No. 608 in Afrikaans

nege

The Afrikaans word "nege" means "nine" in English.

In a sentence

Ek het om nege-uur in die oggend opgestaan.
I woke up at nine o'clock in the morning.
In this sentence, 'nege' is used to denote the number nine in a time expression.
Die kind kan tel: een, twee, drie... nege.
The child can count: one, two, three... nine.
Here, 'nege' is used to represent the ninth number in a numerical sequence.
Ons moes nege kilometer loop om die piekniekplek te bereik.
We had to walk nine kilometers to reach the picnic spot.
In this context, 'nege' specifies the quantity in distance measurement.

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