English to afrikaans meaning of

As 'n selfstandige naamwoord kan "kwart" verskeie betekenisse hê:Een-vierde van iets: 'n kwart van 'n dollar, 'n kwart van 'n pastei, ens.'n Maateenheid gelyk aan 1/4 van 'n standaardeenheid: 'n kwartmyl, 'n kwartpond, ens.Een van vier gelyke dele: die vier kwartale van die jaar (lente, somer, herfs, winter), die kwartiere van 'n speletjie (twee helftes elk in twee kwartiere verdeel).'n Distrik of buurt, wat dikwels na 'n spesifieke gedeelte van 'n stad verwys: die Franse kwartier in New Orleans, die finansiële kwartaal in Londen.'n Muntstuk ter waarde van 25 sent in die Verenigde State en Kanada.As 'n werkwoord kan "kwartier" ook beteken om iets in kwarte te verdeel of om verblyf of verblyf vir iemand te verskaf, veral in militêre kontekste.

Sentence Examples

  1. All that euphoria of staying at the elegant, historic Monteleone Hotel in the heart of the romantic French Quarter disappears and the horror of Katrina stares back at me everywhere.
  2. My phone said a quarter after six, yet Lorraine was still a no-show.
  3. When I reached North Campus at a quarter to seven, several students were lined up to board the cable car.
  4. I covered a generic timeline of how the film industry evolved in the late 1800s and the first quarter of the twentieth century.
  5. I drive through the tourist-infested French Quarter amazed at how the lure of Bourbon Street keeps them coming no matter what.
  6. By the time I arrived at The Big Beanery at a quarter to six, the daytime crowd had dissipated.
  7. Jordan and Carla were also in Grey Sports Complex during that time, but you saw them at a quarter to seven when the cable car arrived at North Campus.
  8. I asked him to meet me at a quarter after eleven before his practice began.
  9. So, you entered the building around a quarter to five from what the security camera recorded.
  10. While he spent a quarter of an hour poring over the notes, I finished my tea and ate another half of a scone, as much out of nervousness as hunger.