Ons bereik die bordspel se doel met 'n strategie.

Ons means we when it is the subject of the sentence.

So in Ons bereik ..., it means We reach / We achieve ...

A useful thing to know is that ons can also mean us or our in other contexts, so learners often notice that it covers several jobs that English separates.

Examples:

• Ons speel. = We play.
• Hy sien ons. = He sees us.
• Ons huis = Our house

In your sentence, it is clearly the subject, so it means we.

In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change according to the subject the way they do in English.

So:

• Ek bereik = I reach
• Jy bereik = you reach
• Ons bereik = we reach
• Hulle bereik = they reach

The verb stays bereik.

That is one of the big simplifications in Afrikaans compared with English and especially compared with Dutch or German.

Bereik usually means reach, attain, or achieve, depending on context.

In this sentence, it can feel like:

• reach the goal
• achieve the goal
• attain the objective

Because the sentence is about a board game, reach the goal is probably the most natural literal sense, but achieve also works well.

Die is the Afrikaans definite article, meaning the.

So:

• die bordspel = the board game
• die doel = the goal

Afrikaans uses die for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns
• all grammatical genders

So unlike languages such as German, you do not have to learn different forms like der / die / das. It is just die.

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often forms compound nouns by writing them as one word.

So:

• bord = board
• spel = game
• bordspel = board game

English sometimes writes similar expressions as two words, but Afrikaans often joins them into a single compound noun.

This is very normal in Afrikaans:

• huisdeur = house door / front door
• skooltas = school bag
• tafeldoek = tablecloth

Se is a very common Afrikaans way to show possession.

So:

• die bordspel se doel literally means something like the board game's goal
• more naturally in English: the goal of the board game or the board game's goal

This se construction is extremely common in everyday Afrikaans.

Examples:

• Jan se boek = Jan's book
• die kind se speelgoed = the child's toys
• my vriendin se motor = my girlfriend's / my friend’s car

So in your sentence:

• die bordspel = the board game
• se = possession marker
• doel = goal

Together: the board game’s goal

Yes, often it could.

For example:

• die doel van die bordspel

This also means the goal of the board game.

The difference is mainly one of style and structure:

• X se Y is very common and often feels direct and natural
• Y van X can sound a bit more formal, descriptive, or just like an alternative phrasing

In this sentence, die bordspel se doel sounds completely normal.

Because they are doing different jobs.

• die tells you the possessor noun phrase is definite: the board game
• se marks possession: board game’s
• doel is the thing possessed: goal

So the structure is:

die bordspel + se + doel
= the board game's goal

You should think of se as attaching the possessor phrase to the possessed noun, not as replacing the article.

Met means with, and 'n strategie means a strategy.

So:

• met 'n strategie = with a strategy / by using a strategy

In this sentence, it tells you the means or method by which the goal is reached.

It answers the question:

• How do we reach the board game’s goal?
• With a strategy.

'n is the Afrikaans indefinite article, meaning a or an.

The apostrophe is simply part of how this word is written. You should learn it as a fixed form: 'n

Examples:

• 'n boek = a book
• 'n spel = a game
• 'n strategie = a strategy

A very important spelling point: 'n stays lowercase even when it would come at the beginning of a sentence.

For example:

• 'n Strategie help ons.

If the sentence starts with it, the following word is capitalized as usual, but 'n itself remains lowercase.

'n is usually pronounced as a very weak neutral vowel, like the a in English sofa or about.

So it is not stressed strongly. In normal speech:

• 'n strategie sounds roughly like uh strategie

The stress goes on the noun, not on 'n.

This is normal Afrikaans word order.

The basic pattern here is:

Subject + verb + object + extra information

So:

• Ons = subject
• bereik = verb
• die bordspel se doel = object
• met 'n strategie = prepositional phrase giving extra information

That makes the sentence very straightforward.

Afrikaans main-clause word order is often similar to English in simple statements like this.

Yes, in some contexts it could, but the given version is the most neutral and natural.

For example, you might also see:

• Ons bereik met 'n strategie die bordspel se doel.

That is grammatically possible, but it may sound a little more marked or stylistically different depending on context.

The original sentence:

• Ons bereik die bordspel se doel met 'n strategie.

is the most natural default order for many learners to use.

No. Doel is a general word meaning goal, aim, purpose, or objective, depending on context.

Examples:

• Ons doel is om te wen. = Our goal is to win.
• Die projek het 'n duidelike doel. = The project has a clear purpose.

In a board-game sentence, doel naturally means the goal or objective of the game.

Yes, it is grammatical and understandable Afrikaans.

A speaker would understand it as something like:

• We reach the board game’s goal with a strategy
• We achieve the board game objective using a strategy

Depending on context, a native speaker might also choose a slightly different phrasing, such as one using deur or met behulp van, but your sentence is perfectly normal and clear.

A good summary is:

• Ons = we
• bereik = verb does not change for the subject
• die = the
• bordspel = compound noun written as one word
• se = possession marker, like 's or of
• doel = goal / objective
• met = with
• 'n = a / an
• Afrikaans word order here is straightforward: subject + verb + object + prepositional phrase

So this sentence is a very useful example of several common Afrikaans patterns all at once.