small oor Afrikaans

small

/smɔːl/, /smɑl/, /smɔl/ adjektief, werkwoord, naamwoord, bywoord

Not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Afrikaans

klein

adjektief

not large

How big is your dog? Mine is small.
Hoe groot is jou hond? Myne is klein.

Small

eienaam

A surname.

Soortgelyke frases

small intestine
Dunderm · dunderm

small-time
amateuragtig

small-mindedness
benepenheid

small woodpecker
aambeeldvoël

small business
Klein onderneming

small caps
kleinkapitale

small intestine
Dunderm · dunderm

small intestine
Dunderm · dunderm

voorbeelde

Even in a small country like the Netherlands, with some 15 million inhabitants, coining and printing presses will be running for three years straight to produce 2.8 billion coins and 380 million bank notes by January 1, 2002.
Selfs in ’n klein landjie soos Nederland, met ongeveer 15 miljoen inwoners, sal munt- en nootperse drie jaar ononderbroke moet loop om 2,8 miljard munte en 380 miljoen banknote teen 1 Januarie 2002 gereed te kry.

It includes a printery, a small farm, and residence buildings that accommodate more than 500 people.
Dit sluit ’n drukkery, ’n plasie en woongeboue in wat meer as 500 mense huisves.

10 In Copenhagen, Denmark, a small group of publishers have been witnessing in the streets outside railway stations.
10 In Kopenhagen, Denemarke, getuig ’n klein groepie verkondigers in die strate buite spoorwegstasies.

Hundreds of people—looking small and faraway in the vastness of this theater, which can seat 5,000—move along concentric rows of white marble to find their places.
Honderde mense—wat klein en ver weg lyk in hierdie reuseteater, wat 5 000 sitplekke het—beweeg al met die konsentriese rye van wit marmer langs om hulle sitplekke te vind.

Inside, however, the space is quite small.
Maar binne-in is dit eintlik klein.

Soon the small group in Bandung became a congregation, the second in Indonesia.
Kort voor lank het die klein groep in Bandung ’n gemeente geword, die tweede in Indonesië.

For one coin of small value, a purchaser got two sparrows.
Vir een muntstuk van geringe waarde kon ’n mens twee mossies koop.

I grew up with my brothers and sisters in a small village where my father was a farmer and a carpenter.
Ek het saam met my broers en susters in ’n klein dorpie grootgeword, en my pa was ’n boer en ’n timmerman.

They purchased small shrines of the goddess and hailed her as great, their lady, the queen, the virgin, “one who listens to and accepts prayers.”
Hulle het klein tempeltjies van die godin gekoop en haar toegejuig as groot, as hulle liewe vrou, die koningin, die maagd, “die een wat na gebede luister en dit verhoor”.

Small wonder that the recovery rate is a paltry 15 percent.
Dit is geen wonder dat ’n skrale 15 persent teruggevind word nie.

Dwelling in a small hut with his family, Loyiso envies the youths in a nearby town who enjoy marvelous “luxuries” —running water and electricity.
Loyiso woon saam met sy gesin in ’n klein hutjie en beny die jongmense in ’n dorp daar naby wat wonderlike “luukshede” geniet—lopende water en elektrisiteit.

Is it possible that by focusing on small details, the simple, urgent message of the parable was lost?
Het die eenvoudige, dringende boodskap van die gelykenis dalk verlore gegaan omdat die aandag op fyner besonderhede gevestig is?

He says to Zion: “The little one himself will become a thousand, and the small one a mighty nation.
Hy sê vir Sion: “Die kleine sal ’n duisend word, en die geringe ’n magtige nasie.

Courageous Witnesses used small mimeograph machines to reproduce publications in their homes
Moedige Getuies het klein mimeograwe gebruik om publikasies in hulle huise te kopieer

Their stand, however, went against the deep-seated traditions and fears of that small rural community.
Hulle standpunt het egter gebots met die diepgewortelde tradisies en vrese van daardie klein plattelandse gemeenskap.

During the 1950’s, in what was then Communist East Germany, Jehovah’s Witnesses who were imprisoned because of their faith risked prolonged solitary confinement when they handed small portions of the Bible from one prisoner to another to be read at night.
Gedurende die vyftigerjare het Jehovah se Getuies wat weens hulle geloof opgesluit is in die destydse Kommunistiese Oos-Duitsland die gevaar van lang tydperke van alleenopsluiting geloop wanneer hulle klein gedeeltetjies van die Bybel van een gevangene na ’n ander aangegee het sodat dit snags gelees kon word.

For one thing, in poorer nations chickens are raised mainly on small, rural farms or in backyards.
In die eerste plek word hoenders in arm lande hoofsaaklik op klein, plattelandse plase of in agterplase aangehou.

" What is he like, this Vincent Spaulding? " " Small, stout- built, very quick in his ways, no hair on his face, though he's not short of thirty.
" Wat is hy, dit Vincent Spaulding? " Klein, stewige gebou, baie vinnig in sy maniere, geen hare op sy gesig nie, alhoewel hy is nie kort van dertig nie.

Because of the ban, I conducted many small meetings in different homes each week.
Weens die verbod het ek elke week talle vergaderinge met klein groepies in verskillende huise gehou.

At Butterfly Farm, they are then placed on potted host plants inside small cages.
Op die Skoenlapperplaas word hulle dan op gasheerpotplante gesit wat in hokke is.

For example, to control waste entering one of the country’s most seriously polluted rivers, the Huaihe, the government has “closed down 999 small paper-making factories in the Huaihe valley.”
Om te voorkom dat afval in een van die land se mees besoedelde riviere, die Huaihe, beland, het die regering “999 klein papierfabrieke in die Huaihe-vallei toegemaak”.

Nevertheless, since they are so small, precautions must be taken.
Maar omdat hulle so klein is, moet ’n mens versigtig wees.

Especially if the previous births have not been spaced more than two years apart, a woman’s body can easily become exhausted by repeated pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and looking after small children.”
Veral as die vorige geboortes nie meer as twee jaar uitmekaar was nie, kan ’n vrou se liggaam maklik uitgeput raak deur herhaalde swangerskappe, kindergeboortes, borsvoeding en die versorging van klein kindertjies.”

There are 360 springs, large and small, in the area, providing precious water for the fertile fields of wheat, apricots, pears, peaches, and grapes in the surrounding valleys.
Daar is 360 fonteine, groot sowel as klein, in die gebied, en dit voorsien kosbare water aan die vrugbare landbougrond in die omliggende valleie waar koring, appelkose, pere, perskes en druiwe verbou word.

Although some 3,000 examples of this unique art form have been preserved, this is only a small percentage of the beehives that were built and decorated over the years.
Hoewel ongeveer 3 000 voorbeelde van hierdie unieke kunsvorm behoue gebly het, is dit net ’n klein persentasie van al die byekorwe wat gemaak en deur die jare heen versier is.