Normally used when asking what is wrong or what is going on.
Huzet ngawe?(What is wrong with you), huzet?( What happened)
To claim you can do something, or you can do it better.
Wena awitsi selo wa're tempela fela.
DR Congo's sprawling capital on the Congo River, full of musical energy.
Kinshasa's Marché de la Liberté sells everything from electronics to exotic foods.
Dzubha is a slang term for a chubby or fat person.
Did you see that dzubha over there?
I’m Xhosa, isidovela is a meal where rice is cooked with potatoes in the same pot. You mix it until it kinda looks like pap. You also have to add Spice for rice or Rajah to make it yellow.
Today I am cooking isidovela.
Makoer is directly translated from Afrikaans to English someone who is a domesticated asshole, essentially it means your a special kind of asshole
Afr: Daai makmoer moet my nie plaa nie- Eng: that asshole shouldn't bother me
Used to describe someone who tends to do stupid things from time to time.
Why did you do that s'numnum?
Sjura is a derogatory Xhosa slang term for a whore or hoe.
Hayi Maan sisjura lewey
A Mabena is a person who is always making mistakes and who is a disappointment.
Disappoint me again, Mabena.
Is the person on the receiving end of the relationship with a blesser.
His blessee is actually very cute.
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