Can you name 10 South African slang words used by all South African citizens?

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T.I

Emphasis being on the fact that the words should be used by ALL South Africans, this is what i came up with:

1.Ja/Ya
2. Aag
3. Haai/ Hi
4. Ne
5. Sharp
6. Bra/ Bro
7. Lekker
8. Mense ( Mostly used in PTA)
9. Chommie
10. Laaitie
11. Sure
12. Moegoe
13. Eish
14. Howzit
15. Heita
16. Moja
17. Moer
18. Groet
19.Grand
20. Kak
22.Twak
23.Jozi/ Ndofaya
24. Babalaaz
25. Juis (which is meant to mean "of course")
26. Stuur
27. Ncaa
28. Tiger ( R10)
29. Tekkies
30. Trek
31. Braai

Shall i go on?! Come on i gave u 3 times more than what you asked.Ek is seker dat ek verdien die 10 punte.Ta laaitie

orion

Ok, so here is my attempt:

nooit : never
oke : guy
lekker : nice, good
bru : friend
kak : almost an infinite amount of meanings!
tuning : talking, usually rubbish speak
kif : cool
like : throw this in as many times as possible (more American than SA though
china : guy, friend
moered : not really slang but most use it. Sure you know what it means!

Usage:

Like, nooit hey my bru, the other day some oke and his chinas started tuning me kak so I moered them lekker hard. It was pretty kif...

Anria A

Howzit.
When I moved to UK, I found out that china (as in howzit my china) is actually cockney.
China plate rhymes with best mate.
So someone is you're best china (plate) their you're best mate.
I always wondered why calling someone Chinese meant their you're friend.
Some more of my favorites are:

Kak man- my European housemates always giggle when I say this, cause it's similar in most European languages (Hungarians say Koko etc)
Vrot- Doesn't this word just ooze with imagery, it is so descriptive. Vrrrot!
Jebo yes- Always brings a smile to someones face.
And of course my favorite, Howzit!
When my European housemates ask me, how do you say hello in a country with 11 languages?
I always reply, Howzit, one greeting for one nation, cause despite our differences, we have one thing in common, we are all God's people.

Queen B

Yebbo/yebbo goggo
Eish
Bru/bra
amma glug -glug...almost anything is amma something.
Hmmm...my creativity just ran out! All I can think of now..:o)

Just remembered some more...Jozi/Egoli
Howzit
Laduma
It is a bit old..shongololo(we on the farm used it a lot for a centiped)

Benks

1. Benaai-mostly used in londen by all th south africans
2. Leka
3. Proudly, lol
4. Souties
5. Kif
6. Rainbow Nation
7. Yebo Goggo
8. Bru
9. Eish, met eish ja, lol
10. Mored ( uitgespreek moered, if we are making fun of english south africans we say were are going to more(moer) you or you were mored(moered))...lol

PHATMAX

Holla - Hello
Grand - Allright
Heitha - Hello
Howzit - How are you
My bro - My Man
Mpintshi - Home boy
Lova - Stupid
Mafikizolo - New comer
Guluva - Clever
Nncaa! - Sharp

dWali

Ja/Nee Swaer

cheryl l

Ja well no fine
now now = which could be from 1 min to whatever time
howzit my cuz/china
bergies
chomma = friends
twala= drink
mors dood = stone dead
hemel tog man
hey swaar

smartass

Looks like there's lot of slang here, maar I go with PHATMAX cos i know everything he mentioned. When my man chats up his buddies, he calls them majimbos. He calls me vrou. U'll find a lot of slang in this site: http://www.southafrica.info/plan_trip/travel_tips/questions/saenglish.htm
Moja majimbos.

wagbietjie

My husband just told me that I often use the word "goggas" for bugs (left over from my South Africa days) and we sometimes refer to the barbeque as a "braai" when it is only us at home -although my children think we are mad as both my husband and I are born Americans, yet feel a connection to South Africa to the degree that we still throw in South African slang (the bit that we know and remember) into our private talks. The words I remember fondly are: bakkies, robot and koppie. And do you still use the word "shame" so much?

Thanks for asking this question Porgie, and for everyone who answered, I am having such a great time writing these down for practice on our next trip to SA - in three weeks, so VERY excited!!! Its all so lekker!

Kim

Hello Porgie!

Okay, i have put lots of thought into this so lets see if i reach my potential! lol, its easy so im sure i will! lol

1. Smaak - I smaak you.
2. Bru - As in a friend
3. Eina - Ouch
4. Gatvol - Im gatvol with Brad Morris. lol
5. Babbelas - A terrible thing called a hangover!
6. Vrot - That apple is vrot (rotten)
7. Dos - Im going for a quick dos (sleep)
8. Klap - Smack
9. Jol - We had a jol at the club! (party)
10. Ja - Yes

And one more which i love the best STUKKEND. My dad used to say to me 'I love you stukkend'. lol!!

Good question once again and it was fun!
Kim :)

african godess

Holla - Hello
sekoko-top dog
Heitha - Hello
Howzit - How are you
My broo - My Man
Mpintshi - Home boy
Lova - Stupid
Guluva - Clever
Nncaa! - Shap
tau-friend-south africa

FridayNighter

dos-sleep
chow-eat
now now-never
dop-alcoholic beverage
jol-party
bokkie-girlfriend
babbelas-hang over
braai-barbeque
lekker-its good
China-friend

Imanobody

Doos
Poes
Eish
Oke
Braai
Haikona
Vrei
Pomp
Mofie
Joost die doos :)

oh an freedom

Hector

Ahoy amigo...... ummm... im 22hours and a couple of min-yets late... and because of that there are no more for me to use, so umm ya china, hopefully i make the next q in time.

Gabotse

Diezel

Afrikaans is a language on its own, but as it looks here, people use it as a slang, Why?

southafrican

Hey ya bit late on this one but wanted to add my '5 bob' want 'jy weet mos'. Want 'heene' i'm missing home and all the slang, 'ne'?

5 bob - 50 cents
jy weet mos - you know how/what
heene - i think it's oh gosh
oh gosh - sigh
majiga - thing (ma-jig-ga)
ne - isn't it
and all - explains itself
duidelik - cool
wat - what
kalima - please
howzit - how it is going
lekker soos n fire cracker - good
cherry - girl/girlfriend
lank - alot
grand - it's all good
no business - u forward, how could u
bru - brother
hybo - no way (excuse all spelling)
ag shame - expression
really - expression
I like it, i think it's nice - expression
moor - hit, fight
where ma me - expression
oh my word - expression
gaan jy - go you
ooh ya - sigh
aag - whatever

that's all i can think of right now.

tay_jen1

howzit - hi
kak - hee hee we all know what this one means
shongololo - the worm thing
chwala - cigarette
dop - drink
babalaas - hangover
china - friend
choon you - tell you
gogga - insect
bliksem or donder - smack really hard
brak - pavement special
biltong - hey its called jerkey overseas
boerewors - sausage
braai - barbeque
jozi - joburg
ikapa - cape town
siff - i am not sure if this ones south african

mmm... so many. so many :-)

SilentAssassin

I scheme we go for a braai later, I want some choz

liefie

Eish i'm 23 late.
But since i'm here watzup bro!

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