Ná 'n lang jaar wil ons 'n rustige maand by die see hê.

No. In Afrikaans, wil usually means want to or wish to, not simple future.

So here wil ons means we want.

If you wanted a straightforward future meaning like we will have, Afrikaans would more naturally use sal, for example ons sal ... hê.

Afrikaans is a verb-second language in main clauses. That means the finite verb normally comes second.

If the sentence begins with the subject, you get:

• Ons wil 'n rustige maand by die see hê.

But if another part comes first, like Ná 'n lang jaar, the verb still has to stay in second position:

• Ná 'n lang jaar wil ons 'n rustige maand by die see hê.

So wil comes before ons because the opening time phrase takes the first slot.

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

It is pronounced as a very weak vowel, roughly like the a in about or sofa.

A useful writing rule: 'n is never capitalized. Even at the beginning of a sentence, the next word gets the capital letter, not 'n.

Here ná means after.

So Ná 'n lang jaar means After a long year.

The acute accent helps mark stress and can make the meaning clearer for the reader.

The word na can appear in different contexts, and writing ná helps highlight the after sense here. In learning materials, accents are often shown clearly to help learners notice pronunciation and emphasis.

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

Here:

• wil = want to
• hê = have

So the pattern is:

• wil ... hê = want to have

That is why hê comes at the end.

Afrikaans often uses hê in this kind of sentence where English might leave have out.

So:

• ons wil 'n rustige maand hê = we want to have a peaceful month

Without hê, the sentence would sound incomplete or less natural in standard Afrikaans.

The circumflex in hê is part of the standard spelling of the verb have.

It helps mark the vowel sound, and it should be written. So the correct form is hê, not just he.

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

So:

• 'n lang jaar = a long year
• 'n rustige maand = a peaceful month
• die see = the sea

Afrikaans uses die for the in all genders and numbers, so it is much simpler than English learners often expect.

Afrikaans adjectives do not all behave the same way before nouns.

• lang stays lang
• rustig becomes rustige

A helpful practical pattern is:

• many short, common adjectives stay unchanged: lang jaar, groot huis
• many longer adjectives, especially ones ending in -ig or -lik, often take -e before a noun: rustige maand, vriendelike man

So this is not gender agreement. It is mainly about adjective form patterns in Afrikaans.

by die see means by the sea, at the seaside, or near the sea.

It suggests being at the coast, not literally on the water.

Compare:

• by die see = at the seaside
• op die see = on the sea, for example in a boat

So here it means spending the month at the coast.

Yes. Afrikaans ons can mean both we and us.

In this sentence it is the subject, so it means we:

• wil ons = we want

Afrikaans does not make the same we/us distinction that English does.

Afrikaans usually does not need a comma after a short introductory phrase like this.

So Ná 'n lang jaar wil ons ... is perfectly normal without a comma.

English is often more flexible or more comma-friendly in that position than Afrikaans.

A very literal version is:

After a long year want we a peaceful month by the sea have.

That sounds unnatural in English, but it shows two key Afrikaans patterns:

1. the finite verb wil comes second
2. the main verb hê goes to the end after the modal wil