Die korttermynberging is goedkoop.

It is a compound noun made up of:

• kort = short
• termyn = term, period
• berging = storage

So korttermynberging literally means short-term storage.

Afrikaans very often builds longer meanings by joining words together into one compound.

Because Afrikaans usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

So where English often writes:

• short-term storage

Afrikaans tends to write:

• korttermynberging

This is very normal in Afrikaans. English speakers often expect spaces or a hyphen, but Afrikaans commonly joins the parts into one noun.

Die is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• die berging = the storage
• die korttermynberging = the short-term storage

A useful thing for learners: Afrikaans die does not change for gender the way articles do in some other languages. It is used broadly as the.

Not by itself. Die can be used with both singular and plural nouns.

So die just means the. You usually understand singular or plural from the noun itself and the context.

In this sentence, korttermynberging is singular.

Yes. Here is is the present-tense form of wees (to be).

So:

• Die korttermynberging is goedkoop.
• The short-term storage is cheap.

This part is very straightforward for an English speaker.

Because this is a simple main clause with a subject, the verb is, and a predicate adjective:

• Die korttermynberging = subject
• is = verb
• goedkoop = adjective/complement

So the structure is:

• The short-term storage is cheap
• Die korttermynberging is goedkoop

Afrikaans word order can become different from English in some other sentence types, but this basic pattern is very similar.

Goedkoop means cheap or inexpensive.

It can describe something that costs little money. Depending on context, it can be neutral (low-priced) or slightly negative (cheap in quality), just like in English.

In this sentence, the most natural meaning is inexpensive.

Because here it comes after is, so it is being used predicatively.

In Afrikaans, adjectives often stay in their basic form after verbs like is:

• Die motor is duur. = The car is expensive.
• Die kamer is groot. = The room is big.
• Die korttermynberging is goedkoop. = The short-term storage is cheap.

So goedkoop does not need an extra ending here.

Sometimes, yes. Attributive adjectives in Afrikaans often take an -e ending when placed before a noun.

For example:

• goedkoop berging = cheap storage

But after is, you use the basic form:

• Die berging is goedkoop.

So a learner should notice the difference between:

• ’n goedkoop diens = a cheap service
• Die diens is goedkoop = the service is cheap

A rough English-friendly guide would be:

• kort-ter-MAIN-ber-khing

A few notes:

• kort sounds somewhat like court, but shorter
• termyn has myn, which sounds like mine
• g in Afrikaans is usually a throat sound, not a hard English g
• berging is roughly BER-khing / BER-ring depending on accent and how you hear the g

You do not need perfect pronunciation at first; the main challenge is the Afrikaans g sound.

No, not in this sentence.

Here berging means storage and comes from the verb berg, meaning to store, put away, or stow.

So:

• berg (verb) = store/put away
• berging = storage

That is different from berg as a noun meaning mountain. Same spelling, different meaning.

Normally, no. Standard Afrikaans prefers the compound form:

• korttermynberging

Writing the parts separately would usually look unnatural or incorrect in normal Afrikaans spelling.

If you want to sound natural, it is best to get used to Afrikaans compounds being written as one word.

Yes. It is a perfectly normal simple sentence.

It sounds like something you might see in advertising, a price comparison, or a discussion of storage options:

• Die korttermynberging is goedkoop.

It is short, grammatical, and natural.