Die opnamesessie eindig ná die toetsopname.

Because Afrikaans uses die as the definite article, meaning the.

In this sentence:

• die opnamesessie = the recording session
• die toetsopname = the test recording

Afrikaans does not change the definite article for gender, and it also uses die for both singular and plural in most ordinary cases. So seeing die twice here is completely normal.

Afrikaans usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

So:

• opname
  • sessie → opnamesessie
• toets
  • opname → toetsopname

This is very common in Afrikaans and is often more consistent than English, where similar compounds may be written as one word, two words, or with a hyphen.

Literally, it breaks down like this:

• opname = recording
• sessie = session

So opnamesessie means recording session.

It is a straightforward compound noun.

It is another compound noun:

• toets = test
• opname = recording

So toetsopname means test recording.

Depending on context, it could also be understood as something like trial recording or recording made for testing purposes.

Afrikaans verbs usually do not change form according to the subject in the present tense.

So you get:

• ek eindig = I end
• jy eindig = you end
• die sessie eindig = the session ends
• hulle eindig = they end

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not normally add -s for the third person singular. So eindig can mean end or ends, depending on the subject.

It is the present tense.

So Die opnamesessie eindig... means The recording session ends...

Afrikaans often uses the present tense in places where English does too. If the sentence is talking about a scheduled or general event, the present tense is perfectly natural.

Here ná means after.

The accent helps show the intended meaning clearly and can also mark stress. In practice, learners should recognize ná here as the preposition after.

So:

• ná die toetsopname = after the test recording

In this sentence, yes, it is quite similar:

• Die opnamesessie = subject
• eindig = verb
• ná die toetsopname = time phrase / prepositional phrase

So the structure is:

Subject + verb + time expression

That is one reason this sentence feels fairly accessible to English speakers.

Yes. Afrikaans often allows that kind of movement.

For example:

• Ná die toetsopname eindig die opnamesessie.

That still means the same thing: After the test recording, the recording session ends.

But notice the word order: in a main clause, Afrikaans keeps the finite verb in the second position. So when Ná die toetsopname moves to the front, eindig still comes right after it.

Because in Afrikaans, the article goes before the whole noun phrase, not before each part of a compound.

So you say:

• die opnamesessie not
• die opname sessie

And:

• die toetsopname not
• die toets opname

Once the words form a compound noun, they behave as one noun.

Not in the way learners may expect from languages like German or French.

Afrikaans does not use different definite articles for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns. That is why both nouns simply take die.

So you do not need to learn a gender category for:

• die opnamesessie
• die toetsopname

That makes article use much simpler than in many other European languages.