Ek soek my nuwe hemp en my warm sokkies onder die bed.

It can mean either one. In Afrikaans, the simple present often covers both the English simple present and the present continuous.

So:

• Ek soek ... = I look for ... or I am looking for ...

Usually the context tells you which meaning is intended.

If you want to emphasize that the action is happening right now, Afrikaans can also use a longer form such as:

• Ek is besig om ... te soek = I am busy looking for ...

Because soek already means look for / search for. The idea of for is built into the verb.

So:

• Ek soek my hemp. = I am looking for my shirt.

You do not need a separate word matching English for in this sentence.

Afrikaans often repeats the possessive to make it clear that both nouns belong to the speaker.

So:

• my nuwe hemp en my warm sokkies clearly means my new shirt and my warm socks

If you leave out the second my, the sentence may still be understood, but repeating it is clearer and more natural here.

Compare:

• my nuwe hemp en my warm sokkies = both are mine
• my nuwe hemp en warm sokkies = can sound less clear, as if only the shirt is explicitly marked as mine

Yes. In Afrikaans, hemp is the ordinary word for shirt.

Even though it looks like the English word hemp, it does not mean the plant or the fiber here. It is just the normal clothing word.

So:

• 'n hemp = a shirt
• my hemp = my shirt

Because many Afrikaans adjectives change form when they come before a noun.

The basic form is:

• nuut = new

But before a noun it becomes:

• nuwe hemp = new shirt

After a linking verb, you use the basic form again:

• Die hemp is nuut. = The shirt is new.

So this is a normal adjective pattern in Afrikaans:

• nuut after the noun idea
• nuwe before the noun

Because not all Afrikaans adjectives change in the same way before a noun.

warm usually stays warm:

• warm sokkies = warm socks
• Die sokkies is warm. = The socks are warm.

So unlike nuut → nuwe, the adjective warm does not change here.

A useful beginner rule is: some adjectives have a special form before nouns, and some do not. You often learn these through exposure and examples.

The singular is sokkie and the plural is sokkies.

So:

• 'n sokkie = a sock
• sokkies = socks

The -ie / -ies pattern is very common in Afrikaans. Historically it is often connected with diminutive forms, but in many everyday words it is simply the normal word people use.

So in ordinary speech, sokkie / sokkies just means sock / socks.

Yes, die means the.

Afrikaans uses die for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns
• all grammatical genders

So:

• die bed = the bed
• die beddens = the beds

Unlike languages such as German or Dutch, modern Afrikaans does not make you learn different forms of the for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns.

In a sentence like this, it most naturally suggests the place connected with the search, and in everyday context that often means the shirt and socks are under the bed.

So the sentence can be understood as:

• I am looking for my new shirt and my warm socks, which are under the bed.
• I am looking under the bed for my new shirt and my warm socks.

Usually context makes the intended meaning clear.

If you want to be more explicit, you can rephrase:

• Ek soek onder die bed na my nuwe hemp en my warm sokkies.
  = I am looking under the bed for my new shirt and my warm socks.

Yes. Afrikaans often allows that kind of movement.

For example:

• Onder die bed soek ek my nuwe hemp en my warm sokkies.

That is still grammatical. The important thing is that Afrikaans keeps the finite verb in the second position in a main clause. So when Onder die bed moves to the front, soek still comes next, before ek.

Compare:

• Ek soek my nuwe hemp en my warm sokkies onder die bed.
• Onder die bed soek ek my nuwe hemp en my warm sokkies.

Both are possible; the second gives more emphasis to under the bed.