Die kind is uit asem.

Die is the definite article, like English the. It means the speaker has a specific child in mind.

• die kind = the child
• 'n kind = a child

Afrikaans does not change the article for gender, so die works for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns.

Kind means child in a general sense. It does not tell you whether the child is a boy or a girl.

A few useful related forms:

• kind = child
• kinders = children

So Die kind could refer to the boy, the girl, or simply the child, depending on context.

Yes. In Afrikaans, is is the present-tense form of to be, and it is used with all persons:

• Ek is = I am
• Jy is = you are
• Hy/Sy is = he/she is
• Ons is = we are
• Hulle is = they are

So Afrikaans is simpler than English here. You do not need different forms like am, is, and are.

Uit asem is a fixed expression meaning out of breath. Grammatically, it is a prepositional phrase:

• uit = out of
• asem = breath

Together, they function like a description after is:

• Die kind is uit asem. = The child is out of breath.

So even though it is made of two words, you should learn uit asem as one common expression.

Because uit asem is an idiomatic expression, and asem appears without an article here.

That is very similar to English:

• out of breath
  not out of the breath

So in normal Afrikaans, you say:

• uit asem

not usually:

• uit die asem

It follows a very common Afrikaans main-clause pattern:

subject + finite verb + rest

So:

• Die kind = subject
• is = finite verb
• uit asem = complement/descriptive phrase

Afrikaans main clauses normally put the finite verb in the second position. Since Die kind comes first, is must come next.

Two parts may feel tricky for English speakers:

1. uit
The ui sound is one of the classic difficult Afrikaans vowels. There is no perfect English equivalent. It is best learned by listening and imitation rather than by English spelling.

2. kind
Although it is spelled with d, the final consonant can sound a bit like t to English ears because final voiced consonants are often devoiced in Afrikaans speech.

So kind may sound roughly like kint, even though it is spelled kind.

Yes. This pattern is very productive.

With other subjects:

• Ek is uit asem. = I am out of breath.
• Sy is uit asem. = She is out of breath.
• Die kinders is uit asem. = The children are out of breath.

In the past tense:

• Die kind was uit asem. = The child was out of breath.

So once you know uit asem, you can use it with many different subjects and tenses.