November 26, 2005
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Topic: I just friggin’ love ethnic stuff!!!!
South African English
Ag
General English
Annoyance (general exclamation)
Ag Shame!
An expression similar to ‘Ah, cute’ or ‘Oh no’
Babbelas
Hangover
Bakkie
Pickup truck
Bliksem, donner
Nasty person, beat-up
Boer, boertjie
Afrikaner
Boet
Brother, friend
Braai
Barbecue
Bru
Guy, mate
China
Guy, mate (from rhyming slang ‘china plate’)
Dagga
Weed (Marijuana)
Dop
Drink (in particular alcohol)
Dorp (Dorpie)
Small town
Dutchman
Afrikaner (pejorative)
Eina!
Ouch!
Eish!
Surprise, disbelief (general exclamation)
Erf
Plot (Property)
Gatvol
Sick and tired of
Gemors
Junk, mess
Gogga
Insect
Gooi
Throw
Go well, stay well
Goodbye
Harregat (don’t be harregat!)
Cocky
How!
(see Eish! above)
Howzit
Hello/how are you
Izzit?
Really, is that so?
Ja
Yes, yeah
Jawellnofine
Things are okay
Jislaaik
Wow
Jol
Fun, party
Just now, now-now
Soon, immediately
Kak
Nonsense, shit
Kief!
Cool!
Klap
Hit, Smack
Kraal
Animal enclosure/corral
Lekker
Nice
Lieg
Lie
Lobolla
Bride price
Location, chinatown
Township
Make a plan
Think of something
Moer
Beat-up
Naartjie
Manderine
Nooit man!
Damn it!
Outjie
Guy
Pasop
Watch out
Poep
Fart
Poephol
Asshole
Robot
Traffic-light
Seffrica
South Africa
Shoosh
Be quite (general exclamtion)
Sis, sies
Expression of disgust
Sommer
Just like that
Stiffie
“89 mm” floppy (it’s stiff, not floppy!)
Stoep
Veranda/Stoop
Stompie
Cigarette butt
Tackie
Training shoe
Veld
Field
Vloek
Swear
Voetsek!, voertsek!
Go away!
Vrek
Suffer
Vrot
Rotten
Yebo
Hello, yes
Yebo-yes
Yes
Zol
Joint (marijuana)
Comments (4)
most importantly… where’s ‘where’s the bathroom?’… =)
wonderful blog. enjoyed going through your journal. ct
nyc is my home. Haha.. i just posted lisbon portugal to sway-off people =). you have led a pretty impressive and adventurous life haven’t you? thats pretty awesome. wish I can just get up and leave for another exotic country for more than a few weeks. hope all is well with you. ciaaaaaaaaaaaao. ct
what about red ambulance=coke, trolly=shopping cart, shongalala(sp?) = millaped, biltong, twisted sister, ruggy bugger,
Eish, not bad!