Stap ná die blaaskans aan!

It is an imperative, meaning a command or instruction.

In Afrikaans, the imperative often uses the bare verb at the start:

• Stap! = Walk!
• Kom! = Come!
• Wag! = Wait!

The subject is usually left out, just like in English. So the sentence is understood as speaking to you:

• (Jy) stap ná die blaaskans aan! would not normally be said that way, but that is the idea behind it.

So this sentence means something like Resume walking after the break! or Walk on after the breather!

Because the verb here is really aanstap, which is a separable verb.

In Afrikaans, many verbs with particles split apart in main clauses and commands:

• aanstap → Stap ... aan!
• aangaan → Gaan ... aan!
• opstaan → Staan ... op!

So in this sentence:

• stap is the verb part
• aan is the particle
• ná die blaaskans is placed between them

That is completely normal Afrikaans word order.

Here aanstap / stap aan means to continue walking, to walk on, or to move along.

It is not just the basic idea of step in English. It usually has the sense of:

• keep walking
• carry on walking
• resume walking

So in this sentence, the meaning is not just walk, but more specifically walk on after the break.

Blaaskans is a very common Afrikaans word for a breather, rest break, or short pause to catch your breath.

It is made up of:

• blaas = blow / breathe
• kans = chance / opportunity

So the literal idea is something like a chance to breathe.

In natural English, depending on context, you could translate it as:

• a breather
• a short break
• a rest stop
• a pause

Here ná means after.

The accent on á helps show the intended meaning clearly and can also add emphasis. In Afrikaans, accents are often used to:

• mark emphasis
• help distinguish meanings when needed

So ná die blaaskans clearly means after the break.

You may also see na without the accent in everyday writing when the meaning is obvious from context, but ná is especially clear here.

Because with a separable verb, Afrikaans often puts other sentence elements between the verb stem and the particle.

So the structure is:

• Stap
  • ná die blaaskans
    • aan

This is natural because ná die blaaskans is a time expression telling you when to continue.

Compare:

• Stap nou aan! = Carry on walking now!
• Stap stadig aan! = Keep walking slowly!
• Stap ná die blaaskans aan! = Continue walking after the break!

So the middle position is exactly where this kind of phrase normally goes.

Normally, no—not in this kind of command.

In an imperative or ordinary main clause, Afrikaans usually splits the separable verb:

• Stap ná die blaaskans aan! ✔
• Ons stap ná die blaaskans aan. ✔

The unsplit form aanstap is used in places where Afrikaans keeps the infinitive or full verb together, for example after another verb:

• Ons wil ná die blaaskans aanstap. = We want to continue walking after the break.
• Hulle gaan ná die blaaskans aanstap. = They are going to continue walking after the break.

So for the sentence you were given, Stap ... aan! is the expected form.

A simple statement would be:

• Ons stap ná die blaaskans aan. = We continue walking after the break.

You can also see the full verb in other structures:

• Ons wil ná die blaaskans aanstap.
• Hulle sal ná die blaaskans aanstap.

This is useful because it shows both patterns:

• command / main clause: the verb splits
• infinitive form: the verb stays together as aanstap