Meaning of ek | Babel Free

Definitions

1. I (subject)
2. Equivalent to 'I': An orthographic ⟨i⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /j/, as in the word "peculiar".

Equivalents

Examples

“Hy het na my geskop, maar ek het dit verwag en het vinnig my been gelig en dwars gedraai.”

He kicked towards me, but I expected this and quickly lifted my leg and turned it sidewards.

“1994, in Annemarié Van Niekerk, Vrouevertellers. 1843-1993, Tafelberg-Uitgewers (publ.), page 308. "[…] Ek is jou vader. Ek sal jou doodslaan as jy nie luister nie!"”

" […] I am your father. I shall beat you to death if you do not listen!"

“2011, Kashiefa, Sedick, Zakeer & Sedeeqa Jacobs, "Die pad is toe", in No Land! No House! No Vote! Voices from Symphony Way, Pambazuka Press (publ.), page 132. Ek het nog nooit 'n huis gehad nie, my ouers het ook nog nooit een besit nie”

I have never owned a house, my parents also have never possessed one either.

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