Ons beheer die proses.

Yes. Ons is the normal Afrikaans word for we.

In Ons beheer die proses, ons is the subject of the sentence, just like we in English.

A useful extra point:

• ons can also mean us in some contexts, so Afrikaans uses the same form for both we and us.
• Example:
  • Ons beheer die proses. = We control the process.
  • Hulle sien ons. = They see us.

Because Afrikaans verbs usually do not change form for different subjects in the present tense.

So you get:

• Ek beheer = I control
• Jy beheer = you control
• Hy beheer = he controls
• Ons beheer = we control

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not add -s for he/she/it in the present tense. That makes verb conjugation much simpler.

Beheer means control, manage, or govern, depending on context.

In this sentence, it most naturally means control or manage:

• Ons beheer die proses. = We control/manage the process.

It can be used as:

• a verb: Ons beheer die proses.
• a noun in other contexts: Die beheer van die proses = The control of the process

So context tells you how it is being used.

No. In Afrikaans, die is the definite article the, and it is used for:

• masculine nouns
• feminine nouns
• neuter nouns
• singular nouns
• plural nouns

So Afrikaans does not have different forms like de/het in Dutch or gender-based articles like in German.

Examples:

• die proses = the process
• die man = the man
• die vrou = the woman
• die kinders = the children

That makes articles in Afrikaans much easier to learn.

Yes. This sentence uses normal subject–verb–object word order:

• Ons = subject
• beheer = verb
• die proses = object

So it matches English very closely:

• We control the process.

This is the standard order in a simple main clause in Afrikaans.

A simple learner-friendly guide would be:

• Ons ≈ ons / awns
• beheer ≈ buh-HEER
• die ≈ dee
• proses ≈ pro-SESS

So the full sentence is roughly:

awns buh-HEER dee pro-SESS

A few pronunciation notes:

• die in Afrikaans is usually pronounced like dee, not like English dye
• ee in beheer is a long vowel sound
• the stress in proses is usually on the second syllable

Yes, very closely. Proses is the Afrikaans noun for process.

It is a neuter-style noun in the sense that Afrikaans does not mark grammatical gender the way some other languages do. In practice, you just learn it as:

• die proses = the process

Its plural is normally:

• prosesse = processes

So:

• Ons beheer die proses. = We control the process.
• Ons beheer die prosesse. = We control the processes.

In this simple statement, ons normally comes first because it is the subject:

• Ons beheer die proses.

But Afrikaans word order can change in other sentence patterns. For example, if another element comes first, the verb usually moves to the second position:

• Vandag beheer ons die proses. = Today we control the process.

So ons does not always have to be first, but in a plain statement with no fronted element, ons comes first.

Not here, because beheer is a finite verb in the sentence, not an infinitive.

In Ons beheer die proses, beheer means control/manage as the main verb.

When Afrikaans uses an infinitive, it often uses te:

• om die proses te beheer = to control the process

So:

• Ons beheer die proses. = finite verb, no te
• Dit is belangrik om die proses te beheer. = infinitive structure, with te

Yes, possibly. Afrikaans simple present often covers both:

• a general present meaning: We control the process
• an ongoing present meaning: We are controlling the process

Context usually tells you which one is meant.

So Ons beheer die proses can describe:

• a general fact or responsibility
• an action happening now

If the speaker wants to make the ongoing sense clearer, they might add time words or use context:

• Ons beheer nou die proses. = We are controlling the process now.

Yes, one very important pattern: Afrikaans is much simpler than English in some verb forms.

From this sentence, you can notice:

• ons does not require a special verb ending
• beheer stays the same across subjects in the present tense
• die does not change for singular/plural or gender

So this one short sentence shows three useful Afrikaans features:

1. simple present-tense verbs
2. one common definite article
3. straightforward subject–verb–object word order

That is why sentences like Ons beheer die proses are a good example of how compact Afrikaans grammar can be.