Sy wil die wêreld sien.

Because wil is a modal verb in Afrikaans, and modal verbs usually push the main verb to the end of the clause.

So the structure is:

Sy + wil + die wêreld + sien
subject + modal verb + object + main verb

This is very common in Afrikaans:

• Ek wil koffie drink. = I want to drink coffee.
• Hulle kan Afrikaans praat. = They can speak Afrikaans.

So Sy wil die wêreld sien is following a normal Afrikaans pattern.

No. This is a very common false friend.

In Afrikaans, wil means want or wants to, not the future marker will.

So:

• Sy wil die wêreld sien = She wants to see the world.

If you want to express the future more clearly, Afrikaans often uses sal:

• Sy sal die wêreld sien. = She will see the world.

So here, wil is about desire, not future time.

After modal verbs like wil, Afrikaans normally does not use te.

English says:

• wants to see

Afrikaans says:

• wil sien

So:

• Sy wil die wêreld sien.

That is the normal pattern.

You do still see te in other kinds of infinitive constructions, for example:

• om die wêreld te sien = to see the world

But after wil, you do not add te.

Here die means the.

So:

• die wêreld = the world

It is not pronounced like the English word die.
It is pronounced roughly like dee.

A useful thing to know is that Afrikaans uses die as the definite article for basically all nouns, instead of having different forms for different genders.

Examples:

• die man = the man
• die vrou = the woman
• die kind = the child
• die boeke = the books

Yes. In this sentence, Sy means she.

You can tell because it is the subject of the sentence and is followed by the verb wil:

• Sy wil ... = She wants ...

A small extra note: the word sy can mean other things in other contexts, such as his, so context matters in Afrikaans. But in Sy wil die wêreld sien, it clearly means she.

Also, the capital S is only because it is at the start of the sentence.

Because Afrikaans verbs usually do not change according to the subject in the present tense.

Compare English:

• I want
• she wants

Afrikaans usually keeps the same form:

• Ek wil
• Jy wil
• Sy wil
• Ons wil

This is one of the simpler features of Afrikaans grammar. You do not usually need to learn lots of different present-tense verb endings.

Because Afrikaans does not capitalize all nouns.

Unlike German, Afrikaans only capitalizes:

• the first word of a sentence
• proper nouns, like names of people, places, and languages

So:

• die wêreld = the world
• die huis = the house
• Afrikaans = Afrikaans
• Kaapstad = Cape Town

wêreld is just a common noun, so it stays lowercase.

wêreld is pronounced roughly like VAIR-elt or VEHR-elt, depending on accent. It is not an exact English match, but that approximation is close enough for a learner.

The ê shows a particular vowel sound, different from a plain e. In many cases, it helps indicate a more open vowel quality.

A few pronunciation notes:

• w in Afrikaans sounds like English v
• ê is a distinct vowel sound
• the r may sound different depending on the speaker or region
• the final d can sound a bit softened or devoiced in everyday speech

So if you say something close to VAIR-elt, you will be in the right area.

No, not in normal standard Afrikaans.

With a modal verb like wil, the usual word order is:

subject + modal + object + main verb

So the correct version is:

• Sy wil die wêreld sien.

Putting sien before die wêreld would sound ungrammatical in an ordinary sentence like this.

You would say:

Sy wil nie die wêreld sien nie.

Afrikaans usually uses double nie for negation:

• first nie comes after the verb phrase begins
• second nie comes at the end of the clause

So:

• Sy wil die wêreld sien. = She wants to see the world.
• Sy wil nie die wêreld sien nie. = She does not want to see the world.

This double-negative pattern is one of the most important features of Afrikaans grammar.