Die jong eienaar koop olie.

The young owner buys oil.

Breakdown of Die jong eienaar koop olie.

• die: the
• koop: to buy
• die olie: the oil
• die eienaar: the owner

Questions & Answers about Die jong eienaar koop olie.

What does die mean here, and how do I pronounce it?

Here die means the.

A very common beginner mistake is to read it like the English verb die, but in Afrikaans it is usually pronounced roughly like dee.

Useful extra point:

• die is used for both singular and plural nouns in Afrikaans, so it can mean the with owner or the with owners.

Why is it die jong eienaar and not 'n jong eienaar?

Because die makes the noun phrase definite: it means a specific young owner, or one already known from the context.

Compare:

• die jong eienaar = the young owner
• 'n jong eienaar = a young owner

So the sentence is talking about a particular young owner, not just any young owner.

Is the word order the same as in English?

Yes, in this simple sentence it is very similar to English:

• Die jong eienaar = subject
• koop = verb
• olie = object

So the pattern is:

Subject + Verb + Object

That makes this sentence very beginner-friendly.
A more technical way to say it is that Afrikaans normally keeps the finite verb in second position in a main clause, and when the sentence starts with the subject, that gives you the familiar English-like order.