No. 118 in Afrikaans

nooit

"Never"

In a sentence

Ek het nog nooit so iets gesien nie.
I have never seen such a thing before.
In this sentence, 'nooit' is used to express the concept of 'never', describing something that has not occurred.
Hy sal nooit so iets doen nie.
He will never do such a thing.
Here, 'nooit' indicates a future event that is not anticipated to happen.
Sy praat nooit met vreemdelinge nie.
She never talks to strangers.
This usage of 'nooit' denotes a habitual action or state that consistently does not occur.

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