Die betaaldatum volg ná die betaaltydperk.

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often forms compound nouns by joining words together.

So:

• betaal = pay / payment
• datum = date
• betaaldatum = payment date / pay date

The same thing happens in:

• betaaltydperk = pay period
• werksdag = workday
• skoolhoof = school principal

For English speakers, this is very common to notice because English often writes these as two words, while Afrikaans usually prefers one combined word.

Die here means the.

It appears twice because Afrikaans uses the definite article separately before each noun:

• die betaaldatum = the payment date
• die betaaltydperk = the pay period

Unlike some languages, Afrikaans does not change die for gender. It is the same for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns, and also commonly used for plural definite nouns.

Afrikaans verbs are much simpler than English verbs in the present tense.

• English: I follow, you follow, he follows
• Afrikaans: ek volg, jy volg, hy volg

So volg stays the same regardless of the subject in ordinary present-tense use. That is one of the nice simplifications in Afrikaans grammar.

In this sentence:

• Die betaaldatum volg ná die betaaltydperk.
• literally: The payment date follows after the pay period.

This is a very useful question, because the accent matters.

• ná usually means after
• na usually means to or towards

So:

• ná die betaaltydperk = after the pay period
• na die kantoor = to the office

The accent helps distinguish two different words that would otherwise look the same.

Yes. This is very normal main clause word order in Afrikaans:

Subject + verb + rest

So:

• Die betaaldatum = subject
• volg = verb
• ná die betaaltydperk = prepositional phrase

Afrikaans is a V2 language in main clauses, which means the finite verb usually comes in the second position. In this sentence, the subject comes first, so the verb naturally comes second.

Yes. Volg can be used both literally and figuratively.

It can mean:

• to follow physically
• to come after in time
• to follow instructions or a course

In this sentence, it means comes after in time. So the idea is that the payment date occurs after the pay period.

Because both nouns are built around the idea of payment:

• betaaldatum = payment date
• betaaltydperk = payment period / pay period

Afrikaans often forms precise business or administrative vocabulary by combining a base word like betaal with another noun.

This repetition is completely natural and does not sound awkward in Afrikaans.

A rough English-friendly guide would be:

• betaaldatum ≈ buh-TAHL-dah-tum
• volg ≈ folkh / فولخ-like with a short o and a final throatier consonant than English g
• ná ≈ nah

A few tips:

• aa in Afrikaans is usually a long a sound, like ah
• g in Afrikaans is often harsher than English g, especially at the end of a word
• ná has stress and clarity because of the accent

Pronunciation varies somewhat by region, but that guide will get you close.

Tydperk means period or time span.

It is made up of:

• tyd = time
• perk = limit, span, period

So betaaltydperk is literally something like payment-time-period, which English would naturally render as pay period or payment period.

You may sometimes see accents omitted in informal writing, but in careful standard written Afrikaans, the distinction is helpful and often important.

In this sentence, ná is the correct form because the meaning is after, not to.

So the recommended form is:

• Die betaaldatum volg ná die betaaltydperk.

Usually:

• betaaldatum → betaaldatums
• betaaltydperk → betaaltydperke

So you could say:

• Die betaaldatums volg ná die betaaltydperke.

Notice that the article die can also be used with plurals:

• die betaaldatums = the payment dates

This is another place where Afrikaans is simpler than some other languages: no separate plural form of the is needed.