No. 55 in Afrikaans

drie

Three.

In a sentence

Ek het drie appels gekoop.
I bought three apples.
The word 'drie' is a cardinal number indicating quantity.
Hy het drie keer probeer om die taak te voltooi.
He tried three times to complete the task.
The word 'drie' serves as a cardinal number describing frequency.
Ons span is nommer drie in die kompetisie.
Our team is number three in the competition.
The word 'drie' functions as an ordinal number representing rank.

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