Nag

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Nag

Pronounced: /NAH-g/ (The ‘g’ is a gutteral sound, similar to the ‘ch’ in the Scottish word ‘loch’)


MEANING

A declaration that a negative outcome is certain or unavoidable. It expresses the finality of a bad situation, meaning a person or a plan has failed, is ruined, or is utterly defeated. It is often a dramatic pronouncement of doom or ‘the end’.

Example:

“Die polisie het die skollies gevang, dis nag vir hulle.” (“The police arrested the gangsters, they’re doomed.”)

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