Die werkswinkel is oop.

No. In Afrikaans, die is usually pronounced dee.

That is one of the first things English speakers need to unlearn, because the spelling looks misleading if you read it like English.

Die is the definite article, so it works like the in English.

A useful thing about Afrikaans is that die does not change for grammatical gender. It is also used for plural nouns in many cases, so it is much simpler than articles in languages like German or Dutch.

So in this sentence, die werkswinkel means the workshop.

Afrikaans and English are related Germanic languages, so some very common words look the same.

Here, is is the present-tense form of the verb to be, just like English is.
So the structure is very familiar:

• Die werkswinkel = the workshop
• is = is
• oop = open

Yes. Afrikaans very often writes compound nouns as a single word.

So werkswinkel is one compound noun, built from:

• werk = work
• winkel = shop/store

This is very normal in Afrikaans. English sometimes uses one word, two words, or a hyphen, but Afrikaans usually prefers one solid compound word.

Not always. Depending on context, werkswinkel can mean:

• a workshop as a place where work or repairs are done
• a workshop as a training session or practical class

In a sentence like Die werkswinkel is oop, the most natural reading is usually that the place or business is open. But context always matters.

Oop is an adjective, meaning open.

After is, Afrikaans often uses an adjective just as English does:

• Die deur is oop. = The door is open.
• Die winkel is oop. = The shop is open.

So oop is describing the state of the workshop.

Yes. This is a very basic and normal main-clause pattern:

• subject
  • verb
    • rest

So:

• Die werkswinkel = subject
• is = verb
• oop = complement/adjective

This is very similar to English.

If you turn it into a yes/no question, the verb usually comes first:

• Is die werkswinkel oop? = Is the workshop open?

You would usually say:

Die werkswinkel is nie oop nie.

Afrikaans commonly uses double negation, with nie ... nie around the part being negated or with the second nie at the end of the clause.

That is a very important pattern to get used to.

A rough English-friendly guide would be:

• werkswinkel ≈ VERKS-vin-kul
• oop ≈ ohp

A few helpful notes:

• Afrikaans w sounds more like an English v
• the stress in werkswinkel is on the first syllable
• oop has a long o sound

These are only rough approximations, but they are good enough to get started.