Because Afrikaans, like English, often uses bare plural nouns in general statements.
So:
You do not need die or 'n there.
That is similar to English:
The sentence is talking about a quantity, not a specific set of days.
Because dag has an irregular-looking plural:
This is something you mainly learn as vocabulary. It is not formed by simply adding -s.
Many Afrikaans plurals do use patterns like -e or -s, but some common words change internally as well. dag → dae is one of those forms you should memorize.
Yes, in this sentence it is very close to English.
Structure:
So Afrikaans and English line up neatly here:
This makes the sentence especially easy for an English speaker to recognize.
It is correct and easy to understand, especially as a definition or a fact.
But in everyday speech, many speakers would more naturally say:
So:
A rough learner-friendly guide is:
A very rough full approximation:
SEH-vuh dye iss ee-un veek
Two useful pronunciation notes: