Die kwotasie bevat die koste van elke onderdeel.

Because die is the Afrikaans definite article, meaning the.

In Die kwotasie bevat die koste van elke onderdeel:

• Die kwotasie = The quote/quotation
• die koste = the costs

Unlike English, Afrikaans uses die for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns
• all genders

So you do not have to learn separate words like the for different genders or cases.

In this context, kwotasie means a quote, quotation, or price estimate.

That is important because an English speaker might first think of a quotation from a book or speech. Afrikaans kwotasie can also refer to that kind of quotation, but in business or everyday practical use it often means a price quote.

So here, Die kwotasie is most naturally understood as The quote/estimate.

Bevat is the present-tense form of the verb bevat, meaning contains or includes.

Afrikaans verbs are simpler than English verbs. In the present tense, the verb usually does not change much depending on the subject.

So:

• Ek bevat is generally not natural semantically, but grammatically the verb form stays the same
• Die kwotasie bevat
• Die kwotasies bevat

The key point is that Afrikaans does not add an -s like English contains. The verb form usually stays the same.

Because this is a normal main clause in Afrikaans, and the basic word order is:

Subject + Verb + Rest

So:

• Die kwotasie = subject
• bevat = verb
• die koste van elke onderdeel = rest of the sentence

That is very similar to English:

The quote contains the cost of each part.

Koste means costs in this sentence.

That makes sense because the sentence is talking about the cost connected to each component/part, so the idea is that the quote includes the various costs.

A learner may notice that English might say either:

• the cost of each component
• the costs of each component
• the cost for each component

Afrikaans die koste van elke onderdeel is a natural way to express that the quote includes the cost information for every individual part.

Van usually means of or from, depending on context. Here it means of.

So:

• die koste van elke onderdeel = the costs of each component

And:

• elke = each
• onderdeel = component / part

Together, van elke onderdeel means of each component.

Because elke means each, and each normally goes with a singular noun.

So:

• elke onderdeel = each component
  not
• elke onderdele

If you wanted a plural idea, you would use something else, for example:

• al die onderdele = all the parts
• die onderdele = the parts

Onderdeel means part, component, or section, depending on context.

In this sentence, component or part is the most natural translation, especially if the quote lists items in a product, repair, or project.

The plural is:

• onderdele = parts / components

Yes. The use of die makes both kwotasie and koste definite.

So the sentence is not talking about just any quote in general, but the quote. And it refers to the costs, meaning the specific costs listed in that quote.

If it were indefinite, Afrikaans might use 'n for singular nouns:

• 'n kwotasie = a quote

But here it is:

• Die kwotasie = The quote

Yes. In this sentence, bevat can often be translated as either contains or includes.

So these are both good English renderings:

• The quote contains the cost of each component.
• The quote includes the cost of each component.

In practical English, includes often sounds slightly more natural in business contexts, but bevat itself is perfectly normal Afrikaans.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

Die kwotasie bevat die koste van elke onderdeel
dee kwoh-TAH-see buh-FAHT dee KOS-tuh fahn EL-kuh ON-der-deel

A few helpful notes:

• die sounds like dee
• kwotasie has stress around -ta-
• bevat has stress on the second syllable: be-FAT
• koste ends with a weak -te, not a strong English tee
• elke sounds like EL-kuh
• onderdeel has a long final deel

Yes. Afrikaans often allows a few natural alternatives, depending on style and context. For example:

• Die kwotasie sluit die koste van elke onderdeel in.
  = The quote includes the cost of each component.

This uses sluit ... in, a common way to say include.

The original sentence with bevat is still perfectly correct and natural. It may just sound a little more formal or literal as contains.