As die wond bly bloei, moet ons die noodnommer bel.

In this sentence, as means if.

So:

• As die wond bly bloei ... = If the wound keeps bleeding ...

Afrikaans as can sometimes look confusing to English speakers because English as usually has a different meaning. In conditional sentences like this one, think of Afrikaans as as if.

Yes. die means the here.

So:

• die wond = the wound

A useful thing to remember is that Afrikaans uses die as the definite article for all nouns. Unlike languages such as German or Dutch, Afrikaans does not change the article for grammatical gender.

Examples:

• die man = the man
• die vrou = the woman
• die kind = the child
• die wonde = the wounds

So die is very simple compared with many other languages.

Literally, bly bloei is something like remain bleeding or stay bleeding, but in natural English it means:

• keep bleeding
• continue bleeding

Here:

• bly = stay / remain / keep
• bloei = bleed

Afrikaans often uses bly + another verb to show that something continues.

For example:

• Hy bly praat. = He keeps talking.
• Dit bly reën. = It keeps raining.

So die wond bly bloei means the wound does not stop bleeding.

Because bly is helping to express continuation, and bloei gives the main action.

You can think of it like this:

• bly = marks the idea of continuing
• bloei = tells you what continues

This is similar to English keep bleeding:

• keep = continuation
• bleeding / bleed = action

So the pair works together as one idea: continue to bleed.

The comma separates the if-clause from the main clause.

Structure:

• As die wond bly bloei, = subordinate clause
• moet ons die noodnommer bel. = main clause

Afrikaans normally uses a comma when a subordinate clause comes before the main clause. This is very similar to English:

• If the wound keeps bleeding, we must call the emergency number.

So the comma is standard and expected here.

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

When the sentence starts with something other than the subject, the finite verb must still come in the second position in the main clause.

Here, the whole first part:

• As die wond bly bloei

comes before the main clause. After that, the main clause begins, and the finite verb moet comes first:

• moet ons die noodnommer bel

So the order is:

1. subordinate clause
2. finite verb of the main clause
3. subject

That is why you get:

• As die wond bly bloei, moet ons ...

not:

• As die wond bly bloei, ons moet ...

English speakers often want to keep English word order, but Afrikaans follows this verb-second pattern.

Because moet is a modal verb, and in Afrikaans the second verb usually goes to the end of the clause.

So:

• moet = finite/modal verb
• bel = main verb in infinitive form

Pattern:

• moet ons die noodnommer bel

This is similar to German and Dutch word order.

More examples:

• Ek moet huis toe gaan. = I must go home.
• Sy kan Afrikaans praat. = She can speak Afrikaans.
• Ons wil nou eet. = We want to eat now.

So in your sentence, bel is at the end because it depends on moet.

moet usually means must or have to, and sometimes it can sound like should depending on context.

In this sentence, because it is about an emergency, moet sounds fairly strong:

• we must call
• we have to call

It suggests necessity, not just a mild suggestion.

Compare:

• Jy moet nou gaan. = You must / have to go now.
• Ek moet werk. = I have to work.

So here moet ons die noodnommer bel means calling is the necessary action.

noodnommer means emergency number.

It is a compound noun:

• nood = emergency
• nommer = number

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often writes compound nouns as one word.

Examples:

• huisdeur = house door / front door
• skoolbus = school bus
• noodnommer = emergency number

So if an English speaker expects nood nommer as two words, that is a common mistake. In standard Afrikaans, it is one compound word.

Yes, absolutely.

That version is also correct:

• Ons moet die noodnommer bel as die wond bly bloei.

The meaning stays basically the same. The difference is mainly one of emphasis and sentence flow.

• As die wond bly bloei, moet ons die noodnommer bel.
  This puts the condition first and emphasizes it.

• Ons moet die noodnommer bel as die wond bly bloei.
  This starts with the main action.

Both are natural Afrikaans.

Yes, often you can.

For example:

• As die wond aanhou bloei, moet ons die noodnommer bel.

This also means If the wound keeps bleeding.

There can be a slight difference in feel:

• bly bloei = keeps on bleeding / remains bleeding
• aanhou bloei = continues bleeding / carries on bleeding

In many everyday contexts, they are very close in meaning, and both sound natural.

Yes. bloei is the normal Afrikaans verb for to bleed.

Examples:

• Die wond bloei. = The wound is bleeding.
• Hy bloei baie. = He is bleeding a lot.
• Die wond het opgehou bloei. = The wound stopped bleeding.

So bloei is the standard word you want here.

Afrikaans usually does not need a special progressive form like English is bleeding.

English often says:

• The wound is bleeding.

Afrikaans commonly just says:

• Die wond bloei.

If you want to stress continuation, Afrikaans can use:

• Die wond bly bloei.

So Afrikaans often expresses ongoing action more simply than English does. English speakers tend to look for a direct equivalent of is + verb-ing, but Afrikaans often just uses the plain verb.

A very literal English-style version might lead a learner toward unnatural Afrikaans word order, such as:

• As die wond bly bloei, ons moet die noodnommer bel.

That is incorrect because after the opening subordinate clause, the finite verb must come first in the main clause:

• As die wond bly bloei, moet ons die noodnommer bel.

So one of the biggest lessons from this sentence is:

• after a fronted clause, Afrikaans puts the main verb before the subject in the main clause.

That is a very common pattern to practice.