My buurvrou word kwaad as die aflewering weer laat is.

In Afrikaans, word often means to become or to get.

So:

• word kwaad = gets angry / becomes angry
• is kwaad = is angry

That means My buurvrou word kwaad is not describing her state all the time; it shows a change of state. She becomes angry when this happens.

The difference is very important:

• word kwaad = gets angry / becomes angry
• is kwaad = is angry

So in this sentence, the idea is that the late delivery causes her to become angry. If you said My buurvrou is kwaad, that would simply describe her as already being angry.

Yes. In Afrikaans, as can mean several things depending on context, including:

• if
• when
• sometimes as

In this sentence, as die aflewering weer laat is is best understood as when/whenever the delivery is late again.

Because the sentence describes a repeated situation, English often uses when or whenever, even though Afrikaans uses as.

Because as introduces a subordinate clause, and in Afrikaans subordinate clauses, the finite verb normally goes to the end.

So:

• main clause: My buurvrou word kwaad
• subordinate clause: as die aflewering weer laat is

Inside that subordinate clause, is comes last. This is very common in Afrikaans.

Compare:

• Die aflewering is laat. = The delivery is late.
• ... as die aflewering laat is. = ... when the delivery is late.

Buurvrou means female neighbor or woman next door.

It is a compound word:

• buur = neighbor
• vrou = woman / wife

Related words:

• buurman = male neighbor
• buurvrou = female neighbor
• buur = neighbor in general

So the sentence specifically refers to a female neighbor.

In Afrikaans, my means my.

So:

• my buurvrou = my neighbor
• my huis = my house
• my pakkie = my package

Afrikaans possessives are much simpler than in some other languages. There is no extra agreement here based on gender or number.

Aflewering means delivery.

It can refer to:

• the act of delivering something
• a delivery order
• a shipment or delivered item, depending on context

It comes from the verb aflewer = to deliver.

So:

• aflewer = deliver
• aflewering = delivery

In this sentence, die aflewering most naturally means the delivery.

Yes. Die is the Afrikaans definite article, and it usually means the.

So:

• die aflewering = the delivery
• die buurvrou = the neighbor
• die pakkies = the packages

Unlike English, Afrikaans uses die for both singular and plural definite nouns. It does not change for gender.

Weer means again.

So:

• weer laat = late again

The sentence is saying this is not the first time. The delivery has been late before, and it is late another time now.

In Afrikaans, weer often appears before the adjective or part of the sentence it relates to:

• Hy is weer siek. = He is sick again.
• Die aflewering is weer laat. = The delivery is late again.

Because weer normally comes before the adjective laat in this kind of sentence.

Natural order:

• Die aflewering is weer laat.

Less natural or different in meaning:

• laat weer is generally not the normal order here

So in the subordinate clause, die aflewering weer laat is keeps that same relationship, with weer modifying laat and is moving to the end because of subordinate-clause word order.

Yes. Here laat means late.

So:

• Die aflewering is laat. = The delivery is late.
• weer laat = late again

Afrikaans adjectives usually do not change form the way English sometimes distinguishes adjective and adverb. In this sentence, laat is simply the normal word you need.

Be aware that laat can also be related to the verb to let, but that is not what it means here.

Sometimes yes, but as is very natural here.

• as often works well for when/whenever in repeated or conditional situations
• wanneer is also possible for when, but it can sound more specifically temporal or more direct

In this sentence, as fits the idea of whenever the delivery is late again, my neighbor gets angry.

So as is a very idiomatic choice.

Because Afrikaans has very little grammatical gender compared with many other languages.

Even though buurvrou refers to a woman, that does not cause articles or adjectives in this sentence to change form.

For example:

• my buurvrou = my female neighbor
• my buurman = my male neighbor

The possessive my stays the same, and the article die also stays the same. Gender is mostly shown through the noun itself, not through extra grammar around it.