My wekker lui, maar ek bly nog 'n paar minute in die bed.

Wekker usually means alarm clock. In everyday English, though, the sentence may be translated naturally as My alarm goes off / rings.

So in this sentence:

• My wekker = my alarm clock
• but the natural idea is my alarm

Afrikaans often uses wekker where English speakers might casually say alarm.

Lui means to ring / sound. It is commonly used for things like:

• bells
• telephones
• alarms

So My wekker lui literally means My alarm clock rings.

A native English speaker might expect something like goes off, but lui is a normal Afrikaans way to express that an alarm is sounding.

Because maar means but, and here it links two main clauses:

• My wekker lui
• maar ek bly nog 'n paar minute in die bed

Afrikaans commonly uses a comma before coordinating conjunctions like maar when they join full clauses. This is very similar to standard English punctuation with but.

That is exactly the idea here. Bly means stay / remain.

In this sentence, ek bly nog 'n paar minute in die bed means:

• I stay in bed for a few more minutes
• or more naturally, I remain in bed for a few more minutes

So bly is not about living somewhere here. It means remain.

Here nog means still / yet / a bit longer / more depending on how you translate it.

In ek bly nog 'n paar minute in die bed, it gives the idea of:

• I stay in bed still a few minutes
• more natural English: I stay in bed for another few minutes or for a few more minutes

So nog adds the sense that the action continues a little longer.

'n is the Afrikaans indefinite article, meaning a or an.

So:

• 'n paar minute = a few minutes

A few useful points:

• It is written as 'n, with an apostrophe before the n
• In the middle of a sentence, it is not capitalized
• In formal writing, even at the beginning of a sentence, people often still write 'n, not 'N

So nog 'n paar minute means another few minutes or a few more minutes.

In die bed means in bed / in the bed, while op die bed means on the bed.

So:

• in die bed = lying in bed, under the covers, in the normal sleeping position
• op die bed = physically on top of the bed

In this sentence, the person has not gotten up yet, so in die bed is the natural choice.

Afrikaans often uses the definite article where English might leave it out.

So:

• in die bed literally = in the bed
• but natural English may simply be in bed

This does not necessarily mean a specific bed is being emphasized. It is just the normal Afrikaans structure in many cases.

Yes, this is normal main-clause word order.

Afrikaans main clauses usually follow a verb-second pattern, meaning the finite verb comes early in the clause:

• ek bly nog 'n paar minute in die bed

Here:

• ek = subject
• bly = finite verb
• nog 'n paar minute = time expression
• in die bed = place expression

So the order is very natural.

Yes, many speakers would understand or use expressions like:

• My alarm gaan af = My alarm goes off
• My wekker lui = My alarm clock rings

Both are natural, but they are slightly different in wording:

• lui focuses on the ringing/sounding
• gaan af focuses on the alarm going off

So the original sentence is perfectly idiomatic, but there are other natural ways to say something similar.

Yes, very common. If you are talking about waking up in the morning, wekker is one of the most normal words you will hear.

Related idea:

• wek means wake
• so wekker is basically the thing that wakes you

That makes it easy to remember.

A very natural English version would be:

• My alarm rings, but I stay in bed for a few more minutes.

Other natural possibilities are:

• My alarm goes off, but I stay in bed for a few more minutes.
• My alarm rings, but I remain in bed for another few minutes.

This is useful because the literal structure of the Afrikaans is close to English, but the most idiomatic English translation may vary slightly.