Jaiva

To jaiva is to dance.


I need to learn uku jaiva.



Morocco

A North African kingdom with Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, known for cities like Marrakesh.


Morocco's blue city of Chefchaouen is a popular tourist destination.



Hurda

The act of breaking someone's heart either through cheating or any malpractice that automatically leads the end of a relationship. Often used in a phrase "ba tlao hurda" meaning they will hurt you


Ba tlao hurda, banunur!



Dagga

Dagga is the term we use in South Africa to refer to weed.


I can't wait to get home and smoke my dagga.



Thungisani

What this other gender say when a guy buys them a lousy streetwise 2.


He took me out yesterday, thungisani



Sfebenist

A sfebe that hides behind being a feminist but do sfebe things behind closed doors.


That one is just pretending to be a feminist. She actually is a sfebenist.



Yawa

Yawa is a slang for problem or trouble.


"That girl na yawa" meaning That is trouble.



Nyuku

Word referring to money.


Where is my nyuku?



Dyani

Is Xhosa word to categorise Xhosa men abaculelwa uSomagwaza who went to Initiation school apart from boys & men from other tribes.


I'm a Xhosa Dyani✓✓✓

(I'm a Hlubi/Sotho or Zulu Dyani) Hai ninganya minqundu



Model C

In South Africa, Model C was the semi-private schools back in the day which were initially only allowing whites.


He speaks that Model C English.




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