bietjie
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch beetje.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biki/
Adverb
bietjie
- a little; a bit; fairly (sometimes used with maar)
- just
- Kyk bietjie wat ek gekry het.
- Just look what I got.
- (regional) very
- quite; very (used to emphasise another adverb or adjective, especially used with baie)
- Hulle het bietjie baie diere.
- They have quite a lot of animals.
Related terms
- bietjies
Determiner
bietjie
- a little, a bit
Noun
bietjie (plural bietjies)
- a little bit, a few
- Die bietjie wat daar was was bly.
- The few who were there, were happy.
- bietjies-bietjies
- bit by bit
- short while; a bit
- 'n Bietjie later
- A bit later