Die werktuigkundige gaan die banddruk na en toets die remme.

Because the verb in this sentence is actually nagaan, which means to check, to inspect, or to go over.

In a main clause, many Afrikaans verbs with prefixes split apart. So:

• nagaan → gaan ... na

That is why you get:

• Die werktuigkundige gaan die banddruk na.

So gaan by itself can mean go, but in this sentence gaan ... na is one separable verb meaning check.

This happens because nagaan is a separable verb.

In Afrikaans main clauses, the first part of a separable verb appears in the normal verb position, and the prefix moves later in the clause:

• Hy gaan die lys na. = He checks the list.

But when the verb is used as an infinitive or in some other forms, it stays together:

• om die banddruk na te gaan
• dat hy die banddruk nagaan

So the split form gaan ... na is completely normal.

It is grammatically present tense, but Afrikaans present tense can often translate naturally into English as either:

• a present action: The mechanic checks the tire pressure and tests the brakes
• or a near-future/scheduled action: The mechanic is going to check the tire pressure and test the brakes

However, because of na, you should not read gaan here as the future helper verb going to. The phrase gaan ... na is functioning as nagaan = check.

Afrikaans usually writes compound nouns as one word.

So:

• band = tire/tyre
• druk = pressure
• banddruk = tire pressure

This is very common in Afrikaans. English sometimes writes similar ideas as two words, but Afrikaans strongly prefers solid compounds.

Werktuigkundige means mechanic or technician, especially in a technical or vehicle-related context.

It can be broken down roughly like this:

• werktuig = machine, tool, apparatus
• -kundige = someone skilled in or knowledgeable about something

So the word has the idea of a person skilled with machinery/tools.

Because die is the normal definite article in Afrikaans for both singular and plural nouns.

So:

• die werktuigkundige = the mechanic
• die banddruk = the tire pressure
• die remme = the brakes

Afrikaans does not have different forms of the for singular and plural.

The plural is shown by the noun form itself.

• rem = brake
• remme = brakes

So even though the article is still die, the ending -e tells you the noun is plural.

In this sentence, die remme clearly means the brakes.

Afrikaans plurals are formed in different ways, and rem takes -e.

Because the word has a short vowel, the final consonant is doubled before adding -e:

• rem → remme

This helps preserve the short vowel sound.

A similar pattern is:

• stem → stemme

So remme is the regular expected plural form.

Because Afrikaans verbs usually do not change form for person or number in the present tense.

So you get:

• ek toets
• jy toets
• hy toets
• ons toets
• hulle toets

This is much simpler than English, which has forms like I test but he tests. In Afrikaans, the verb normally stays the same.

Because the same subject, die werktuigkundige, applies to both verbs:

• gaan ... na
• toets

So the sentence means:

• The mechanic checks the tire pressure and tests the brakes.

Afrikaans, like English, does not need to repeat the subject when two actions are linked with en and done by the same person.

Yes. Toets is a very normal verb meaning test.

So:

• toets die remme = test the brakes

It is straightforward and works much like English. In technical, driving, or workshop contexts, this is completely natural Afrikaans.