Sy meet die volkoringmeel af.

Because the full verb is afmeet, which is a separable verb in Afrikaans.

In a normal main clause, the conjugated part goes near the front, and the separable part moves to the end:

• Sy meet die volkoringmeel af.

So:

• meet = the verb part in second position
• af = the separable particle at the end

You can think of it a bit like English measure out.

Compare:

• main clause: Sy meet die volkoringmeel af.
• infinitive: om die volkoringmeel af te meet
• subordinate clause: dat sy die volkoringmeel afmeet

No. This is a false friend.

In Afrikaans, meet means measure, not meet someone.

So:

• meet = measure
• ontmoet = meet someone

Example:

• Sy meet die meel af. = She measures out the flour.
• Sy ontmoet haar vriendin. = She meets her friend.

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

So the same verb form is used with different people:

• Ek meet = I measure
• Jy meet = you measure
• Sy meet = she measures
• Ons meet = we measure
• Hulle meet = they measure

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not add an -s for he/she/it in the present tense.

die means the.

Afrikaans uses die as the definite article for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns
• all grammatical genders

So it is much simpler than languages that change the article depending on gender or case.

Here:

• die volkoringmeel = the wholewheat flour

volkoringmeel means wholewheat flour or wholemeal flour.

It is a compound noun, which is very common in Afrikaans.

It is made up of:

• volkoring = wholewheat / whole grain
• meel = flour

Afrikaans often writes compound nouns as one word, so volkoringmeel is written together, not as separate words.

Not always. sy can also mean his, depending on how it is used.

Here it means she because it is being used as the subject before the verb:

• Sy meet die volkoringmeel af. = She measures out the wholewheat flour.

But in another sentence:

• sy boek = his book

So context tells you which meaning it has.

meet simply means measure.

afmeet often means measure out, especially when you are measuring a specific amount of something, such as an ingredient.

So in a cooking context:

• meet = measure
• afmeet = measure out

That makes afmeet very natural in sentences about flour, sugar, water, and other ingredients.

Yes. This is normal Afrikaans main-clause word order.

The pattern is:

Subject + finite verb + object + separable particle

So:

• Sy = subject
• meet = finite verb
• die volkoringmeel = object
• af = separable particle

This is a very common pattern with separable verbs in Afrikaans.

Yes, but if you move something to the front for emphasis, the verb still stays in second position.

For example:

• Die volkoringmeel meet sy af.

This is grammatical, but more marked or emphatic. The neutral, most natural order is:

• Sy meet die volkoringmeel af.

So for learners, the original sentence is the safest pattern to use.

A very common past form would be:

• Sy het die volkoringmeel afgemeet.

This uses:

• het = auxiliary
• afgemeet = past participle

Notice that in the participle, the separable verb comes back together as one word:

• afmeet → afgemeet

So:

• present: Sy meet die volkoringmeel af.
• past: Sy het die volkoringmeel afgemeet.

You would say:

• om die volkoringmeel af te meet

This is the infinitive structure often used after another verb or after om ... te.

For example:

• Sy wil die volkoringmeel af te meet would be wrong.
• Correct: Sy wil die volkoringmeel afmeet.
• Also correct: Dit is belangrik om die volkoringmeel af te meet.

So with om ... te, the verb is split:

• af te meet

But after a modal verb like wil, it usually stays together:

• wil afmeet