Ek verbind my rekenaar met die internet.

verbind is the first-person singular present tense of the verb verbinden meaning to connect. In Afrikaans, the present-tense form stays the same for most persons: • ek verbind
• jy verbind
• hy/sy verbind
• ons verbind
There are no extra endings like the -s that appear in English third-person singular.

my is the possessive adjective meaning my and it directly modifies rekenaar (computer). The form myne is a possessive pronoun equivalent to English mine and stands alone: • my rekenaar – my computer
• die rekenaar is myne – the computer is mine

The verb verbind takes the preposition met to indicate what you are connecting to. So met die internet literally means with the internet. Other verbs use different prepositions: • ek koppel my rekenaar aan die internet
• ek sluit my rekenaar aan die internet aan
But with verbind, you always use met.

In Afrikaans, most singular common nouns take the definite article die when they refer to something specific. Unlike English, you generally cannot omit it here: • Ek verbind my rekenaar met die internet.

Afrikaans forms the past tense with het plus the past participle at the end: • Ek het my rekenaar met die internet verbind.
The past participle of verbind is also verbind.

The infinitive is verbinden. Use om + te before it, except after a modal verb: • Ek probeer om my rekenaar met die internet te verbinden.
• Ek moet my rekenaar met die internet verbind.

Yes. Common alternatives include: • koppel (to link): Ek koppel my rekenaar aan die internet.
• aansluit (to connect): Ek sluit my rekenaar aan die internet aan.
Both use aan rather than met.

In main clauses the verb stays in second position. If you front the object, the verb still comes immediately after: • My rekenaar verbind ek met die internet.
This emphasizes my rekenaar, but the standard word order is still subject-verb-object (S-V-O).