Yes. is is the present-tense form of the verb to be, and it works very much like English is in this sentence.
So:
Afrikaans verb forms are simpler than English ones. In the present tense, is stays is and does not change for different persons the way many learners expect.
Here, pragtig comes after the verb is, so it is being used as a predicate adjective. In that position, it normally does not change form.
So:
But if the adjective comes before the noun, it often takes -e:
This is a very common point for English speakers:
Yes, that would sound wrong in standard Afrikaans.
If the adjective comes before the noun, you usually need:
If the adjective comes after the verb, you use:
So the difference is:
The g in Afrikaans is usually a guttural sound, made at the back of the throat. It is not the normal English g sound in words like go.
So in:
the g is pronounced with that harsher Afrikaans/Dutch-style sound.
English speakers often find this difficult at first, but it gets easier with practice. Even if your g is not perfect, people will usually still understand you.
It is very close, but not always perfectly identical in tone.
pragtig usually means:
It often sounds a bit stronger or more vivid than a plain nice or pretty.
For comparison:
So Die bergkam is pragtig has a strong positive, admiring tone.
In Afrikaans, common nouns are not capitalized just because they are nouns.
So:
Only the first word of the sentence is capitalized here because it begins the sentence:
This is different from German, where nouns are normally capitalized.
You would make the noun plural, but die would stay the same.
For example:
Notice:
That surprises many English speakers, because Afrikaans verb forms are much less complicated than English ones.