Die kraan lek steeds, al draai ek dit toe.

Die is capitalized only because it is the first word of the sentence. In Afrikaans, nouns are not capitalized the way they are in German. So kraan stays lowercase unless it begins a sentence.

Also, die here simply means the.

Usually, no. Afrikaans verbs do not change much for person or number in the present tense.

So you get:

• ek draai = I turn
• jy draai = you turn
• hy/sy draai = he/she turns
• ons/hulle draai = we/they turn

The same is true for lek:

• die kraan lek = the tap leaks

This is much simpler than English, where you have I turn but he turns.

Steeds means still in the sense of continuing to happen.

So:

• Die kraan lek steeds = The tap is still leaking / The tap still leaks.

It shows that the leaking has not stopped, even though you would expect it to.

A very common alternative is nog steeds, which is slightly more emphatic:

• Die kraan lek nog steeds = The tap is still leaking.

Here al means something like although, even though, or even if, depending on context.

In this sentence, al draai ek dit toe gives a concessive idea: the tap leaks despite the fact that you turn it off.

So the sense is:

• although I turn it off
• even though I turn it off
• sometimes more loosely, even when I turn it off

This is a special Afrikaans pattern used with concessive al. After al, the finite verb often comes before the subject.

So:

• al draai ek dit toe

not:

• al ek draai dit toe

This is normal Afrikaans word order in this kind of clause. It is different from other subordinate clauses introduced by words like omdat or dat, where the verb usually goes later.

So this is something you mostly learn as a set pattern:

• Al is hy moeg, werk hy nog. = Although he is tired, he still works.
• Al reën dit, gaan ons. = Even if it rains, we are going.

Yes, toe can mean different things in different contexts. Here it is not the time word then.

In draai ... toe, toe is a particle meaning shut or off/closed. The whole expression means:

• draai iets toe = turn something off / close something by turning it

So:

• ek draai die kraan toe = I turn the tap off

This is especially used for taps, valves, lids, and similar things that are closed by turning.

Yes. The full verb is often thought of as toedraai, but in a main clause the parts split up:

• Ek draai dit toe. = I turn it off.

In other forms, it can appear joined together:

• Ek wil dit toedraai. = I want to turn it off.
• Ek het dit toegedraai. = I turned it off / I have turned it off.

So this sentence shows the split form:

• draai ... toe

That is very common in Afrikaans.

Dit means it, and here it refers back to die kraan.

So:

• al draai ek dit toe = although I turn it off

Afrikaans often uses a pronoun instead of repeating the noun, just like English does.

Notice the order:

• ek draai dit toe not usually
• ek draai toe dit

The object pronoun dit comes before the final particle toe.

The comma separates the main clause from the concessive clause.

Main clause:

• Die kraan lek steeds

Concessive clause:

• al draai ek dit toe

So the comma helps show the structure:

• The tap still leaks, although I turn it off.

In Afrikaans, commas are commonly used to separate clauses like this.

Yes. A few natural alternatives are possible, depending on nuance:

• Die kraan lek nog steeds, al draai ek dit toe.
• Die kraan lek steeds, alhoewel ek dit toedraai.
• Die kraan lek steeds, selfs al draai ek dit toe.

These are all close in meaning, but the original sentence is short, natural, and idiomatic. Al draai ek dit toe is a very common compact way to say although/even if I turn it off.