Ná die musiek luister ons 'n oomblik na die stilte.

Because Ná die musiek has been moved to the front of the sentence.

Afrikaans is a V2 language in main clauses, which means the finite verb usually comes in the second position. If you start with the subject, you get:

Ons luister 'n oomblik na die stilte.

But if you front a time phrase like Ná die musiek, the verb must come next:

Ná die musiek luister ons 'n oomblik na die stilte.

So the order is:

• Ná die musiek = first element
• luister = second-position verb
• ons = subject after the verb

This is very common in Afrikaans.

The accent helps distinguish two different meanings:

• ná = after
• na = to, towards, or part of a verb-preposition combination like luister na = listen to

So in this sentence:

• Ná die musiek = After the music
• na die stilte = to the silence

The accent is especially useful here because both forms appear in the same sentence. In everyday writing, accents are sometimes omitted if the meaning is already clear, but here the distinction is very helpful.

Because luister normally goes with the preposition na when it means listen to.

So:

• Ek luister na die radio. = I listen to the radio.
• Sy luister na my. = She listens to me.
• Ons luister na die stilte. = We listen to the silence.

Just as English uses listen to, Afrikaans uses luister na. So luister die stilte would sound wrong in standard Afrikaans.

'n oomblik means a moment, and in this sentence it functions adverbially: for a moment.

Afrikaans often uses a bare time expression without needing a separate word like English for:

• Wag 'n bietjie. = Wait a bit.
• Sit 'n oomblik stil. = Sit still for a moment.
• Luister 'n oomblik na die stilte. = Listen to the silence for a moment.

So 'n oomblik is not the object of luister. It is a time expression telling you how long.

'n is the Afrikaans indefinite article, meaning a or an.

A few important things about it:

• It is written 'n
• It is usually pronounced as a very weak schwa sound, like the a in about
• It is almost never stressed
• Even at the start of a sentence, it is normally still written 'n, not 'N

Examples:

• 'n boek = a book
• 'n kind = a child
• 'n oomblik = a moment

So 'n oomblik is simply a moment.

No. Afrikaans die is much simpler than English learners often expect if they know languages like German or Dutch.

die is the definite article for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns
• all genders

So:

• die musiek = the music
• die stilte = the silence
• die boeke = the books

Afrikaans does not change the article for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns.

Afrikaans often uses the definite article with abstract nouns when referring to a specific instance or a particular situation.

Here, die stilte means the specific silence that follows the music. It is not just silence in general as an abstract concept; it is the silence in that moment.

So:

• stilte = silence in general
• die stilte = the silence, a particular silence

That is why na die stilte sounds natural here.

Yes, musiek is singular here, and it works much like English music.

It is usually treated as an uncountable noun:

• die musiek = the music
• not normally 'n musiek in this sense

So Ná die musiek means after the music as a whole, not after the songs individually.

If you wanted to talk about separate songs or pieces, you would use different nouns, such as:

• liedjies = songs
• stukke = pieces

It is the present tense.

Afrikaans verbs do not change much by person, so luister stays the same with different subjects:

• Ek luister
• Jy luister
• Ons luister

In this sentence, the present tense can describe:

• something happening now
• a habitual action
• a narrative present

So luister here simply means listen / are listening, depending on context.

Not naturally, if you want ná die musiek to mean after the music as a time phrase for the whole sentence.

The most natural placements are:

• Ons luister ná die musiek 'n oomblik na die stilte.
• Ná die musiek luister ons 'n oomblik na die stilte.

Both can work, but the second one strongly emphasizes the time setting first.

What matters is that ná die musiek is understood as a time phrase, and that na die stilte stays linked to luister.

Because there are two similar-looking forms, the version with Ná die musiek at the start is especially clear.

A more basic version would be:

Ons luister 'n oomblik na die stilte ná die musiek.

or more naturally:

Ons luister ná die musiek 'n oomblik na die stilte.

The sentence you were given puts Ná die musiek first for emphasis or style. That fronting changes the word order to luister ons.

So the original sentence is not strange; it is just using a very common Afrikaans structure where a time phrase comes first.