Mena kei te whakamahere koe i tetahi haerenga ki Awherika ki te Tonga, he pai te whakaaro ki te ako i etahi waahanga iti o te rohe. E 11 nga reo whaimana o Awherika ki te Tonga, engari ko te wahi tino pai rawa ki te timata ko te South African English. I te mea ko te taonga tuku iho o te whenua, ko te takutai o te Tonga o Afirika ka pupuhi mai i nga momo awe rereke, tae atu ki a Afrikaans, Zulu me Xhosa.
Ko te mohio ki etahi o enei kupu ka taea te awhina i te huka ahurea, te mahi i nga mahi uaua kia rite ki te riihi i te motokā , ki te whakarite i nga kai tuku iho e tino maamaa.
He AZ o Essential South African Slang
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Ko te whakama whakama: he mea whakamahara, he aroha ranei, hei tauira: "Ag whakama, kihai i taea te haere mai no te mea e mate ana ia".
B
Babelas (ko te ingoa-buh-be-las): he panuku, hei tauira: "I haere matou i tenei po, a inaianei kua pa mai he babelas".
Bakkie : ko te pihikete, hei tauira: "Ko taku maakete ma ki runga i reira".
Ko te Biltong : he kikokiko maroke, he rite tonu te ahua, hei tauira: "Kaore koe e tango mai i etahi taunga mai i te toa".
Bliksem (ka kiia ko blik-sem): ki te patu i tetahi, hei tauira, "Ka huri ahau ki a koe".
Ko te Boet (e whakahuahia ana ki te "put "): Ko nga tamariki a Afrikaans mo te teina, ka taea te whakamahi mo tetahi hoa tane, hei tauira: "E mohio ana ahau ki a ia, ko taku putea".
Ko te Boerewors (he tohu-borutoru): He tiunu o te Tonga o Afirika, he whakawhitiwhiti tikanga mai i nga Afrikaans mo te maunu a te kaiamu, hei tauira: "Kua whakamatautau koe i nga kaitoro warthog?".
Ko Braai : he potae, he kupu me te kupu mo te kupu: "Haere mai, kei a matou he braai", "Kei te haere mai, ka kaha te mahi".
Ko Bru : he rite ki te pupuhi , ahakoa ka taea te whakamahi mo te tane me te wahine, hei tauira: "Hey bru, what's up?".
C
Haina (koina koina): hoa, hei tauira: "Hey china, kua roa te wa".
Chow (kai e kiia ana): kai, hei tauira: "Ka kite ahau ia koe i muri mai mo etahi o nga mahi".
D
Dof (pronounced dorf): he kuware, hei tauira: "Kaua e pena, e te tangata".
Dop (pronounced dop): inu waipiro, hei tauira: "He maha nga ringaringa o ia".
Pato (whakahuatanga whakahua): moe, hei tauira: "Kaua koe e tuku i taku wahi i tenei po?".
Ko nga kaitoro (he reweti): he maroke maroke, he rite tonu ki te rei, hei tauira: "Kare au e hiahia ana ki te kai, kua whakakiia e ahau ki runga i nga kaitoro".
Tino (ka kiia te dw-ul): he waahi, kaore e arotahi ana, hei tauira: "I roto i taua waa kaore ahau i kite ia ia".
E
Eina (pronoun-ey-na): ouch, e rua nga ngangau me te ingoa, hei tauira: "Eina! He kino!", "He aha taku eina"?
Eish (te eysh e whakahuatia ana): he panui, ka whakamahia i te nuinga o te wa hei whakaatu i te whakawehi, hei tauira: "Eish, he utu nui taua pire".
G
Ko te Gatvol (ko te ingoa o te potae, me te tangi o te tangihanga i te timatanga): kua whangaihia, hei tauira: "Kei a au tetahi o nga korero o te kuwaretanga".
H
He kaha te korero: he tino kino, he tino raruraru, hei tauira: "He waimarie te korero".
Howzit (te tikanga o te kupu): whakamahia ki te ui ki tetahi atu pehea e mahi ana, hei tauira: "Howzit my china ?".
J
Ja (pronoun yah): Afrikaans mo ae, hei tauira: "Ja, e hiahia ana au ki te toa ".
Jislaaik (ko te ahua o te ahua): he panui o te kore whakaponokore (he pai, he kino ranei) hei tauira: "Jislaaik, he pai te wa".
Jol (te ingoa jol): ko te hui, ko te wa pai ranei, ka taea te korero me te kupu taurangi, hei tauira: "He putea tenei," ranei "Kei te haere mai koe ki te poraka i tenei po?".
I tenei wa (kua kiia nei inaianei): i etahi wa, i nga wa katoa, hohoro, hei tauira: "Ka tae atu ahau ki aianei inaianei".
K
Ko Kak (ahua kukuki): he paoa, hei tauira: "He kēmu kēmu tenei".
Ko te Kif : he ahuareka, he whakamataku, hei tauira: "Ko nga ngaru i tenei ra".
Koeksister (tuahine-tuahine): he paraoa pokepoke kua oti te parai i roto i te tirikara, hei tauira: "Ka mahi ahau ki a koe ki tetahi kaitoha)
Klap (klup ingoa): he paku, hei tauira, "Me tika te klap mo taua".
L
Lallie (te ingoa o te tihi): ko te whakataunga o te tikanga, te taone , te tauranga, hei tauira, "Kei te noho ia i roto i te raupapa".
Lank : he maha nga waahanga, penei: "He taakapa kei te takutai moana", "Kei te makariri i tenei ra".
Larny (ka kiia ko-te-nee): he ahuareka, he pene hei tauira "Ko tenei hotera he putea".
Lekker (lak-kerr kua kiia): nui, hauhautanga, pai hei tauira: "He rawe te ra tenei", "Kei te titiro koe i te roera i taua kakahu".
Lus : hiahia, hei tauira, "Kei te mohio au mo te pia hauora inaianei".
M
Mal (ka kiia) he haurangi, hei tauira, "Kia tupato mo taua tangata, he iti noa iho".
Moer (mo-urr kua kiia): patua, whiua, hei tauira: "Kia tupato kaore ia e whakaheke ia koe".
Muthi (moo-tee): te rongoā, hei tauira: "Ka pai ake te tango i etahi mo te babelas".
N
Na inaianei-inaianei (kua kiia inaianei-inaianei): he rite tonu ki tenei inaianei, engari ko te nuinga ake o te waahi, penei: "Kei te haere ahau, ka kite ahau ia koe inaianei-inaianei".
O
Oke : he tane tane, he tangata ke mo te tauira "I tatari ahau ki te roopu o etahi atu".
P
Padkos (pat-kos): nga paramanawa mo te huarahi, hei tauira: "Kaua e wareware ki te padkos, he huarahi roa ki Cape Town".
Pap (ka kiia te pup): te miraka maaka, hei tauira: "He papanga a Pap" i te tunu kaiwhenua a te Hainamana. "
Potjie (poi-key): kohua kai, hei tauira: "Kei te huihui tahi tatou mo te reme i muri mai"
Poia (pozzie ingoa): te kainga, hei tauira, "Haere mai ki taku piihanga ina rite koe".
R
Robot (robot ingoa): he rama hokohoko, hei tauira: "Kaua e tu i nga ropu i muri i te pouri".
S
Te tauine (te tauine whakahua): ki te tahae, ki te tango ranei i tetahi mea, hei tauira: "Kaore au e whakapono ana kua whakarahihia ano e ia taku mama".
Shebeen (he kupu whakahua): he whare inu i roto i te taone, hei tauira: "Kua katia te toa liqor, ka taea tonu e koe te hoko pia mai i te otaota".
Pana (pupuhi): koa, whakawhetai, hei tauira: "Hoki mo nga tiketi, pakaru".
Ko te Sies (ko te tuahine): he ahua kino, he ahuareka mo te nui, hei tauira: "E te tangata, kaua e tiki tou ihu", "He kai pai taua kai".
Sjoe : he panui, hei tauira, "Sjoe, he hari ahau ki te kite ia koe!".
Ko te kiri-kiri (ko te kaituhi): kohutuhu, hei tauira: "I rongo ahau ki a koe i te pouri mo te taha o te po atu".
Kohia nga kongakonga (nga poropohepokepoke): tunu, hei tauira: "Ka taea e au te tiki i etahi tipu kaimati me aku putea?".
Smaak (e kiia ana he smark): he ahuareka, hei tauira, "Ka tino hiahia ahau ki a koe, ka haere tahi koe ki a au i te ra?
T
Ko nga takkies (ko nga takkies e kiia ana): ko nga potae, hei tauira: "I mau i aku taaka me aku takai me etahi atu i te here pango".
Tsotsi (e kiia ana ko ts-otsi): tahae, hei tauira: "Kia mau ki te kanohi mo nga tipu i to ara ki te kainga".
Tune (whakahuahia te reo): korero, korero, hei tauira: "Kaua e whakarongo ki a au, ehara i taku he", "He aha ta koe e whakarongo ana ki a au?"
V
Ko Vetkoek (ko te tunu-tunu): Ko te Afrikaans mo te 'ngako momona', he poipoi paraoa te paraoa pokepoke e whakamahia ana me te whakakī, hei tauira: "Vetkoeks te whakaora whakamutunga mo te babelas ".
Voetsek (he tohu-hika): he whakawhitinga o nga Afrikaans e whakawhiti ana ki te f ** k, hei tauira: "Ki te whakararuraru tetahi ki a koe, korerotia ki a voetsek".
Vuvuzela (vuvuzela e whakahuatia ana): he haona kirihou ranei he tetere, e whakamahia ana i nga takaro poikiri, hei tauira:
Y
Yussus (koinei te yas-sus): he panui, hei tauira: "He koroheketanga a Yussus, kaore ahau".
Tuhinga i whakahoutia e Jessica Macdonald i te 11 o Akuhata o te tau 2016.