Ek het my vinger gesny, en die klein wond bloei nog.

Afrikaans usually uses the perfect tense for completed past actions.

So:

• Ek het ... gesny = literally I have cut ...
• but in natural English, it is often translated as I cut ...

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not normally use a simple past form for most everyday verbs in this kind of sentence.

Ge- is a very common marker of the past participle in Afrikaans.

• sny = to cut
• gesny = cut / having cut

Together with het, it forms the perfect tense:

• het gesny = have cut / cut

In a main clause with het, Afrikaans normally puts:

1. the finite verb (het) near the beginning, usually in second position
2. the past participle (gesny) at the end

So the pattern is:

• Ek | het | my vinger | gesny

This is a very common Afrikaans sentence pattern.

My means my and is the normal possessive form used before a noun.

So:

• my vinger = my finger

This is exactly the kind of phrase English speakers would expect for a body part in this sentence.

Die means the, while 'n means a/an.

Here, die klein wond refers to a specific wound: the wound caused by cutting the finger. Because it is a particular, identifiable wound, die is the natural choice.

So:

• die klein wond = the small wound
• 'n klein wond = a small wound

Afrikaans usually does not use a separate be + -ing form the way English does.

So:

• bloei can mean bleeds
• and, depending on context, it can also mean is bleeding

In this sentence, bloei nog clearly means is still bleeding.

Here nog means still.

So:

• bloei nog = is still bleeding

In other sentences, nog can also mean things like yet, again, or more, but here still is the right meaning.

En means and and is a coordinating conjunction. That means the clause after it keeps normal main-clause word order.

So:

• en die klein wond bloei nog

stays in the normal order:

• subject: die klein wond
• verb: bloei
• adverb: nog

This is different from some subordinating conjunctions, which can push the verb later in the clause.

In Afrikaans, adjectives do not always change the way English speakers may expect from languages like Dutch or German. In this phrase, klein is simply the correct form.

So:

• die klein wond = the small wound

It is best to learn common adjective forms as you meet them in real sentences.

Yes. The Afrikaans simple present often covers both meanings.

So:

• Die wond bloei. can mean The wound bleeds or The wound is bleeding
• Die wond bloei nog. very naturally means The wound is still bleeding

Context tells you which English translation fits best.

The comma separates two full clauses:

• Ek het my vinger gesny
• die klein wond bloei nog

In Afrikaans writing, a comma before en can be used when two complete clauses are joined, especially when the pause helps clarity.