Ná die opdatering herbegin ons die toestel.

Afrikaans main clauses usually follow the verb-second rule. That means the finite verb comes in the second position of the sentence.

So in:

Ná die opdatering herbegin ons die toestel.

the first position is taken by Ná die opdatering, so the verb herbegin must come next, and the subject ons follows it.

If you start with the subject instead, you get the more straightforward order:

Ons herbegin die toestel ná die opdatering.

Both are correct. The version with Ná die opdatering first puts more focus on the time.

The accent in Ná helps show that the word is being read as after, with stress on it. It can also help distinguish it from na in other uses, such as to/towards.

In practice, you may sometimes see na without the accent when the meaning is obvious from context, but Ná is very helpful for learners because it clearly signals the temporal meaning after.

Yes. That is also correct.

The difference is mainly one of emphasis and sentence flow:

• Ná die opdatering herbegin ons die toestel.
  Emphasizes when the action happens.
• Ons herbegin die toestel ná die opdatering.
  A more neutral, subject-first sentence.

English does this too to some extent, but Afrikaans uses this kind of fronting very naturally.

Because opdatering is a noun, while opdateer is a verb.

• opdateer = to update
• opdatering = update, updating

After Ná, you need a noun phrase here:

• ná die opdatering = after the update

You would not use opdateer in that position unless you changed the structure of the sentence.

The prefix her- often means re- or again in Afrikaans.

So:

• begin = begin, start
• herbegin = begin again, restart

In a technical context like this, herbegin die toestel is a normal way to say restart or reboot the device.

Because die is the normal definite article in Afrikaans for the, and it does not change for gender the way it does in some other languages.

So you get:

• die opdatering = the update
• die toestel = the device

Afrikaans is simpler than languages like German or Dutch in this respect. You do not have to learn different forms of the for masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns.

Here it means we.

Afrikaans ons can mean both we and us, so learners often have to rely on the sentence structure to tell which role it plays.

In this sentence, ons is the subject, even though it comes after the verb. That happens because Ná die opdatering has been moved to the front, and Afrikaans keeps the verb in second position.

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

So you get:

• ek herbegin
• jy herbegin
• ons herbegin
• hulle herbegin

This is much simpler than English, which still has forms like I restart but he restarts.

Yes. Toestel is a common Afrikaans word for a device, appliance, or piece of equipment, depending on context.

In a technical sentence like this, it works well for something like a phone, router, tablet, or other electronic device. The exact English translation depends on the situation, but device is a very natural general meaning here.