Lekker South African English
Howzit, braai, eish, just now. South Africa's English, where now means later and lekker means everything good.
"Ag man, this vetkoek is lekker. Chuck me another one before the cousins get here and finish the whole pot"
"Walked into the office Monday morning and every single person hit me with a howzit before I put my bag down. Had to howzit back twelve times before my desk."
"He spent forty minutes arranging the coals in a perfect pyramid before anyone was allowed near the braai. The boerewors was incredible though, so nobody complained out loud."
"Eish, you heard the boss cancelled the year-end party? The whole office is lank gatvol right now"
"The plumber said he would be here just now, so obviously I have made coffee, started a series, and resigned myself to fixing the tap myself"
"I will fix the gate now now, he said on Saturday morning. By Wednesday evening the gate was still broken and he was watching rugby with a beer in hand."
"My chommie pitched up at my flat with pap and wors after my breakup, now we are watching rugby in our pyjamas like absolute heroes"
"Ag eina man, I stepped on a Lego in bare feet on the way to the braai and now my whole foot is buzzing like a kettle"
"Three hours of load shedding while trying to work from home, boet I am gatvol of this, let's just braai with what's left in the fridge."
"That skate park they built down the road is properly kief, we stayed till dark and nobody wanted to go home."
"Check this spot bru, the sunset from here is absolutely kiff, grab the cooler box and let's stay till it gets dark hey."
"That braai was lank lekker, boet. Wors was perfect and the sunset over the mountain was something else"
"Sharp sharp bro, see you at the match on Saturday. Do not be late again or we are watching without you"
"We had a jol at Dave's place Friday that started as a quiet braai and ended with someone doing karaoke on the roof at 3 AM while the neighbours filmed."
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