Almal kom die reël na.

Almal means everyone or everybody.

It refers to a group of people as a whole, so in meaning it is like English everyone. In Afrikaans, this does not change the form of the verb here, because most Afrikaans verbs do not change according to the subject the way English verbs do.

So:

• Almal kom die reël na = Everyone follows/obeys the rule

Because this sentence uses the separable verb nakom.

Nakom means things like:

• to comply with
• to keep
• to observe
• to follow a rule, promise, agreement, and so on

In a main clause, separable verbs split:

• kom goes to the normal verb position
• na moves to the end of the clause

So:

• Almal kom die reël na

But in an infinitive or some other structures, it stays together:

• om die reël na te kom = to comply with the rule
• dat almal die reël nakom = that everyone complies with the rule

That is normal for a separable verb in an Afrikaans main clause.

Afrikaans usually puts the finite verb in the second position. Since nakom is separable:

• the main verb part kom appears early
• the particle na goes to the end

So the pattern is:

• Subject + finite verb + rest of sentence + separable part

Here:

• Almal = subject
• kom = finite verb
• die reël = object
• na = separable particle

No, not by itself in this sentence.

The word na can mean after or to/toward in other contexts, but here it is not functioning independently. It is part of the separable verb nakom.

So in:

• Almal kom die reël na

you should understand kom ... na together as nakom, not as come after.

Die reël means the rule.

• die = the
• reël = rule

A useful thing to remember is that Afrikaans uses die for the in both singular and plural nouns. So die itself does not tell you whether the noun is singular or plural; the noun and context do.

Here reël is singular, so die reël = the rule.

The ë shows that the vowels are pronounced separately, not as one combined vowel sound.

So reël is pronounced in two syllables, roughly like:

• REE-uhl

The dots over ë are important because they help show the pronunciation.

Yes, you could, and it would also mean Everyone follows the rule.

But there is a small nuance:

• volg = follow
• nakom = comply with / observe / keep

So nakom is often especially natural for rules, laws, promises, agreements, and obligations.

That makes Almal kom die reël na a very idiomatic way to say that everyone is obeying or observing the rule.

Because kom is the present-tense verb form.

In Afrikaans, most verbs do not change form for different subjects in the present tense. So the same form is used with many subjects:

• Ek kom
• Jy kom
• Hy kom
• Ons kom
• Almal kom

This is much simpler than English, where you get forms like I come but he comes.

Yes. In a subordinate clause, the separable verb usually comes back together as one word: nakom.

For example:

• Ek weet dat almal die reël nakom.
• I know that everyone follows the rule.

Compare that with the main clause:

• Almal kom die reël na.

This is a very common pattern in Afrikaans:

• main clause: split verb
• subordinate clause: joined verb

It is in the present tense, but like English present tense, it can also express a general fact or habitual action.

So Almal kom die reël na can mean:

• Everyone is following the rule
• Everyone follows the rule
• Everyone obeys the rule

The exact English translation depends on context.