nê
English
Etymology
From Afrikaans nè, probably short for newaar (“isn't that true?”), colloquial variant of nie waar.
Adverb
nê
- (South Africa, colloquial) As interrogative particle: "isn't that the case?"; also used with emphatic effect.
- 1900, Harold Blore, An Imperial Light Horseman:
- Then you are not come as a recruit to our ranks, but have already ducked your head to a bullet, nê?
- 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury 2013, p. 21:
- No, we like this place, exotic for us whites, nê.
- 1900, Harold Blore, An Imperial Light Horseman:
Anagrams
Eastern Maninkakan
Alternative scripts
- ߣߋ (nko)
Pronoun
nê
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
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Zazaki
Particle
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Antonyms
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