Die boubeheerbeampte gaan die bouplanaansoek na.

The building-control officer checks the building-plan application.

Breakdown of Die boubeheerbeampte gaan die bouplanaansoek na.

• nagaan: to check
• die bouplanaansoek: building-plan application
• die boubeheerbeampte: building-control officer

Questions & Answers about Die boubeheerbeampte gaan die bouplanaansoek na.

Why is gaan used here? Doesn’t gaan usually mean go or make a future tense?

Yes, gaan often means go, and it can also help form the future, but here it is part of the separable verb nagaan.

• nagaan = to check, examine, review
• In a main clause, Afrikaans often splits a separable verb:
  • the verb part goes to the normal verb position
  • the prefix goes to the end

So:

• Die boubeheerbeampte gaan die bouplanaansoek na. = The building control officer checks/reviews the building plan application.

Compare that with a real future meaning:

• Die boubeheerbeampte gaan die bouplanaansoek nagaan. = The building control officer is going to check the building plan application.

So in your sentence, gaan ... na belongs together as nagaan.

Why is na at the very end of the sentence?