Ons eet veral vrugte.

Ons means we in this sentence.

Afrikaans often uses ons for both we and us, depending on its role in the sentence:

• Ons eet = We eat
• Hulle sien ons = They see us

So here, because ons is the subject, it means we.

In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change form for different subjects in the present tense.

So you get:

• Ek eet = I eat
• Jy eet = you eat
• Hy eet = he eats
• Ons eet = we eat

Unlike English, there is no special -s form like he eats. The verb stays the same.

So eet here is the normal present-tense form, and it also looks like the infinitive/base form.

Veral means especially, particularly, or sometimes mainly, depending on context.

So Ons eet veral vrugte means something like:

• We especially eat fruit
• We mainly eat fruit

The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core idea is that fruit is the thing we eat most / in particular.

Because veral is an adverb, and here it modifies what follows: vrugte.

So the structure is:

• Ons = subject
• eet = verb
• veral vrugte = especially/mainly fruit

This is a very natural Afrikaans word order.

If you move veral, the emphasis can change, and some versions may sound more marked or less natural in ordinary speech.

Afrikaans often leaves out an article when speaking about things in general.

So:

• Ons eet vrugte = We eat fruit / We eat fruits

This is a general statement, not a statement about the fruit or some fruit in a specific situation.

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

• Ons eet die vrugte = We eat the fruit
• Ons eet 'n vrug = We eat a fruit

But in your sentence, the meaning is general, so no article is needed.

Yes. Vrugte is the plural of vrug.

• vrug = fruit / a fruit
• vrugte = fruits

A useful thing to notice is that English often uses fruit as a mass noun, where Afrikaans may use the plural vrugte more naturally in a general sense.

So even though vrugte is grammatically plural, the best English translation may still simply be fruit.

It comes from vrug + -te.

So:

• vrug → vrugte

Afrikaans plurals are not formed in just one way. Common endings include:

• -e
• -s
• sometimes -te

So this is a vocabulary item worth learning as a whole: vrug / vrugte.

Usually, it means We eat fruit in a general or habitual sense.

Afrikaans often uses the simple present where English might use either:

• We eat fruit
• We are eating fruit

depending on context.

If you specifically wanted to stress an action happening right now, Afrikaans often uses a construction like:

• Ons is besig om vrugte te eet = We are busy eating fruit / We are eating fruit

But your sentence, by itself, sounds like a general statement about habit or preference.

Yes, you could, but the nuance is slightly different.

• veral = especially, particularly
• hoofsaaklik = mainly, principally

So:

• Ons eet veral vrugte suggests that fruit is what we eat especially or in particular.
• Ons eet hoofsaaklik vrugte more clearly means that fruit makes up most of what we eat.

In many contexts they are close, but they are not always identical.

Yes, but the meaning or emphasis may change.

The neutral, natural version is:

• Ons eet veral vrugte.

If you put something else first in Afrikaans, the verb usually still stays in the second position. For example:

• Veral eet ons vrugte.

That is grammatical, but it sounds more emphatic or stylistically marked.

So for a learner, Ons eet veral vrugte is the best standard pattern to remember.

A rough English-friendly guide would be:

• Ons ≈ ons
• eet ≈ ate with a clear long vowel
• veral ≈ fuh-RAHL
• vrugte ≈ FRUKH-tuh

A few helpful notes:

• v in Afrikaans is often pronounced more like an English f
• g in vrugte is the throaty Afrikaans/Dutch g
• eet has a long vowel sound

So the whole sentence is roughly:

ons ate fuh-RAHL FRUKH-tuh

That is only an approximation, but it is a useful starting point.