Casual and colloquial Zulu expressions used in everyday urban speech, not typically taught in textbooks. Front: the Zulu word or phrase. Back: English meaning.
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- Sharp sharp
- Cool, all good (casual greeting response)
- Yebo bo
- Yes indeed (emphatic, casual)
- Kwenza njani, bra?
- What's up, bro?
- Umfethu
- My friend, buddy (informal)
- Msizi
- Buddy, pal (informal, township slang)
- Kule ndawo
- Around here, in this place (casual)
- Kwaphela
- It's over, it's finished (casual)
- Ayikho lonto
- No such thing, forget it (casual dismissal)
- Awungiyeke
- Leave me alone (casual, mildly annoyed)
- Ngathi
- Sort of, kind of, like (filler word)
- Yeka manje
- Stop it now (casual)
- Kuright
- It's alright (Zulu-English slang blend)
- Iskhokho
- Cool guy, a sharp dresser (township slang)
- Umlungu
- White person (colloquial, neutral in casual speech)
- Amagintsa
- Gangsters, tough guys (slang)
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