Yes, very closely. is is the Afrikaans form of the verb to be in this sentence.
So:
Afrikaans verbs are generally much simpler than English verbs because they do not change much for different persons.
In this sentence, wit comes after the verb is, so it is a predicate adjective. Predicate adjectives in Afrikaans usually stay in their basic form.
So:
The adjective does not change here.
Afrikaans adjective forms can sometimes change when they come before a noun, but after is, the basic form is normal.
Voertuig means vehicle. It is a general word, similar to English vehicle.
It can refer to things like:
In everyday speech, people may often use more specific words such as:
But voertuig is completely correct and common in formal or general contexts.
A rough English-friendly guide is:
FOOR-taykh or FOOR-tigkh
A few notes:
Pronunciation can vary by speaker, but the important part is that the final g is not like English g in go.
wit is pronounced very close to English vit, but with an Afrikaans w sound.
A rough guide:
So it sounds quite short and simple: wit.
Yes. This is a very useful basic sentence pattern:
Die + noun + is + color/adjective
Examples:
This is one of the most common beginner sentence patterns in Afrikaans.
Yes. The full stop works the same way here. Die voertuig is wit. is a complete statement, so it ends with a period.
If it were a question, the punctuation would change:
That also shows a useful pattern: in yes/no questions, Afrikaans often puts the verb first.