Die databundel raak op.

Databundel is a compound noun:

• data = data
• bundel = bundle/package

So databundel means a data bundle, data package, or the amount of mobile data included in a plan.

Afrikaans forms compounds very freely, so combining two nouns like this is very normal.

In Afrikaans, die is the normal definite article for the.

A useful thing for English speakers is that Afrikaans does not have different words for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns. So die can mean:

• the data bundle
• the phone
• the house
• the people

It is also used for plural nouns, depending on context.

Here, raak op means run out, be used up, or get exhausted.

The full verb is opraak. In this sentence it is split into:

• raak = the conjugated verb part
• op = the particle

So Die databundel raak op literally works like The data bundle is running out / getting used up.

On its own, raak can have meanings like:

• touch
• hit
• sometimes become/get, depending on the context

But in this sentence you should treat opraak as a single unit of meaning. The combination op + raak gives the idiomatic meaning to run out / be used up.

So it is better not to translate this sentence word by word. Learn opraak as one vocabulary item.

Because opraak is a separable verb.

In a normal main clause in Afrikaans:

• the conjugated verb goes early in the sentence
• the particle moves to the end

So:

• infinitive: opraak
• main clause: Die databundel raak op

This is similar to separable verbs in Dutch and somewhat like particle verbs in English, such as run out.

The infinitive is opraak.

Examples:

• Die databundel kan opraak. = The data bundle can run out.
• Die databundel sal opraak. = The data bundle will run out.

When another verb such as kan or sal is present, opraak usually stays together at the end.

A common past form is:

• Die databundel het opgeraak. = The data bundle ran out / has run out.

Notice what happens:

• helper verb: het
• past participle: opgeraak

The particle op- stays attached in the participle.

Afrikaans usually uses double negation:

• Die databundel raak nie op nie.

That means The data bundle is not running out or The data bundle does not run out.

Structure:

• nie after the verb part
• another nie at the end of the clause

Yes.

• Die databundel raak op = The data bundle is running out / is getting used up.
• Die databundel is op = The data bundle is finished / has run out already.

So raak op focuses more on the process, while is op describes the resulting state.

It is singular.

You can tell from:

• die databundel = the data bundle

The plural would normally be databundels:

• Die databundels raak op. = The data bundles are running out.

No. A literal word-for-word translation would be misleading.

With Afrikaans expressions like opraak, the whole unit matters more than the individual pieces. The natural English meaning is:

• The data bundle is running out
• The data bundle is being used up
• The data has almost run out, depending on context

So this is a good example of why idiomatic verbs should be learned as complete expressions.

Yes, it is natural, especially in contexts involving mobile data or internet usage.

You might also hear closely related sentences such as:

• My databundel raak op. = My data bundle is running out.
• Ons data raak op. = Our data is running out.
• Die data is op. = The data is finished.

All of these are common everyday ways to talk about mobile data usage.