{"id":3901,"date":"2018-03-06T16:56:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T14:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/?p=3901"},"modified":"2019-02-26T10:15:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T08:15:23","slug":"we-love-our-languange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/we-love-our-languange\/","title":{"rendered":"WE LOVE OUR LANGUANGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1537\" src=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/language-only-South-Africans-will-understand-1-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"786\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/language-only-South-Africans-will-understand-1-300x157.jpg 300w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/language-only-South-Africans-will-understand-1-600x314.jpg 600w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/language-only-South-Africans-will-understand-1-1024x536.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/language-only-South-Africans-will-understand-1-190x99.jpg 190w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/language-only-South-Africans-will-understand-1-60x31.jpg 60w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/language-only-South-Africans-will-understand-1-400x209.jpg 400w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/language-only-South-Africans-will-understand-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>LET ME INTRODUCE some typical South African words to you and when next time you are having a <em>braai <\/em>with some of the locals you can pop in a couple of these words and they will be more than impressed with you!\u00a0 Are you ready to learn some of our local lingo.<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5>If you understand the word<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>&#8220;ja-nee<\/em><\/span>&#8221; (yes-no) you are truly South African. \u00a0Absolutely no one else in the world would even consider putting two opposites next to each other to express confirmation, but we are familiar with that expression.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>The same goes for the meaning of the word <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>&#8220;tjaila&#8221;<\/em>.<\/span> \u00a0This word, originating from Zulu, has been adopted into all South African languages and used to tell everyone when it\u2019s time to go home.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Jislaaik&#8221;<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; (pronounced yis-like). It is normally uttered as a surprise or in outrage.\u00a0 I cannot think of any English word with the same descriptive meaning.\u00a0 Any suggestions from anyone?<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Now-now&#8221;<\/span> or &#8220;just now&#8221; can mean anything from five minutes to &#8230;. well a month depending on the person.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>&#8220;Donner&#8221;<\/em><\/span> is very useful word, used as an all-purpose swearword has no good English translation. Used as a verb, it can express any degree of roughing up. As a noun, it is a pejorative, as they politely say in dictionaries, to mean whatever you want it to mean<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>It\u2019s such a shame the rest of the world only uses the word<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong>&#8220;shame<\/strong>&#8220;<\/span> to denote something sad or negative. If you\u2019re a South African, however, saying \u201cag shame\u201d can be used to sympathize and also as a term of endearment for anything from little cuddly puppies to cute babies<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>We call an elevator a <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201clift<\/span>\u201d<\/em> but asking for a <em>\u2018lift\u2019<\/em> doesn\u2019t mean you want an elevator!\u00a0 You actually want a \u201cride\u201d<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><em>Then there is the word <\/em><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8220;jol&#8221;<\/span>.<\/em> Probably the dictionary compilers regard it as slang, but it&#8217;s widely used for &#8220;Going out on the town, kicking up your heels, enjoying yourself.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Nothing is as <em>&#8220;lekker&#8221;<\/em> as South African culture. And truly, there just isn\u2019t a word as descriptive as <em>\u201clekker\u201d<\/em> in other languages. Great, fun, exciting, delicious, pleasant, enjoyable \u2013 one word to describe it all. And you\u2019ll only find it in South Africa.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Bokkie&#8221;<\/span> \u2013 (diminutive of <em>bok<\/em>, literally meaning &#8220;little buck&#8221; or &#8220;doe&#8221;) is a popular term of endearment, comparable to &#8220;sweetheart&#8221; or &#8220;honey&#8221;.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Another typical South African word is <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>&#8220;keen&#8221;<\/em><\/span>. \u00a0We are &#8220;keen&#8221; to hike up Table Mountain. \u00a0It means you are willing to do something which amounts either to a dare, or just an enjoyable outing or something that you would very much like to do.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8220;Chop-chop&#8221;<\/span>. No, we are not going to cut some wood for a <em>braai<\/em>. It means quickly and is used in a sentence if you want something to be done quick<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Cozzie\/cossie&#8221;<\/span>. This is a typical South African word used for the British version of a swimming costume and is normally used in informal conversation.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;oOo&#8212;<\/h3>\n<h4><em>The challenge is on:<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>Try to make a sentence using as many words as you can in one sentence. Something like:\u00a0 Bokkie, bring your cozzie then I will chop-chop light the fire so that we can have a lekker braai.<\/em><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;oOo&#8212;<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3768\" src=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TB-logo_460x460-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TB-logo_460x460-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TB-logo_460x460-100x100.png 100w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TB-logo_460x460-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TB-logo_460x460.png 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>*** If there are any other words that needs explaining leave it in the comment sections and we will try to help you out.***<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LET ME INTRODUCE some typical South African words to you and when next time you are having a braai with some of the locals you can pop in a couple of these words and they will be more than impressed with you!\u00a0 Are you ready to learn some of our local lingo. 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