Wysheid kom met ervaring.

• wysheid = wisdom
• kom = comes
• met = with
• ervaring = experience

So the sentence is literally Wisdom comes with experience.

Afrikaans often leaves out an article when speaking about something in a general, abstract way.

Here, wysheid and ervaring are abstract nouns, so Afrikaans naturally says:

• Wysheid kom met ervaring.

rather than something like Die wysheid kom met die ervaring, which would sound much more specific and less natural in this proverb-like statement.

English does the same sometimes with abstract nouns, but not always as freely.

In Afrikaans, kom can mean both a physical come and a more general come/arrive/develop/appear depending on context.

In this sentence, kom means something like:

• comes
• develops
• is gained

So Wysheid kom met ervaring means that wisdom develops as experience grows.

Met means with, and in this sentence it expresses accompaniment or association:

• Wisdom comes with experience

That is, when experience is present, wisdom tends to come along with it.

If you used van (of/from), the meaning would shift and sound less natural for this common idea. Met is the idiomatic choice here.

Yes, in this simple main clause the word order is very similar to English:

• Wysheid = subject
• kom = verb
• met ervaring = prepositional phrase

So it follows the basic pattern:

• Subject + verb + prepositional phrase

This makes it quite easy for English speakers to understand.

A rough guide for English speakers is:

• wysheid ≈ vace-hate / vice-hate (depending on accent and how closely you approximate it)

A few helpful notes:

• w in Afrikaans is pronounced more like English v
• y in wys is not pronounced like English y
• -heid sounds somewhat like hate, but not exactly

If you want to break it up:

• wys
  • heid

It is related to Dutch-style spellings, so it may not sound how an English speaker first expects.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• ervaring ≈ er-FAH-ring or er-VAH-ring

Notes:

• the r is usually rolled or tapped more than in most English accents
• v may sound softer, sometimes close to an English f to English ears
• the stress is usually on the second syllable: er-VA-ring

The exact pronunciation varies by speaker, but that approximation is good enough for a learner.

Yes. Wysheid is related to wys (wise) plus the noun ending -heid, which often works like English -hood or -ness in forming abstract nouns.

So:

• wys = wise
• wysheid = wisdom / wise-ness

This is useful because many Afrikaans words are recognisable to English speakers once you learn common patterns.

The suffix -heid forms abstract nouns, much like:

• English -ness
• sometimes English -hood

Examples:

• wys = wise → wysheid = wisdom
• seker = certain/sure → sekerheid = certainty
• vry = free → vryheid = freedom

So in this sentence, wysheid is an abstract noun meaning the quality or state of being wise.

Yes, Wysheid kom deur ervaring is understandable and natural too, but the nuance is a little different.

• met ervaring = wisdom comes with experience
• deur ervaring = wisdom comes through/by means of experience

So:

• met focuses on association
• deur focuses more on the process or cause

Both work, but met ervaring sounds like a broad life truth: as you gain experience, wisdom comes too.

Yes, it sounds very natural and proverb-like. It expresses a general truth in a compact way, much like English sayings.

Afrikaans often uses short, article-free sentences like this to express wisdom or general facts, especially with abstract nouns.

No. Afrikaans does not use grammatical gender the way languages like German or Dutch do.

That means you do not have to learn separate masculine, feminine, or neuter forms for these nouns. This makes Afrikaans simpler than many other European languages in that respect.

Yes. Ervaring bring wysheid means Experience brings wisdom, and it is also natural.

The difference is mainly in perspective:

• Wysheid kom met ervaring = wisdom comes along with experience
• Ervaring bring wysheid = experience brings wisdom

Both express a similar idea, but the original sentence has a slightly gentler, more proverbial feel.