My broer gaan apteek toe, omdat hy medisyne vir haar hoes wil koop.

Yes. My broer means my brother. It is a possessive word, not the object pronoun me.

A useful extra point: Afrikaans my is usually pronounced more like English may, not like English my.

In expressions like apteek toe, Afrikaans often leaves out the article. This is a very common way to express movement toward a place.

So gaan apteek toe means go to the pharmacy. You do not need die in this pattern.

Here toe shows direction, so it means something like to or toward. It helps express movement to a place.

So apteek toe literally feels like toward the pharmacy, but in natural English we simply say to the pharmacy.

Yes, na die apteek is also possible and natural. Both mean to the pharmacy.

Very roughly:

• apteek toe is a common directional expression
• na die apteek is a more straightforward to the pharmacy

It can be understood as either, depending on context. Afrikaans simple present often covers both a general present and what English might express with is going.

So My broer gaan apteek toe can mean:

• My brother goes to the pharmacy
• My brother is going to the pharmacy

In this sentence, is going is probably the most natural translation.

Afrikaans normally uses a comma before a subordinate clause introduced by words like omdat. Since omdat means because and starts a dependent clause, the comma is expected.

So the structure is:

• main clause: My broer gaan apteek toe
• subordinate clause: omdat hy medisyne vir haar hoes wil koop

Because omdat introduces a subordinate clause, and subordinate clauses in Afrikaans usually send the verb to the end. That is why you get:

omdat hy medisyne vir haar hoes wil koop

instead of a more English-like order.

This is one of the most important word-order rules in Afrikaans.

Because the clause contains two verbs:

• wil = wants to
• koop = buy

In an omdat clause, the verb group goes to the end. So the objects come first, and the verbs come last:

hy medisyne vir haar hoes wil koop

After modal verbs like wil, Afrikaans normally does not use te. So:

• wil koop = wants to buy
• not wil te koop

This is similar to English, where we say can go, must leave, will buy, without inserting an extra marker before the second verb.

Here vir means for. So medisyne vir haar hoes means medicine for her cough.

In other sentences, vir can also mark a person receiving something or sometimes a direct object, but here the meaning is simply for.

Yes. Because haar comes directly before the noun hoes, it is possessive here: her cough.

So vir haar hoes means for her cough, not for her, cough. In this sentence, haar is not an object pronoun; it is a possessive word.

Medisyne often works like an uncountable noun, similar to English medicine. In this sentence, it is best understood as medicine in a general sense.

Depending on context, medisyne can also refer to medicines more broadly, but here medicine for her cough is the most natural reading.