nê
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ne"
English edit
Etymology edit
From Afrikaans nè, probably short for newaar (“isn't that true?”), colloquial variant of nie waar.
Adverb edit
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 edit
Eastern Maninkakan edit
Alternative scripts edit
- ߣߋ (nko)
Pronoun edit
nê
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
nê
- Nonstandard spelling of nê̄.
Usage notes edit
- 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.
Paicî edit
Noun edit
nê
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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Adjective edit
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Zazaki edit
Particle edit
nê