nê
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ne"
English
Etymology
From Afrikaans nè, probably short for newaar (“isn't that true?”), colloquial variant of nie waar.
Adverb
nê
- (South Africa, colloquial) As interrogative particle: "isn't that the case?"; also used with emphatic effect.
- 1900, Harold Blore, An Imperial Light Horseman:
- Then you are not come as a recruit to our ranks, but have already ducked your head to a bullet, nê?
- 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury, published 2013, page 21:
- No, we like this place, exotic for us whites, nê.
Mandarin
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Paicî
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ne˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [nej˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [nej˧˧]
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