This is the 188th most frequent Afrikaans word.
gelede
"Ago" or "elapsed time."
The term 'gelede' expresses a recent past moment in this case.
Ons het hom 'n rukkie gelede gesien.
We saw him a short while ago.
Here, 'gelede' indicates the time elapsed since the event occurred.
Ek het tien jaar gelede in Kaapstad gewoon.
I lived in Cape Town ten years ago.
In this sentence, 'gelede' is used to specify when—relative to now—the event happened.