Category: Languages

Huzit

Pronounced: Hoo-zet.
South African slang: How are you doing?
The word is borrowed from the Afrikaans language - Hoe is dit. Direct translate: How is it.

Hi my friend, huzit?

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Faa

"'Faa' is a borrowed word used for emphasis, originating from Hausa. It is often used at the end of expressions by Yoruba speakers with a Hausa background or origin. This phenomenon is particularly common among Yoruba people in Ilorin and Kogi.

Máa na faa= I will beat you.

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ode

dunse untrained

that boy is an ode

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Whuzet

Is a popular Xhosa slang which means What's going on. It's most popular in the Eastern Cape streets.

Whuzet nawe nalamntana uMbali?

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Bathini

It's a new word to ask a friend how he/she is doing.

Ekse Bathini nigga?

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Swi

Swi is a Zimbabwean slang term for Alright/Fine.

The poem you wrote ibinguswi

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SeSotho

Sesotho is the South Sotho language of the Basotho people, an official language in Lesotho and South Africa.

I speak SeSotho at home.

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Efiko

These word EFIKO stand for a brilliant person

Tolu is an efiko of our class

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Nxa

It is used to describe something that is very nice or can be used when you agree or like something

This food is very nxa
Nxa I'll see you later

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Ma1

A noun that describes a state of being overwhelmed by a situation OR refers to a very difficult situation that appears to have no solution.

Haaah ma1 wangu! I don't even have taxi fare to get there.

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