Ons hoef nie die vergoedingsaansoek weer te stuur nie.

Afrikaans often uses a double negative pattern: nie ... nie.

In this sentence:

Ons hoef nie die vergoedingsaansoek weer te stuur nie.

• the first nie comes after hoef
• the second nie comes at the end of the clause

Together they mark the whole sentence as negative.

So hoef nie ... nie means do not need to ...

This is very common in Afrikaans, and it does not create a positive meaning the way a double negative might in some varieties of English.

Hoef means need to or have to, usually in negative contexts.

So:

• Ek hoef nie te gaan nie = I do not need to go
• Ons hoef nie ... te stuur nie = We do not need to send ...

A useful thing to know is that hoef is very often seen with negation in everyday Afrikaans. Learners often meet it first in structures like:

• hoef nie te ... nie

which corresponds to English do not need to ...

Te is the marker used before an infinitive in many Afrikaans structures, similar to English to.

Here:

• stuur = send
• te stuur = to send

After hoef in this kind of sentence, Afrikaans normally uses te + infinitive:

• Ons hoef nie te wag nie = We do not need to wait
• Jy hoef nie te betaal nie = You do not need to pay

So weer te stuur means to send again.

Because Afrikaans often sends the main infinitive verb to the end of the clause when another verb is already in the sentence.

Here the finite verb is hoef, and the infinitive is te stuur. That gives the structure:

• Ons = subject
• hoef = finite verb
• nie
• die vergoedingsaansoek
• weer
• te stuur
• nie

This is normal Afrikaans word order. English says We do not need to send the compensation claim again, but Afrikaans naturally places te stuur later in the clause.

Vergoedingsaansoek is a compound noun, which is very common in Afrikaans.

It is built from:

• vergoeding = compensation / reimbursement
• aansoek = application / request

Together, vergoedingsaansoek means something like compensation application or reimbursement claim/application, depending on context.

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, often writes compounds as one word, where English would often use two words or a phrase.

Other examples:

• huisdeur = house door / front door
• toegangskaart = access card / ticket

So the long word is completely normal.

Die is the definite article in Afrikaans, meaning the.

So:

• die vergoedingsaansoek = the compensation application / the reimbursement claim

Afrikaans does not distinguish between the for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns the way some other languages do. It simply uses die for definite singular and plural nouns in ordinary usage.

Weer means again in this sentence.

So:

• weer te stuur = to send again

Its position is normal: it comes before the infinitive phrase te stuur.

Compare:

• Hy wil weer probeer = He wants to try again
• Ons hoef dit nie weer te doen nie = We do not need to do it again

Yes, that is a very common learner question.

Weer means again, not back.

So this sentence means:

• send again

not necessarily:

• send back

If you wanted to express send back, Afrikaans would more naturally use something like terugstuur or terug te stuur, depending on the sentence.

So:

• weer stuur = send again
• terugstuur = send back / return

That distinction is important.

Afrikaans verbs usually do not change much according to the subject.

So you get:

• Ek hoef
• Jy hoef
• Ons hoef
• Hulle hoef

The verb form stays the same.

That is much simpler than English, where you have changes like I need, he needs. Afrikaans generally avoids that kind of conjugation in the present tense.

Yes, it is a very natural and standard way to express we do not need to ...

This pattern is common in both spoken and written Afrikaans:

• Ek hoef nie te kom nie
• Jy hoef nie te worry nie
• Ons hoef nie weer te betaal nie

So Ons hoef nie die vergoedingsaansoek weer te stuur nie sounds idiomatic and normal.

The sentence can sometimes be rearranged for emphasis, but the given version is the most straightforward neutral order.

For example, you might move weer or another element for emphasis in some contexts, but the basic grammar still needs to work with:

• hoef nie
• the object
• te stuur
• final nie

The neutral structure here is very good for learners to remember:

Subject + hoef + nie + object + adverb + te + infinitive + nie

So this sentence is a useful model for many similar Afrikaans sentences.