Ongeag of daar 'n bonus is, gaan sy die salarisstrokie na.

In this sentence, of introduces an indirect yes/no question, so it means whether.

• Ongeag of daar 'n bonus is = Regardless of whether there is a bonus
• It does not mean or here.

This is very common in Afrikaans. Compare:

• Ek weet nie of hy kom nie. = I don't know whether he is coming.

So in this sentence, of is best understood as whether.

Because of introduces a subordinate clause, and in Afrikaans subordinate clauses, the finite verb usually goes to the end.

So:

• main clause pattern: verb usually comes early
• subordinate clause pattern: verb often goes to the end

That is why you get:

• daar 'n bonus is

not:

• daar is 'n bonus

This is one of the most important word-order patterns in Afrikaans.

Here daar is the existential there, like English there is/there are.

So:

• daar is 'n bonus = there is a bonus

Inside the subordinate clause, the word order changes, but the function stays the same:

• of daar 'n bonus is = whether there is a bonus

So daar is not referring to a place here. It is just the normal way to say that something exists.

Ongeag means regardless of or irrespective of.

In this sentence, it is followed by a clause introduced by of:

• Ongeag of daar 'n bonus is = Regardless of whether there is a bonus

You may also see ongeag used before a noun phrase, for example:

• Ongeag die koste = Regardless of the cost

So ongeag can introduce either:

• a noun phrase, or
• a full clause

Good question: here gaan is not the future marker and it does not mean go by itself.

The verb here is the separable verb nagaan, which means to check, to inspect, or to go over.

In a main clause, separable verbs split:

• Sy gaan die salarisstrokie na.

So:

• gaan = the conjugated verb part
• na = the separable particle, placed later in the sentence

This is one of the easiest places for English speakers to get confused, because gaan often also means go or helps form the future. But here it is simply part of nagaan.

Because nagaan is a separable verb.

Its dictionary form is:

• nagaan = to check / to examine

But in a normal main clause, it splits:

• Sy gaan die salarisstrokie na.

This is similar to other separable verbs in Afrikaans, where one part appears in the usual verb position and the other part moves to the end.

So gaan ... na must be read together as one verb: nagaan.

No. In this sentence, gaan is not functioning as a future auxiliary.

Compare:

• Sy gaan die salarisstrokie nagaan. = She is going to check the payslip.
  Here gaan is a future-type auxiliary, and nagaan stays together as an infinitive.

But in your sentence:

• Sy gaan die salarisstrokie na.

this is the present-tense use of the separable verb nagaan:

• She checks / is checking the payslip

So the sentence is not necessarily future. It is just the normal split form of nagaan.

Because Afrikaans main clauses usually follow the verb-second rule.

That means the conjugated verb comes in the second position of the clause. Since the sentence begins with the fronted phrase:

• Ongeag of daar 'n bonus is

the main clause must begin with the verb:

• gaan

Then the subject follows:

• gaan sy ...

So the structure is roughly:

1. fronted element: Ongeag of daar 'n bonus is
2. finite verb: gaan
3. subject: sy
4. rest of clause: die salarisstrokie na

This is very normal Afrikaans word order.

'n is the indefinite article, equivalent to English a or an.

So:

• 'n bonus = a bonus

A few useful points:

• It is written with an apostrophe: 'n
• It is not capitalized, even at the beginning of a sentence in normal spelling conventions; usually the following word is capitalized instead
• In speech, it is usually pronounced as a weak neutral vowel, something like uh

So daar 'n bonus is is simply there is a bonus.

Salarisstrokie is a compound noun.

It is made from:

• salaris = salary
• strokie = slip, literally a small strip or little document

Together:

• salarisstrokie = payslip / salary slip

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, forms compounds very naturally, so long words like this are completely normal.

Die is the definite article in Afrikaans, meaning the.

So:

• die salarisstrokie = the payslip

Afrikaans uses die for both singular and plural definite nouns, unlike English, which only has the anyway, and unlike some other languages that change articles for gender or case.

So there is nothing unusual here:

• 'n bonus = a bonus
• die salarisstrokie = the payslip

Yes, but the meaning and style would shift a little.

• nagaan means check, review, inspect, or go through
• It suggests looking over the payslip carefully

For example:

• Sy gaan die salarisstrokie na. = She checks/reviews the payslip.

If you used something like maak seker, that would mean make sure and would usually need a different structure, for example:

• Sy maak seker daar is 'n bonus. = She makes sure there is a bonus.

That is a different meaning. So nagaan is a good choice here because it focuses on examining the payslip itself.

Yes, that is a very helpful way to understand it.

The sentence has:

1. a subordinate clause introduced by Ongeag of
   • Ongeag of daar 'n bonus is
2. the main clause
   • gaan sy die salarisstrokie na

So you can read it as:

• Regardless of whether there is a bonus,
• she checks the payslip.

This split makes the word order much easier to follow.