hoek

hoek

Corner.

Here, 'hoek' is used to refer to the corner of a physical space, specifically a street corner.

Ek staan by die hoek van die straat.

I am standing at the corner of the street.

In this sentence, 'hoek' indicates the edge or corner of an object, in this case, a chair.

Die stoel het 'n beskadigde hoek.

The chair has a damaged corner.

Here, 'hoek' is used metaphorically to mean a point of view or perspective.

Sy kyk na die probleem vanuit 'n ander hoek.

She is looking at the problem from a different perspective.