No. 660 in Afrikaans
niemand
Nobody.
In a sentence
Niemand weet wie die wedstryd gewen het nie.
Nobody knows who won the match.
Here, 'niemand' serves as the subject of the sentence, representing 'nobody'.
Ek het niemand gesien wat by die huis was nie.
I saw no one who was at the house.
In this sentence, 'niemand' is used as the object of 'have seen', meaning 'no one' or 'nobody'.
Niemand se opinie maak doekens op vir my nie.
No one's opinion matters to me.
'Niemand' indicates 'nobody' and is followed by a possessive 'se', indicating a belonging to 'no one'.
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