Words by MXhosa
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Cape Town is a port city on South Africa’s southwest coast, on a peninsula beneath the imposing Table Mountain. It is the oldest and second largest city in South Africa, after Johannesburg.
Example
I can't wait to go to Cape Town this summer.
Cherry is a Kasi term to refer to a girl/female. It can also be used to refer specifically to a girlfriend
Example
Ndikhumbula icherry yam ngoku.
Imedi is a term, mostly used in Cape Town to refer to a girl or girlfriend.
Example
Ndiyayithanda imedi yam bro.
I love my girlfriend bro
Umahlalela is a Xhosa term for an unemployed person.
Example
uRamaphosa uyamthanda umahlalela, uvele amnike iR350.
Ramaphosa loves the unemployed, he just gives them R350.
Qhoqhoqho is a Xhosa term for the trachea (windpipe/throat).
Example
Ndizakuqhawula uqhoqhoqho.
I will slit your throat.
Example
Ndibone enye iqaza egrand eSportscene.
I saw these other nice shoes at Sportscene.
In Xhosa culture, umgidi is the ceremony that's done to celebrate a boy or boys (mkhwetha) coming back from the mountain (initiation school).
Example
I can't wait to attend umgidi ka Boy
Sibeko is a term that has been used to refer to a drunkard. This is due to a character from the famous South African sitcom, Emzini wezinsizwa, who was always drunk.
Now Sibeko is synonymous for drunkard.
Now Sibeko is synonymous for drunkard.
Example
Why did you give him money, don't you know he's a Sibeko?
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