Hierdie trui is so warm soos my jas, maar ek dra dit meer.

This is the standard Afrikaans pattern for equality comparisons:

• so ... soos = as ... as

So:

• so warm soos my jas = as warm as my coat

This works with many adjectives:

• so groot soos = as big as
• so vinnig soos = as fast as
• so mooi soos = as pretty as

A useful contrast:

• soos on its own can also mean like or such as
• but in so ... soos, it is part of the full comparison structure

So in this sentence, so warm soos is one unit meaning equally warm as.

Hierdie means this or these, depending on context.

In the sentence:

• Hierdie trui = this sweater

By contrast:

• die trui = the sweater

So:

• hierdie points to something near or specific in the sense of this
• die is just the definite article the

Examples:

• Hierdie boek is nuut. = This book is new.
• Die boek is nuut. = The book is new.

Afrikaans does not change the article for gender, so you do not need separate words like the/he/she forms for nouns.

Afrikaans often works just like English here: the noun itself is the subject, so no extra it is needed.

• Hierdie trui is so warm soos my jas
  literally: This sweater is as warm as my coat

The subject is Hierdie trui, so that already fills the role.

English sometimes uses dummy subjects like it in sentences such as It is warm, but here the subject is an actual thing: this sweater.

My jas is the normal Afrikaans way to say my coat.

Afrikaans possessives usually come directly before the noun:

• my jas = my coat
• jou boek = your book
• sy motor = his car
• haar skoene = her shoes
• ons huis = our house

A structure with van can exist in some contexts, but it is not the normal way to say simple possession with pronouns.

So:

• my jas is natural
• die jas van my would sound unusual here

Trui is a noun meaning sweater, jumper, or sometimes jersey, depending on the variety of English you use.

It is a very common everyday clothing word in Afrikaans.

Examples:

• Ek koop ’n nuwe trui. = I am buying a new sweater.
• Die trui is blou. = The sweater is blue.

If you are an English speaker, it helps to remember that trui is not related to English trousers or true. It is simply the standard Afrikaans word for a knitted upper-body garment.

Because object pronouns like dit normally come before adverbs such as meer.

So the natural order is:

• ek dra dit meer = I wear it more

Not:

• ek dra meer dit

This is similar to how short object pronouns tend to stay close to the verb in many Germanic languages.

Structure here:

• ek = subject
• dra = verb
• dit = object pronoun
• meer = more

So the sentence order is normal Afrikaans word order.

Dit refers back to Hierdie trui.

So in:

• maar ek dra dit meer

dit means it, namely this sweater.

Afrikaans uses dit very broadly for it. Unlike languages that assign masculine or feminine object pronouns to nouns, Afrikaans does not do that in the same way.

So you do not need to learn different object pronouns based on noun gender here. Dit works fine.

In Afrikaans, meer can often cover the idea of more in the sense of more often, depending on context.

So:

• ek dra dit meer naturally means I wear it more
• in context, that usually means I wear it more often

Afrikaans does not always need a separate word for often if the meaning is clear.

If you wanted to be more explicit, you could say:

• ek dra dit meer gereeld = I wear it more regularly / more often

But in this sentence, meer by itself is idiomatic and natural.

In this sentence, warm comes after the verb is, so it is being used predicatively.

• Die trui is warm. = The sweater is warm.

Predicative adjectives in Afrikaans usually stay in their basic form.

That is why you get:

• is warm
• is so warm soos ...

By contrast, adjectives before a noun can sometimes take -e:

• ’n warm trui = a warm sweater
• die warm trui = the warm sweater

But after is, you normally just use the plain form:

• Die trui is warm.

Maar means but.

It joins two main clauses:

1. Hierdie trui is so warm soos my jas
2. maar ek dra dit meer

After maar, the word order stays like a normal main clause:

• ek dra dit meer

This is important because some Afrikaans linking words send the verb to the end in subordinate clauses, but maar does not. It behaves like English but in that respect.

So:

• ..., maar ek dra dit meer. = ..., but I wear it more.

In other sentences, yes, soos can mean like:

• Hy lyk soos sy pa. = He looks like his father.

But in this sentence, soos is part of so ... soos, which is the comparison pattern as ... as.

So you should read:

• so warm soos = as warm as

not:

• so warm like

The presence of so before the adjective tells you that this is a comparison of equality.

Mostly, dra means to wear when talking about clothes, shoes, glasses, and accessories.

Examples:

• Ek dra ’n jas. = I wear a coat.
• Sy dra ’n rok. = She wears a dress.
• Hy dra ’n bril. = He wears glasses.

It can also have broader meanings such as carry or bear in some contexts, but in this sentence it clearly means wear.

So:

• ek dra dit meer = I wear it more

Yes, a little.

Literally, ek dra dit meer means I wear it more, which most directly suggests I wear it more often.

But in real usage, it can also imply that the speaker reaches for the sweater more, probably because they prefer it, find it more comfortable, or use it more in daily life.

So the sentence contrasts:

• same warmth
• different usage

That makes the second clause feel slightly richer than just raw frequency, even though frequency is the core meaning.

It would still be grammatical, but the meaning would shift slightly.

• Hierdie trui is so warm soos my jas, maar ek dra dit meer.
  = This sweater is as warm as my coat, but I wear it more.

• Die trui is so warm soos my jas, maar ek dra dit meer.
  = The sweater is as warm as my coat, but I wear it more.

So the difference is mainly:

• hierdie = this specific sweater, often one near the speaker or being pointed out
• die = the sweater, already known from context

The rest of the sentence stays the same.