Die werker het moed.

Die is capitalized only because it is the first word of the sentence.

Unlike German, Afrikaans does not capitalize ordinary nouns. So in the middle of a sentence, you would write die werker, die man, die moed, etc.

die is the definite article, meaning the.

So die werker means a specific worker: the worker.

If you said 'n werker, that would mean a worker in a more general, indefinite sense.

A useful extra point: die is used for both singular and plural nouns in Afrikaans, unlike English the, which also stays the same.

No. In Afrikaans, die is pronounced roughly like dee.

So it sounds closer to dee than to the English word die.

werker means worker.

It is formed from:

• werk = work
• -er = a common ending for a person who does something

So just like English work + er = worker, Afrikaans has werk + er = werker.

Yes. Here het means has.

So the structure is:

• die werker = the worker
• het = has
• moed = courage

One important difference from English is that Afrikaans verbs usually do not change form depending on the subject in the same way English does.

For example:

• Ek het = I have
• Jy het = you have
• Hy het = he has
• Ons het = we have

So het stays the same.

The word order here is the basic Afrikaans main-clause order:

subject + verb + object/complement

So:

• Die werker = subject
• het = verb
• moed = object/complement

Afrikaans is a verb-second language in main clauses. In this sentence, the subject comes first, so the verb comes second.

For example, if you put another element first, the verb still stays in second position:

• Vandag het die werker moed.
  = Today the worker has courage.

Because moed is being used as an abstract noun in a general sense, like courage in English.

English also often leaves out the article with abstract nouns:

• He has courage
• not usually He has a courage

Afrikaans works similarly here:

• Die werker het moed.

If you want to refer to a more specific, particular courage, Afrikaans can use an article in some contexts, but in a simple sentence like this, no article is the normal choice.

moed is pronounced roughly like moot.

A few pronunciation notes:

• oe in Afrikaans usually sounds like oo in food
• final d is often pronounced more like a t sound

So moed is approximately moot.

Even though it may look a little like English mood, it means courage, not emotional state.

Yes. That would also be correct, but it is slightly different in structure.

• Die werker het moed = The worker has courage.
• Die werker is moedig = The worker is brave/courageous.

So:

• moed is a noun meaning courage
• moedig is an adjective meaning brave/courageous

Both are natural, but they do not match English word-for-word in the same way.

In a yes/no question, Afrikaans usually puts the finite verb first:

• Het die werker moed?

That means Does the worker have courage? / Has the worker courage?

So the statement:

• Die werker het moed.

becomes the question:

• Het die werker moed?

Afrikaans usually uses double negation with nie ... nie.

So the negative sentence is:

• Die werker het nie moed nie.

This is one of the most important patterns in Afrikaans.

Structure:

• Die werker = subject
• het = verb
• nie = first negative marker
• moed = object/complement
• nie = second negative marker at the end

So, very often, Afrikaans negatives are built with nie twice.