Die braairooster is skoon.

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often writes compound nouns as one word. So:

• braai = barbecue / grilling
• rooster = grill, rack, grate

Together they form braairooster.

English sometimes separates these ideas into two words, but Afrikaans usually combines them into a single compound noun.

Die is the definite article, meaning the.

So die braairooster = the grill grate.

A useful thing for English speakers: Afrikaans does not have different forms for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns. You just use die for all of them.

No. Afrikaans is much simpler than languages like German in this respect.

• No grammatical gender system like der / die / das
• No case endings on the article in normal usage

So die stays die. It can also be used for plural definite nouns, not just singular ones.

Yes. Is is the present-tense form of the verb to be, just like English is.

So:

• Die braairooster is skoon.
• The grill grate is clean.

This is one of those nice places where Afrikaans and English look very similar.

In this sentence, skoon comes after the verb is, so it is a predicate adjective: it describes the subject.

Afrikaans adjectives often do not change in this position.

Compare:

• Die braairooster is skoon. = The grill grate is clean.
• die skoon braairooster = the clean grill grate

So when the adjective is used directly before a noun, it may behave differently, but after is, skoon stays simple.

No, this is a very basic Afrikaans sentence pattern:

Subject + verb + adjective

• Die braairooster = subject
• is = verb
• skoon = adjective/complement

This is very similar to normal English word order:

The grill grate is clean.

A rough English-friendly guide would be something like:

BRAI-roos-ter

A few notes:

• braai sounds roughly like bry or brigh
• roos sounds like rose without a strong final z
• ter is short and light

Pronunciation can vary by accent, but that will get you close.

A rough guide is:

skhoon or skoon

The oo is a long vowel, somewhat like the vowel in more or law in some accents, though not exactly the same. The word is pronounced as one syllable.

Yes. Skoon can mean clean, but in some contexts it can also suggest neat, pure, or clear depending on what is being described.

In this sentence, though, the natural meaning is simply clean.

Not exactly. It is close in meaning, but braai is a very specifically South African word and cultural concept. It often refers not just to cooking over fire, but also to the social event around it.

So braairooster is more naturally tied to that South African context than a plain English phrase like barbecue grill.

Yes, if the context already makes it clear what kind of rooster you mean.

• Die braairooster is skoon is more specific.
• Die rooster is skoon is shorter, but rooster by itself can be less precise depending on context.

So the longer compound is often useful when you want to be exact.