Xhosa

IsiXhosa is a Nguni language that is spoken in South Africa and some parts of Zimbabwe. It is the language with the clicks.

Ndithetha isiXhosa ekhaya.
I speak Xhosa at home.

Chankura

A slang term for money.
Can also be called amachankura.

I want to go out but the problem ke chankura.

GOAT

Is an abbreviation for Greatest Of All Time.

Who is the GOAT between Messi and Ronaldo?

Jukulyn

Jukulyn is a very dangerous area of Soshanguve, beginning at the north end of the Mabopane Highway. Ambulances, courier services, e-hailing taxis and even pizza deliveries are a no-go in Jukulyn.

She wanted me to go pick her up kgante she stays in Jukulyn. I am not risking my life.

POTUS

President Of The United States

The new POTUS is Joe Biden.

Tsotsi Taal

The term directly translate to "Criminal language". This is a vernacular derived from a variety of mixed languages, mainly spoken in the townships all over South Africa.

Each Kasi has its own tsotsi taal or its own way of speaking, meaning tsotsi taal from Soweto might differ from that of Pitori.

Teacher: You cannot speak that Tsotsi Taal in my class. Here we speak proper English.

ode

dunse untrained

that boy is an ode

Afrikaans

South African language, developed out of the Dutch spoken in the country since the first Dutch East India Company settlement in the Cape, established in 1652. Afrikaans was considered a dialect of Dutch – known as “Cape Dutch” – until recognised as a language in the late 19th century. From the Dutch for “African”.

They forced us to do Afrikaans in high school.

Ngqaya

Ngqaya is a term mostly used in Cape Town that means to buy.

Ekse, ndifuna ukungqaya lewey. Ekse, I want to buy this thing.

Kovsie

A student at the University of the Free State.

Only a Kovsie knows the feeling.