Ek lees die CV.

Yes. Ek is the Afrikaans subject pronoun for I.

Examples:

• Ek lees. = I read / I am reading.
• Ek skryf. = I write / I am writing.

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not capitalize ek unless it starts the sentence.

In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change form the way they do in English.

So:

• Ek lees = I read
• Jy lees = you read
• Hy lees = he reads
• Ons lees = we read

Notice that lees stays the same. This is much simpler than English, where you have I read but he reads.

It can mean either, depending on context.

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

• I read the CV
• I am reading the CV

If you need to make the ongoing action extra clear, Afrikaans can do that, but in everyday language the simple form Ek lees is very common.

Here, die means the.

So die CV = the CV.

A very important point: Afrikaans uses die as the definite article for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns
• all genders

So unlike languages such as German or French, you do not have to learn different words for the depending on gender.

Examples:

• die boek = the book
• die tafel = the table
• die boeke = the books

No. In Afrikaans, die is usually pronounced more like dee.

So in this sentence:

• die CV sounds roughly like dee CV

This is a very common beginner mistake, so it is worth remembering early.

This is the normal basic Afrikaans word order for a main clause:

subject + verb + object

So:

• Ek = subject
• lees = verb
• die CV = object

This is the same basic order as English in a simple sentence:

• I read the CV

So this sentence feels quite familiar to an English speaker.

Because this sentence uses die, which means the, not a.

If you wanted to say I read a CV, you would use ’n:

• Ek lees ’n CV.

So:

• die CV = the CV
• ’n CV = a CV

Afrikaans normally uses a double negative with nie ... nie.

So:

• Ek lees nie die CV nie. = I do not read / am not reading the CV.

This is a key Afrikaans pattern:

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

A common way is to use het + gelees:

• Ek het die CV gelees. = I read / have read the CV.

Here:

• het is the auxiliary verb
• gelees is the past participle of lees

So present:

• Ek lees die CV.

Past:

• Ek het die CV gelees.

In a simple question, Afrikaans usually puts the verb first:

• Lees ek die CV? = Am I reading the CV? / Do I read the CV?

This is a very common pattern in Afrikaans:

• statement: Ek lees die CV.
• question: Lees ek die CV?