans keeps it simple: die works for all of them.

Afrikaans very often writes compound nouns as a single word.

So:

• oefen = practice / train / exercise
• program = program

Together they form:

• oefenprogram = training program / exercise program / practice program

This is very normal in Afrikaans. English sometimes writes similar ideas as two words, a hyphenated form, or one word, but Afrikaans strongly prefers single-word compounds.

You will see this a lot, for example:

• huiswerk = homework
• skooltas = school bag
• taalleerder = language learner

Yes. Kry often means get, receive, or obtain.

In this sentence, kry kritiek means something like:

• gets criticism
• receives criticism
• comes in for criticism

So it is a very natural way in Afrikaans to say that something is being criticized.

This is one of the common uses of kry:

• Ek kry hulp. = I get help.
• Sy kry geld. = She receives money.
• Die plan kry kritiek. = The plan gets criticism.

Because kritiek here is being used as an uncountable abstract noun, like criticism in English.

Afrikaans often leaves out the article with abstract or mass nouns when speaking generally.

So:

• kry kritiek = gets criticism

Not:

• kry die kritiek unless you mean a specific criticism already known from context
• kry 'n kritiek is generally not the natural choice here

If you want to refer to a specific comment or review, Afrikaans would more likely use another structure, depending on meaning.

Yes. This is a straightforward main clause with normal word order:

• Die oefenprogram = subject
• kry = verb
• kritiek = object

So the pattern is:

• Subject + Verb + Object

That is very similar to English:

• The training program gets criticism.

A useful thing to remember, though, is that Afrikaans follows a verb-second pattern in main clauses. That means the finite verb usually comes second, even if something other than the subject comes first.

For example:

• Vandag kry die oefenprogram kritiek. = Today the training program gets criticism.

Here Vandag comes first, so the verb kry still stays in second position.

A common past-tense version is:

• Die oefenprogram het kritiek gekry.

This uses:

• het as the auxiliary
• gekry as the past participle

That is the usual perfect-style past construction in Afrikaans.

So:

• present: Die oefenprogram kry kritiek.
• past: Die oefenprogram het kritiek gekry.

Yes. A common alternative is:

• Die oefenprogram word gekritiseer.

That means The training program is criticized or is being criticized.

The difference is mainly one of style and focus:

• kry kritiek sounds very natural and idiomatic
• word gekritiseer is more directly verbal and can sound a little more formal or explicit

Both are correct, but kry kritiek is a very common everyday way to express the idea.

A rough English-friendly guide:

• oefenprogram ≈ OO-fen-proh-gram
• kry ≈ something like kray, but with the Afrikaans r
• kritiek ≈ kri-TEEK

A few notes:

• oe in Afrikaans is usually like the vowel in book or food, depending on accent, but often closer to oo
• y in kry does not sound exactly like English eye, though that is a helpful first approximation
• ie in kritiek sounds like ee

Pronunciation varies somewhat by accent, but those approximations are a good starting point.

In this sentence, kritiek is definitely a noun meaning criticism.

As an adjective, Afrikaans more often uses forms like:

• krities = critical
• kritieke = critical / crucial, depending on context

So:

• kritiek = criticism
• krities = critical
• kritieke toestand = critical condition

That is useful because English learners may be tempted to treat kritiek as if it worked exactly like English critical, but in this sentence it is a noun.