Here sy means his.
So:
A useful thing to know is that sy can also mean she in other sentences. The position tells you which one it is:
Before a noun, sy is usually the possessive his.
Yes, uitspraak is a compound word, which is very common in Afrikaans.
It is built from:
In this sentence, uitspraak means pronunciation.
Depending on context, uitspraak can also mean things like:
But with spog met sy uitspraak, pronunciation is the natural meaning.
Yes. This is a very standard Afrikaans main-clause pattern:
So the structure is basically:
Subject + Verb + Rest
Afrikaans is a verb-second language, which means the finite verb normally comes early in the clause. Since the subject comes first here, the verb comes right after it.
For example:
In the second sentence, Vandag takes first position, so spog still stays second, and hy moves after the verb.
The hardest part for many English speakers is the ui sound at the beginning. Afrikaans ui does not have an exact English equivalent.
A few helpful points:
A rough learner-friendly approach is:
It does not need to be perfect right away. The important thing is recognizing that ui is a special Afrikaans vowel combination, not just oo-ee or you-eye.