nê
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ne"
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, published 2013, page 21:
- No, we like this place, exotic for us whites, nê.
Anagrams
Alternative scripts
- ߣߋ (nko)
Pronoun
nê
Etymology
Verb
nê f (plural nês) (ORB, broad)
References
Further information
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 378: “la neve” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 903: “la neige” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nĭx”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 156
Romanization
nê
- Nonstandard spelling of nê̄.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Noun
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Pronunciation
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Particle
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Antonyms
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