Breakdown of Ná die opdatering herbegin ons die toestel.
Questions & Answers about 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.