niggie oor Engels

niggie

Dogter van 'n oom of tante.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Afrikaans - Engels

niece

naamwoord

Dogter van 'n broer of suster.

A daughter of someone’s brother or sister.

Jy ken my niggie, Zoe, wat hier werk?
You know my niece Zoé, who works here?

cousin

naamwoord

Dogter van 'n oom of tante.

The daughter of a sibling of a person's parent.

So'n verwyderde niggie, ons sien haar nooit nie
Such a distant cousin, we never saw her.

voorbeelde

Dink net—Noag het waarskynlik voor die Vloed broers, susters, neefs en niggies gehad; tog het niemand behalwe sy naaste familie na hom geluister nie (Genesis 5:30).
Think of it —Noah likely had brothers, sisters, nephews, and nieces alive before the Flood came; yet, no one except his immediate family listened to him.

Toe ek by die huis kom, het ek my niggie vertel dat Busi ’n huis gekry het.
When I got home, I told my cousin that Busi had found a home.

Hulle was toe al die tyd neef en niggie wat mekaar 30 jaar laas gesien het.
It turned out that they were cousins who had not seen each other for 30 years.

9 Nog ’n manier om “nuwe” gebied te vind, is om ander gesinslede wat onder dieselfde dak woon te probeer bereik—’n ouma, ’n neef of ’n niggie wat skool toe gaan, ’n skoonsuster wat gedurende die week werk.
9 Another way to find “new” territory is to seek out other family members living under the same roof —a grandmother, a nephew or a cousin going to school, a sister-in-law who works during the week.

Daarbenewens is haar niggie nou ’n ongedoopte verkondiger, en ’n boekstudie word in daardie dorpie gehou.
Additionally, her cousin is now an unbaptized publisher, and a book study is being held in this village.

Maar my niggie het verduidelik dat ek eers moet ophou rook, my lewe in ooreenstemming met God se wil moet bring en een van God se knegte moet word.
But my cousin explained to me that first I had to stop smoking, bring my life into harmony with God’s will, and become one of God’s servants.

Iemand met wie sy rekening moes hou, was haar Katolieke niggie, Maria Stuart, wat deur die Katolieke Europa beskou is as Maria I se regmatige opvolger.
Lurking in the wings was her Catholic cousin, Mary Stuart, whom Catholic Europe viewed as the rightful heir of Mary I.

Ek het saam met my boeties en sussie asook ’n niggie gespeel toe ’n klein voorwerp deur die venster gegooi is.
I was playing with three siblings and a cousin when a small object flew in the window.

Kain het dus met sy suster of met een van sy niggies getrou.
So Cain married his sister or perhaps one of his nieces.

“Kom ons gaan kuier by jou niggie en haar man in Ierland en gaan preek vir mense wat selde die goeie nuus van die Koninkryk hoor.”
“Let’s go and visit your cousins in Ireland and share in preaching to people who rarely hear the good news of the Kingdom.”

Maar om met ’n neef of niggie aan vaderskant of met iemand van dieselfde stam te trou, is heeltemal taboe.
But marrying a paternal cousin, or someone from the same clan, is strictly taboo.

Sy was ’n warm, liefdevolle vrou en het heel moontlik broers en susters, niggies en nefies en ooms en tannies gehad vir wie sy baie lief was en wat sy seker nooit weer sou sien nie.
A warm, affectionate woman, she may well have had brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews, and aunts and uncles to whom she was very attached and whom she might never see again.

’n Paar dae later het ek ’n vreemdeling met my niggie hoor praat.
Some days later, I heard a stranger talking to my cousin.

Tammy het byvoorbeeld met ’n niggie begin omgaan wat ’n voltydse bedienaar is.
Tammy, for example, began associating with a cousin who was a full- time evangelizer.

My niggie het haar selfoonnommer gegee vir iemand wat sy pas ontmoet het.
My cousin gave her cell number to someone she had only just met.

As ons goeie huis-tot-huisverslae hou, kan ons ander familielede bereik, soos ’n ouma, ’n neef of niggie wat skoolgaan of ’n skoonsuster wat gedurende die week werk.
By keeping good house-to-house records, we may be able to seek out other family members, such as a grandmother, a nephew or cousin who goes to school, or a sister-in-law who works during the week.

Albei hierdie niggies het ’n hele paar jaar saam met hulle mans by die Brooklyn-hoofkantoor gedien.
Both of these cousins served with their husbands at Brooklyn headquarters for a number of years.

“Toe hy sestien was, het hy met sy niggie, die pragtige prinses Jasodharā, getrou.
“At the age of sixteen he married his cousin, the beautiful Princess Yasodharā.

Hawa, haar moeder, is bekommerd dat sy gaan ontwater; sy het gehoor dat haar niggie op die platteland onlangs haar baba so verloor het.
Hawa, her mother, is worried about dehydration; she heard that her cousin back in the village had recently lost her baby that way.

Die volgende dag het ek, my ouers, my jonger broer, my niggie en haar man en ’n ander gesin met ’n veerboot na die klein Heir-eiland gegaan, waar minder as 30 mense woon.
The next day, my parents, my younger brother, our cousins, another family, and I took the ferry to tiny Heir Island, home to fewer than 30 people.

Ek het op die Howell-plaas gebly saam met my niggies.
I stayed at the Howell farm with my cousins.

In New Bedford, vaders, sê hulle, walvisse vir dowers aan hulle dogters, en gedeelte van hulle niggies met ́n paar seevarke ́ n stuk.
In New Bedford, fathers, they say, give whales for dowers to their daughters, and portion off their nieces with a few porpoises a- piece.

Dieselfde naslaanwerk beweer dat die Griekse woorde vir “broer” en “suster” kan verwys na “’n persoon of persone wat deur ’n godsdienstige of ander gemeenskaplike band verenig is”, of na familie, moontlik neefs en niggies.
The same reference work claims that the words “brother” and “sister” can refer to “some one or ones united in a religious or other common bond” or to relatives, perhaps cousins.

Dit sou my niggie se groot aand wees, en daar is van my verwag om haar te vergesel.
This was to be my cousin’s big night, and I was expected to accompany her.

Joan se dogter, Thelma, en haar man het reeds na ’n ander getroue weduwee in hulle gemeente, ’n niggie van ons, omgesien wat terminaal siek was.
Joan’s daughter, Thelma, and her husband were already looking after another faithful widow in their congregation, one of our cousins who was terminally ill.