Net omdat studieruimtes sluit, beteken dit nie dat vaktydskrifte verdwyn nie.

Net omdat means just because.

In this sentence, it introduces a reason that someone might wrongly treat as proof of something else:

• Net omdat X, beteken dit nie dat Y nie
• Just because X, it does not mean that Y

So net here does not mean only in a strict mathematical sense; it gives the idea of merely or simply.

Afrikaans usually uses a double negative. That is why you see two instances of nie:

• first nie after the finite verb area: beteken dit nie
• second nie at the end of the negative clause: verdwyn nie

So:

• beteken dit nie dat ... verdwyn nie = it does not mean that ... disappear

This is one of the most important grammar patterns in Afrikaans.

Because Afrikaans verbs normally do not change form according to the subject.

So you get:

• die studieruimte sluit = the study space closes
• die studieruimtes sluit = the study spaces close
• ek sluit = I close
• ons sluit = we close

Unlike English, Afrikaans does not usually add different endings like close / closes.

Because omdat introduces a subordinate clause, and in Afrikaans subordinate clauses typically push the finite verb toward the end.

So:

• main clause: Studieruimtes sluit.
• subordinate clause: omdat studieruimtes sluit

The same thing happens after dat later in the sentence:

• dat vaktydskrifte verdwyn

This end-position of the verb is very normal after conjunctions like omdat, dat, as, terwyl, and so on.

The opening part Net omdat studieruimtes sluit is a subordinate clause placed before the main clause.

Afrikaans normally separates such a fronted subordinate clause from the main clause with a comma:

• Net omdat studieruimtes sluit, beteken dit nie ... nie.

So the comma marks the boundary between:

1. the reason clause
2. the main statement

Here dit works like English it in it does not mean that...

It does not refer to one specific physical object. It points back to the whole previous idea:

• Net omdat studieruimtes sluit
• dit = that fact / that situation

So the sentence structure is very close to English:

• Just because study spaces are closing, it does not mean that academic journals are disappearing.

Because dat introduces the content of what is meant.

Compare:

• Dit beteken dat hy kom.
• It means that he is coming.

In your sentence:

• beteken dit nie dat vaktydskrifte verdwyn nie
• it does not mean that academic journals are disappearing

So dat = that.

It is a compound noun:

• vak = field, subject, discipline, profession
• tydskrif = magazine, journal, periodical
• vaktydskrif = specialist journal / professional journal / academic periodical
• vaktydskrifte = plural

Afrikaans forms many nouns by combining smaller words like this, just as English can do with words like textbook, newspaper, or classroom.

They work together as one negative frame, but they sit in different places.

In this sentence:

• first nie: after the main clause verb structure
  beteken dit nie
• second nie: at the end of the clause
  verdwyn nie

You can think of it as the sentence being wrapped in negation.

A rough pattern is:

• Subject + verb + nie + rest + nie

But because this sentence contains subordinate clauses, the exact placement looks a little more complex.

Yes. Verdwyn is the base verb meaning disappear / vanish, and Afrikaans normally uses the same present-tense verb form for all subjects.

So:

• ek verdwyn
• hy verdwyn
• vaktydskrifte verdwyn

Again, this is much simpler than English, where we have I disappear but he disappears.

Not perfectly word-for-word, but it is structurally quite close.

A very literal breakdown would be:

• Net omdat = just because
• studieruimtes sluit = study spaces close / are closing
• beteken dit nie = does it not mean
• dat vaktydskrifte verdwyn nie = that specialist journals disappear not

Natural English would be:

• Just because study spaces are closing, it does not mean that academic journals are disappearing.

So the overall logic is very similar, even though the Afrikaans negative pattern is different.

It could, depending on context. Sluit can mean:

• to close for the day
• to be closed
• to shut down

So studieruimtes sluit could mean study spaces are closing, but whether that means temporarily or permanently depends on the wider context.

Afrikaans often leaves that detail to context, just as English sometimes does.

Because this sentence is making a full statement about what is happening, not expressing purpose or an infinitive idea.

It is not saying:

• to close study spaces means...

It is saying:

• because study spaces are closing, it does not mean...

That requires a full finite clause after omdat, so Afrikaans uses:

• omdat studieruimtes sluit

not an infinitive structure.

Yes, very common. It is a standard way to reject a bad conclusion.

Examples of the same pattern:

• Net omdat hy stil is, beteken dit nie dat hy onvriendelik is nie.

• Just because he is quiet, it does not mean that he is unfriendly.

• Net omdat dit moeilik is, beteken dit nie dat dit onmoontlik is nie.
• Just because it is difficult, it does not mean that it is impossible.

So this sentence is useful not only for vocabulary, but also as a model pattern you can reuse.