No. 396 in Afrikaans
piet
"Piet" is a common male first name in Afrikaans, equivalent to "Peter" in English.
In a sentence
Piet is ʼn goeie vriend van my.
Piet is a good friend of mine.
Here, 'Piet' is used as a proper noun, referring to a person's name.
Ek het die pietjie voëltjie in die tuin gesien.
I saw the small little bird in the garden.
In this context, 'pietjie' is a diminutive form of 'piet', referring lovingly to a small bird or a person.
Hy was net ʼn piet se entjie van die eindpunt af.
He was just a small distance away from the endpoint.
'Piet se entjie' in this metaphorical expression means a very short distance.
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