10 April 2010

Eh?


Well recently I was talking to my lovely friend, Corinne, and I was telling her all about some of the slang/interesting things people say here, so I thought I might share...
lekker= great, good, nice
ayoba= awesome!
yebo= yeah!!
Howzit?= what's up?
Izzit?= the answer to just about everything...... really... they say that ALL the time
braai= special kind of barbecue... REALLY popular
biltong= a kind of dried meat... also everywhere
jol= a good time
pap= food kind of like grits but tastier
poes= er well you can look that up yourself it's not so nice... it's a terrible insult!
semp= similar to pap
bru= yeah I think you can figure that out
tekkies= tennis shoes
tsotsi= a gangsta!
Mzanzi/ZA= SA
ubuntu= sort of like sense of community, unitedness, humanity
robot= traffic light
shabeen= township bar
gatsby= enormous sandwich with all kinds of things, including chips (=french fries)
boerewors= sausage thing that also has chips in it...
Howzit Dorris?= Hey girl, hey... or What up baby girl? Basically something one says when holla-ing at girls.
Cheers!= See Ya.
keen= desire to do something... kind of like lust auf deutsch?
a smiley= sheep's head... found in Langa, although there are apparently variations to this as I encountered cow's head in Soweto, which is just outside of Joburg...

And the best for last- AFRICAN TIME!

just now: later, maybe soon, in a few minutes... Wiki says, "sometime in the near future, not necessarily immediately. Expresses an intention to act soon, but not necessarily immediately. (as in 20-90 minutes time)"
now now: very soon, but still not 'right now.' Wiki: "an immediate but not literal declaration of impending action, may be past or future tense. From the Afrikaans expression "nou nou". (as in 5-60 minutes)"

Eish, that's about all I got... more to come just now! :P

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