Ons doen by wyse van die vorm aansoek.

Because aansoek doen is a fixed expression meaning to apply or to submit an application.

In Afrikaans, some verb expressions are made up of:

• a verb, such as doen
• plus another element, such as aansoek

In a main clause, the finite verb usually comes early in the sentence, while the other part can stay later in the clause. So:

• Ons doen aansoek. = We apply.
• Ons doen by wyse van die vorm aansoek. = the phrase by wyse van die vorm is inserted before aansoek

This is similar to how some multi-word verbs work in Germanic languages.

Literally, it is something like do application, but you should learn it as one unit: aansoek doen = to apply.

Related words:

• aansoek = application
• doen = do / make

Even though the literal parts are easy to see, the natural English translation is not do application. It is simply apply or make an application.

By wyse van is a formal expression meaning by means of, by way of, or through.

So:

• by wyse van die vorm = by means of the form

This is not the most casual everyday way to say it. It sounds formal, administrative, or legal.

A learner should recognize it as a set phrase rather than translating each word too mechanically.

Not especially. It sounds quite formal and official.

In everyday Afrikaans, people might more naturally use something simpler, such as:

• met die vorm = with the form
• deur die vorm te gebruik = by using the form
• deur middel van die vorm = by means of the form

So this sentence has a formal tone, like something you might see in instructions, bureaucracy, or legal writing.

Here, vorm means form in the sense of a document to fill in.

Afrikaans vorm can also mean shape/form in other contexts, but in this sentence it clearly means an application form or official form.

So:

• die vorm = the form

Because Afrikaans usually uses the definite article die when referring to a specific noun: the form.

So:

• die vorm = the form
• 'n vorm = a form

In this sentence, it is probably a specific form already known from the context, so die vorm is used.

In aansoek doen, aansoek is part of a fixed verbal expression, so it does not behave like an ordinary separate noun here.

Compare:

• Ons doen aansoek. = We apply.
• Ons dien 'n aansoek in. = We submit an application.

In the second sentence, 'n aansoek is a normal noun phrase, so it can take an article. But in aansoek doen, the whole expression functions like a verb, so you do not normally add 'n there.

Afrikaans main clauses usually place the finite verb in second position. Here, the finite verb is doen.

So the structure is:

• Ons = subject
• doen = finite verb
• by wyse van die vorm = adverbial phrase
• aansoek = final part of the fixed expression aansoek doen

That is why you get:

• Ons doen by wyse van die vorm aansoek

This word order is normal for Afrikaans main clauses with split verb expressions.

Yes. That is a natural English translation.

Depending on context, possible translations include:

• We apply by means of the form.
• We apply using the form.
• We submit the application by means of the form.

The exact English wording depends on how formal you want to sound, but the Afrikaans sentence itself is quite formal.

Yes, that would be understandable, and in some contexts it may sound more natural in everyday speech.

Compare:

• Ons doen by wyse van die vorm aansoek. = very formal
• Ons doen met die vorm aansoek. = possible, simpler
• Ons doen aansoek met die vorm. = also possible, depending on emphasis

However, the exact best phrasing depends on context. If this is official or legal language, by wyse van fits that register better.

Ons means we here.

It is the first-person plural pronoun:

• ek = I
• jy / u = you
• hy / sy = he / she
• ons = we
• julle = you plural
• hulle = they

So:

• Ons doen aansoek. = We apply.

In this sentence, ons is the subject of the verb doen.

It sounds grammatical, but definitely formal and somewhat stiff.

A native speaker would probably expect this kind of wording in:

• official documents
• legal instructions
• administrative procedures
• formal notices

In ordinary conversation, people would usually choose a simpler wording. So as a learner, it is useful to understand this sentence, but you would not usually use this exact phrasing in casual speech.