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I put together a glossary of terms and words used in the book and added a few used daily by Afrikaans speaking South Africans. There are words here that are used across the board by all South Africans regardless of their home language.
Ag Shame - Oh poor you; Oh shame (can be used in a derogatory sense)
Bundu - South African slang for uninhabited wild regions far from towns and cities.
Bundu bashing - Slang for off roading in uninhabited areas.
Braai - Barbeque.
Braaivleis - Roasted meat, barbeque.
Boet - Brother.
Boeta - Brother.
Broers - Brothers.
Berg - Mountain; Mountain range as in the Drakensberg, mostly referred to as ‘the Berg’.
Bloody - Slang for a variety of curse words, like damn, fuck, fucking.
Durbs - Slang for Durban.
Dankie - Thank you.
Eina - Ouch, ow.
Ek - I.
Foeitog - Poor you; shame.
Fok - Fuck.
My fok - Fuck.
Fokken - Fucking.
Ja right - As if.
Ja - Yes.
Joburg; Jozi - Slang for Johannesburg.
Kosmos - Cosmos.
Klub - Club.
Kak - Shit
Lewe - Life.
Maklik - Easy.
Meerkat - Meercat; Suricate, South African Mongoose.
Nee - No
No worries - Don’t worry about it; Don’t worry.
Skapie - Slang for lamb.
Sies - Yuck; Yuk; Yukky; Yucky.
Siestog - What a pity; Shame; Poor you.
Spook - Ghost.
Thank the Pope - Thank goodness.
Veldt - South African elevated open grasslands.
