Meaning of oues | Babel Free

Definitions

independent plural form of oud: old ones

form-of, independent, plural

Examples

“Jy het my reeds die oues gewys, maar nie die nuwes nie.”

You've already shown me the old ones, but not the new ones.

“Als ons oues die „racket” en die „bat” opsij set dan sal dit julle wees wat hulle moet optel en die speuletjie voortset.”

When our elders put the “racket” and the “bat” aside, it will be you who have to pick them up and continue the game.

“Die chirurg was een van die oues; die slimmes.”

The surgeon was one of the old ones; the smart ones.

“Nuwe trane spat oor die oues.”

New tears splash over the old ones.

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