Ek gaan die kinders ná skool haal, en daarna koop ons brood.

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Breakdown of Ek gaan die kinders ná skool haal, en daarna koop ons brood.

• die brood: the bread
• ons: we
• die: the

Questions & Answers about Ek gaan die kinders ná skool haal, en daarna koop ons brood.

Why is gaan used here? Does it literally mean go?

In this sentence, gaan is functioning like a future/intention marker, much like English am going to.

So:

• Ek gaan ... haal = I am going to fetch/pick up ...

It can still literally mean go, but in a structure like gaan + another verb, it often means be going to do something.

Here, Ek gaan die kinders ná skool haal is not mainly about physically going somewhere; it is about a planned action.

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Why is haal at the end of the first clause?