Ek wil nog een appel hê.

Because wil is a modal verb, and in Afrikaans the main verb usually goes to the end after a modal.

So the pattern is:

• Ek wil slaap. = I want to sleep.
• Sy kan kom. = She can come.
• Ons moet werk. = We must work.

So Ek wil nog een appel hê is literally something like I want one more apple have, even though natural English would just say I want another apple or I want one more apple.

Here nog means another, one more, or still another.

It is a very flexible word in Afrikaans and can mean different things in different contexts, such as:

• still
• yet
• again
• another / more

In this sentence, the idea is one more apple.

Because een means one, while 'n is the indefinite article a/an.

So:

• 'n appel = an apple
• een appel = one apple

That means:

• nog 'n appel = another apple
• nog een appel = one more apple / another one apple, with more emphasis on one

In everyday speech, nog 'n appel hê is very common. The version with een sounds a bit more specific or emphatic.

Yes. wil is the present-tense form used for want.

One helpful thing for English speakers is that Afrikaans verbs do not change much for different subjects in the present tense:

• Ek wil = I want
• Jy wil = you want
• Hy wil = he wants
• Ons wil = we want

So you do not have to learn lots of different endings the way you do in some other languages.

After modal verbs like wil, Afrikaans uses the bare verb, without a separate word meaning English to.

Compare:

• Ek wil eet. = I want to eat.
• Sy kan sing. = She can sing.
• Ons moet gaan. = We must go.

So hê appears by itself, not as to have.

Hê is pronounced roughly like heh with a longer vowel, or a bit like the vowel in British air without a strong r sound.

The ê is important. In Afrikaans, this accent mark helps show the vowel quality and length. So hê is not written the same way as plain he would be.

A rough pronunciation guide:

• hê ≈ heh / hair without the r

It is best to think of it as a long, open e sound.

The g in Afrikaans is usually not like the English g in go.

In nog, it is a guttural sound, like:

• the ch in Scottish loch
• the ch in German Bach

So nog is roughly pronounced like nokh.

This sound can be difficult for English speakers at first, so it is completely normal if it takes practice.

It can be understood perfectly well, but it may sound a bit direct depending on the situation.

If you want to sound softer or more polite, Afrikaans often uses forms like:

• Ek wil graag nog 'n appel hê. = I would like another apple.
• Kan ek nog 'n appel kry? = Can I have another apple?

So Ek wil nog een appel hê is grammatically fine, but in real conversation a learner may often hear graag or a question form instead.

People may still understand you, but the full and more standard structure is Ek wil nog een appel hê.

Including hê makes the sentence feel complete, because Afrikaans often expresses this idea as want to have rather than just want + object.

So for learners, it is safest to keep hê in this kind of sentence.