Elke jaar hang ons 'n nuwe kalender in die kombuis.

Because Afrikaans main clauses usually follow the verb-second rule.

• Elke jaar is placed first for emphasis.
• The finite verb must then come second: hang
• The subject follows: ons

So:

• Elke jaar hang ons 'n nuwe kalender in die kombuis.

If the sentence started with the subject instead, you would get:

• Ons hang elke jaar 'n nuwe kalender in die kombuis.

Both are correct.

Yes. That is completely correct.

The difference is mainly emphasis:

• Elke jaar hang ons ... = emphasizes every year
• Ons hang elke jaar ... = more neutral, straightforward subject-first order

Afrikaans often moves a time phrase to the front when it is important.

Elke jaar means every year.

Word by word:

• elke = each / every
• jaar = year

So it expresses a repeated, habitual action.

Usually, no. Afrikaans verbs normally do not change according to the subject in the present tense.

So you get:

• ek hang
• jy hang
• ons hang
• hulle hang

This is much simpler than English, where you have forms like I hang but he hangs.

Here hang means to hang / put up a new calendar.

In context, it is an action done to the calendar:

• Ons hang 'n nuwe kalender ... = We hang/put up a new calendar ...

Afrikaans can also use ophang to make the idea of hang up more explicit:

• Ons hang elke jaar 'n nuwe kalender op.

So the sentence you have is natural, but ophang is also a useful verb to know.

'n is the Afrikaans indefinite article, equivalent to English a or an.

So:

• 'n nuwe kalender = a new calendar

A few useful things about 'n:

• It is always written as 'n
• It is normally not stressed
• It is pronounced like a very short neutral vowel, roughly uh

The stress falls on the noun, not on 'n.

Because adjectives in Afrikaans usually take -e when they come before a noun.

Compare:

• 'n nuwe kalender = a new calendar
• Die kalender is nuut. = The calendar is new.

So:

• nuut = basic form, often used after the verb
• nuwe = form used before the noun

This is a very common pattern in Afrikaans.

Because die means the.

So:

• in die kombuis = in the kitchen

Afrikaans uses die as the definite article for nouns. Unlike languages such as German or Dutch, Afrikaans does not have grammatical gender in the article system, so you do not have to learn different forms for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns.

Yes. Kombuis is the normal Afrikaans word for kitchen.

So:

• in die kombuis = in the kitchen

It is a very common everyday word.

Yes. Afrikaans often uses the simple present for habitual or repeated actions.

Because the sentence starts with Elke jaar, it is clear that this is something that happens regularly.

So the present tense here means something like:

• Every year we hang a new calendar in the kitchen.

This works much like English.

That order is natural in Afrikaans.

A common pattern is:

• time expression
• finite verb
• subject
• object
• place expression

So here:

• Elke jaar = time
• hang = verb
• ons = subject
• 'n nuwe kalender = object
• in die kombuis = place

You can sometimes move parts around for emphasis, but this version is very normal and idiomatic.

Yes, sometimes it can, depending on emphasis.

For example:

• In die kombuis hang ons elke jaar 'n nuwe kalender.

This puts extra focus on in the kitchen.

But the original sentence is the most neutral and natural way to say it.

In this sentence, it is best translated as every:

• Elke jaar = every year

But in some contexts, elke can also feel close to each. In everyday Afrikaans, it often covers both ideas.