Ná die drie volg die doelskop.

Because Afrikaans main clauses usually follow a verb-second pattern.

Here, the sentence starts with the time phrase Ná die drie. Once that first element is placed at the front, the finite verb must come next:

Ná die drie volg die doelskop.

So the subject die doelskop comes after the verb.

If you start with the subject instead, you can also say:

Die doelskop volg ná die drie.

That is also correct, just with a different emphasis.

Ná means after.

The accent helps show stress and can also make the meaning clearer in writing. For a learner, the important thing is to recognize ná here as the word meaning after.

Because die is the definite article, like English the.

So:

• die drie = the three
• die doelskop = the goal kick

Afrikaans uses die for:

• singular nouns
• plural nouns
• all genders

So unlike some other languages, the article does not change for masculine, feminine, neuter, or plural.

Yes, drie is the numeral three, but in this sentence it is being used like a noun.

That often happens when the context is already clear, especially in sports language. A number can stand for:

• a score
• a scoring action
• a type of play

So die drie means something like the three or the three-point score/play, depending on the context you were given.

Volg is the present-tense form of the verb volg.

In Afrikaans, verbs usually do not change in the present tense according to the subject. So you get:

• ek volg
• jy volg
• hy volg
• ons volg
• hulle volg

English changes follow to follows with he/she/it, but Afrikaans keeps volg the same.

It can mean both.

Depending on context, volg can mean:

• to follow someone or something
• to come after
• to come next in a sequence

In this sentence, it is clearly the sequence meaning: one event happens, and the next event follows.

Yes. Afrikaans strongly prefers writing compounds as one word.

So doelskop is a compound noun made from:

• doel = goal
• skop = kick

English often uses two words for things like this, but Afrikaans usually joins them into a single compound.

Yes, definitely.

That version is grammatical and may feel more natural to an English speaker because it starts with the subject:

Die doelskop volg ná die drie.

The original sentence:

Ná die drie volg die doelskop.

puts the time phrase first, which gives a slightly different emphasis. It highlights what happens after the three.

Yes, in meaning, but not as a separate word.

Afrikaans does not need an extra word like English then here. The sequence is already clear from:

• ná = after
• volg = follows / comes next

So the idea of then/next is built into the structure of the sentence rather than stated separately.