Die gemeenskap help mekaar.

Die is the Afrikaans definite article, meaning the.

So:

• die gemeenskap = the community

Unlike languages such as German or Dutch, Afrikaans does not have different forms of the for gender or case in ordinary usage. So die works for singular and plural nouns in many contexts.

Afrikaans verbs do not change form the way English verbs often do in the present tense.

Compare:

• English: I help, you help, he helps
• Afrikaans: ek help, jy help, hy help

So in:

• Die gemeenskap help mekaar

the verb stays simply help, even though the subject is third-person singular.

Mekaar means each other or one another.

It is used when the people in a group do something to one another:

• Hulle help mekaar = They help each other
• Ons ken mekaar = We know each other

In your sentence, mekaar shows that the members of the community are helping one another.

That is a very natural question.

Gemeenskap is grammatically singular: the community. But its meaning refers to a group of people. Because of that, Afrikaans can use mekaar to express what the people within that group do to one another.

So the sentence is understood as:

• The community helps each other
• more naturally in English: The people in the community help one another

This is about collective meaning, not strict English-style agreement.

Yes. This is the normal basic Afrikaans main-clause order:

• Subject + verb + object/complement

So:

• Die gemeenskap = subject
• help = verb
• mekaar = object/reciprocal pronoun

That makes the sentence a straightforward standard statement.

Not if you want the meaning each other.

• mekaar = each other / one another
• hulle = them / they

So these are different:

• Die gemeenskap help mekaar = The community helps each other
• Die gemeenskap help hulle = The community helps them

The second sentence means the community is helping some other people, not helping one another.

Because the main verb here is help, not to be.

In English, some learners expect an extra verb because English often uses helper verbs in some structures. But here Afrikaans works just like English in a simple present sentence:

• The community helps each other
• Die gemeenskap help mekaar

No extra is/are is needed.

Yes. Gemeenskap can mean community in a broad sense.

Depending on context, it can refer to:

• a neighborhood community
• a social community
• a cultural or language community
• a religious community
• a group with shared interests

So the sentence could describe many kinds of communities, not just people living in one place.

A rough English-friendly guide is:

• gemeenskap ≈ khuh-MEEN-skhap
• mekaar ≈ muh-KAHR

A few helpful notes:

• g in Afrikaans is usually a harsh throaty sound, not the English g in go
• ee is a long vowel sound
• aa is a long a sound

Pronunciation varies somewhat by accent, but that rough guide will help you get close.

In normal standard Afrikaans, you usually keep die if you mean the community.

So the standard form is:

• Die gemeenskap help mekaar.

Without die, gemeenskap would sound less like a normal complete noun phrase in this sentence. You might see article dropping in headlines, labels, or certain special styles, but for ordinary sentence practice, keep die.

It is understandable and natural enough, especially in learner material.

A very literal gloss is:

• The community helps each other

In more natural English, we might often say:

• The community members help one another
• People in the community help each other

But the Afrikaans sentence itself is a normal compact way to express that idea.