🇿🇦 Afrikaans from 🇬🇧 English All Words
sewe
A1 number Nommers
🇬🇧 English: seven
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🇿🇦 Luister & Herhaal (Afrikaans)

Definisie

🇿🇦 Afrikaans
number

sewe

Definition

🇬🇧 English

The number 7. It comes after six and before eight.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Ordinal: seventh. Common collocations: seven days a week, seventh heaven (extreme happiness), seven deadly sins. Note: -teen suffix for 17 (seventeen), -ty suffix for 70 (seventy).

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

Seven is considered a lucky number in many Western cultures. There are seven days in a week, seven notes in a musical scale, and seven colours in a rainbow. 'Seventh heaven' means a state of extreme happiness. James Bond's code is 007 — said as 'double-oh-seven'.

Voorbeeldsinne

Die seun het sewe speelgoedmotors.

"Die seun het sewe speelgoedmotors."

🇬🇧 "The boy has seven toy cars."

Daar is sewe boeke in die stapel.

"Daar is sewe boeke in die stapel."

🇬🇧 "There are seven books in the pile."

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