Die e-boek is beskikbaar.

Here die is the definite article, so it means the.

So Die e-boek = The e-book.

Unlike English, Afrikaans uses die for the in both singular and plural.

Because die means the, while 'n means a/an.

So:

• Die e-boek is beskikbaar. = The e-book is available.
• 'n E-boek is beskikbaar. = An e-book is available.

If the meaning shown to the learner is specifically the e-book, then die is the correct choice.

No. One nice feature of Afrikaans is that die does not change for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns.

It is also used for both singular and plural:

• die e-boek = the e-book
• die e-boeke = the e-books

So there is no system like German der/die/das.

Afrikaans normally writes this with a hyphen because e- is a shortened form meaning electronic.

This is the same pattern as words like:

• e-pos = email
• e-handel = e-commerce
• e-boek = e-book

So the hyphen is standard spelling here.

Is is the present-tense form of the verb wees (to be).

In this sentence it works just like English is:

• Die e-boek is beskikbaar.
• The e-book is available.

A useful thing to know is that Afrikaans uses is with all persons in the present tense:

• Ek is
• Jy is
• Hy/Sy is
• Ons is
• Julle is
• Hulle is

So Afrikaans does not change the verb the way English does with am / is / are.

This is the normal word order for a simple main clause in Afrikaans:

subject + verb + complement

So:

• Die e-boek = subject
• is = verb
• beskikbaar = complement/adjective

In a straightforward statement like this, Afrikaans looks very similar to English.

Beskikbaar is an adjective here. It describes the state or condition of the noun.

So in this sentence, it means that the e-book is in an available state.

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

Because after is, Afrikaans adjectives normally stay in their basic form.

So you say:

• Die e-boek is beskikbaar.

But when an adjective comes before a noun, it often takes -e:

• die beskikbare e-boek = the available e-book

So:

• after is → beskikbaar
• before a noun → often beskikbare

That difference is very common in Afrikaans.

Afrikaans usually uses a double nie pattern.

So the negative version is:

Die e-boek is nie beskikbaar nie.

Structure:

• nie after the verb or after the part being negated
• another nie at the end of the clause

This is one of the most important Afrikaans sentence patterns to learn.

The plural would be:

Die e-boeke is beskikbaar.

Notice three things:

• die stays die
• is stays is
• beskikbaar stays beskikbaar

Only the noun changes:

• e-boek → e-boeke

That makes plural sentences in Afrikaans fairly straightforward.