Ná die afskop het die teenstander balbesit.

Ná means after.

The accent helps distinguish it from na, which usually means to or towards.

So:

• ná die afskop = after the kickoff
• na die stadion = to the stadium

In writing, the accent is useful because it prevents confusion between two very common words.

This is a very common Afrikaans word-order pattern.

When a phrase like Ná die afskop comes first, the finite verb usually comes next. This is often called the verb-second pattern.

So the structure is:

• Ná die afskop = first element
• het = finite verb
• die teenstander = subject

That is why you get:

• Ná die afskop het die teenstander balbesit.

If you start with the subject instead, then the order is more like:

• Die teenstander het ná die afskop balbesit.

Both are possible, but the first version emphasizes the time phrase after the kickoff.

Here, het means has.

Afrikaans uses het as the present-tense form of hê (to have). It can also appear as an auxiliary in perfect constructions, so learners often wonder about it.

In this sentence, it is the main verb:

• die teenstander het balbesit = the opponent has possession

So this is not automatically a past tense sentence just because you see het.

Afskop means kickoff.

It is a compound noun:

• af- = off / away / starting
• skop = kick

In sports contexts, die afskop is the kickoff at the start of play or after a restart.

Teenstander means opponent or opposing team/player.

It is built from:

• teen = against
• stander = one who stands

So the basic idea is someone who stands against you, meaning an opponent.

Balbesit means possession of the ball or simply ball possession.

It is another compound noun:

• bal = ball
• besit = possession

Afrikaans very often writes compound nouns as one word, much like German and often unlike English. So where English may say ball possession, Afrikaans commonly writes balbesit.

Afrikaans often expresses ideas that English writes with of by using a compound noun instead.

So instead of saying something like possession of the ball, Afrikaans can simply say:

• balbesit

This is very natural in Afrikaans. English often separates such ideas into multiple words, but Afrikaans frequently combines them.

Both uses of die mean the.

In this sentence:

• die afskop = the kickoff
• die teenstander = the opponent

Afrikaans does not change the for gender the way some other languages do. Die is the normal definite article for singular and plural nouns in most cases.

Yes, absolutely.

That version is also correct:

• Die teenstander het ná die afskop balbesit.

The difference is mainly emphasis:

• Ná die afskop het die teenstander balbesit.
  Emphasizes when
• Die teenstander het ná die afskop balbesit.
  Emphasizes who

So the original sentence puts the time phrase first for focus.

A rough guide is:

Naa die AF-skop het die TAYN-stan-der BAL-buh-sit

A few helpful notes:

• Ná has a broad aa sound.
• afskop starts with af-, not off- exactly, though it may sound similar to English ears.
• teenstander begins with teen sounding roughly like tayn in many accents of Afrikaans.
• balbesit has the stress early: BAL-besit.

This is only an approximation, but it can help you get started.