Al is die breekgoed breekbaar, dra hulle dit in.

Al is means although, even though, or though.

So:

• Al is die breekgoed breekbaar ... = Although the breakables/crockery are fragile ...

This is a common way in Afrikaans to introduce a concessive idea: something is true, but the main action still happens.

Both are possible in Afrikaans, but they are used a little differently.

• alhoewel = although
• al is = literally something like even if it is / although it is

In this sentence, al is is a compact, very natural way to say although before a full clause.

Compare:

• Al is die breekgoed breekbaar, dra hulle dit in.
• Alhoewel die breekgoed breekbaar is, dra hulle dit in.

Both are grammatical. The version with al is just uses a different structure.

Because al is is a fixed pattern introducing a concessive clause.

Afrikaans often puts the finite verb early in this kind of clause:

• Al is ...
• Al lyk ...
• Al weet ...

So the structure is not like English although the crockery is fragile, but more like:

• Although is the crockery fragile ...

That sounds strange in English, but it is normal in Afrikaans with al is.

Breekgoed means breakable items, fragile things, or often crockery/dishes depending on context.

It is built from:

• breek = break
• goed = goods/things

So breekgoed literally means something like break-things or breakable goods.

In everyday use, it often refers to fragile household items such as plates, cups, glassware, and similar objects.

They are related, but they are different kinds of words.

• breekgoed = a noun
  • the breakables / fragile items / crockery
• breekbaar = an adjective
  • breakable / fragile

So in the sentence:

• die breekgoed = the breakables / the crockery
• breekbaar = describes that noun: fragile

Even though both come from breek, they do different jobs in the sentence.

Because breekgoed is a collective noun or mass-like noun in Afrikaans.

Even if it refers to multiple objects, Afrikaans can treat it as a single set or category:

• die breekgoed = the crockery / the breakables
• dit = it

This is similar to how English sometimes says:

• The furniture is old. It needs replacing.

Even though furniture includes many items, English still uses it. Afrikaans does something similar here with breekgoed.

Because the sentence starts with another clause:

• Al is die breekgoed breekbaar, ...

After that opening clause, the main clause follows normal Afrikaans verb-second word order. That means the finite verb comes first in the main clause because the first position has already been taken by the opening clause.

So:

• Al is die breekgoed breekbaar, dra hulle dit in.

Breakdown of the main clause:

• dra = finite verb
• hulle = subject
• dit = object
• in = separated particle

If the main clause stood on its own, it would be:

• Hulle dra dit in.

But after the fronted clause, inversion happens:

• ..., dra hulle dit in.

This is very common in both Afrikaans and Dutch.

Here in is part of the verb indra or in dra, meaning carry in or bring inside.

Afrikaans has many verbs with particles that separate in main clauses.

So:

• dictionary/basic form: indra
• in a main clause: dra ... in

Examples:

• Hulle dra dit in. = They carry it in.
• Sy bring die tasse in. = She brings the suitcases in.

So in your sentence:

• dra hulle dit in = they carry it in

The in is not just floating there randomly; it belongs with dra.

Here hulle means they.

In this part:

• dra hulle dit in

the verb dra comes first, and hulle is the subject that follows it because of inversion.

So the structure is:

• dra = carry
• hulle = they
• dit = it
• in = in

So the meaning is:

• they carry it in

Not:

• carry them it in

Afrikaans hulle can sometimes correspond to English they or them, so word order helps you see which role it has.

For the same reason that breekgoed itself can be treated as a collective singular noun.

Afrikaans is referring back to die breekgoed as one set:

• die breekgoed ... dit

So dit means it, referring to the whole group of fragile items as a unit.

English can do something similar with words like:

• the luggage ... it
• the furniture ... it
• the crockery ... it

It is grammatical Afrikaans, but it does sound a bit teaching-like because breekgoed and breekbaar are so closely related in meaning.

In real everyday speech, a speaker might be more likely to say something like:

• Al is die breekgoed broos, dra hulle dit in.
• Alhoewel die breekgoed breekbaar is, dra hulle dit versigtig in.

But your sentence is still useful because it clearly shows:

• the pattern al is
• the noun breekgoed
• the adjective breekbaar
• inversion in the main clause
• the separable verb in dra / indra