{"id":1549,"date":"2021-09-28T23:38:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T23:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cancan.com\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2021-09-29T00:35:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T00:35:17","slug":"how-to-speak-kiwi-common-new-zealand-slang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cancan.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/28\/how-to-speak-kiwi-common-new-zealand-slang\/","title":{"rendered":"How to speak kiwi: common New Zealand slang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Yea nah, she\u2019ll be right bro. I\u2019m knackered as, gonna get a mean feed.\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Yea sweet as, choice cuz.\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If that sentence confuse you, have a read of these common Kiwi words and phrases and you\u2019ll find understanding the locals a lot easier!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Popular kiwi words<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Kiwi:&nbsp;<\/strong>New Zealanders, also a native bird<\/li><li><strong>Chilly bin:&nbsp;<\/strong>Cooler\/esky<\/li><li><strong>Wop wop\u2019s:&nbsp;<\/strong>The middle of nowhere\/the sticks<\/li><li><strong>Togs:&nbsp;<\/strong>Swimsuit<\/li><li><strong>Jandals:&nbsp;<\/strong>Flip flops\/thongs<\/li><li><strong>Buggered\/knackered:<\/strong>&nbsp;Really tired<\/li><li><strong>Jumper:<\/strong>&nbsp;Sweater\/pull over<\/li><li><strong>Bach\/crib:<\/strong>&nbsp;Holiday home<\/li><li><strong>Bro:<\/strong>&nbsp;Brother, friend<\/li><li><strong>Chur:<\/strong>&nbsp;Thanks<\/li><li><strong>Hokey-pokey:<\/strong>&nbsp;Ice cream flavour (definitely try this while in New Zealand)<\/li><li><strong>Stubbie:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bottle of beer<\/li><li><strong>Stubbies:<\/strong>&nbsp;Shorts (short shorts)<\/li><li><strong>Tramping:<\/strong>&nbsp;Hiking<\/li><li><strong>Mate:<\/strong>&nbsp;Friend or enemy (depending on the speakers tone)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Popular Kiwi phrases<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>All good:<\/strong>&nbsp;That\u2019s ok, never mind<\/li><li><strong>Sweet as:<\/strong>&nbsp;Great, good, fine<\/li><li><strong>Choice as:<\/strong>&nbsp;That\u2019s great, awesome, sure<\/li><li><strong>Yeah nah:<\/strong>&nbsp;This has a large variety of meanings, the most common one\u2019s being: an acknowledgment that you have spoken, but disagree with what you said; a space filler within a sentence<\/li><li><em>Most common use example:&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>\u201cNick thought the show was rubbish, didn\u2019t you Nick?\u201d<br>\u201cYea, nah\u201d<\/li><li><strong>Bring a plate:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bring a shared dish of food to a party\/gathering (if you get asked to \u2018bring a plate\u2019 do not just bring an empty plate, you will be judged harshly)<\/li><li><strong>She\u2019ll be right:<\/strong>&nbsp;It will be fine, everything is ok, don\u2019t worry about it<\/li><li><strong>No worries:<\/strong>&nbsp;You\u2019re welcome, no problem<\/li><li><strong>You right?:<\/strong>&nbsp;Are you ok? Is everything ok?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>from discovernewzealand.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Yea nah, she\u2019ll be right bro. I\u2019m knackered as, gonna get a mean feed.\u2019 \u2018Yea sweet as, choice cuz.\u2019 If that sentence confuse you, have a read of these common Kiwi words and phrases and you\u2019ll find understanding the locals a lot easier! Popular kiwi words Kiwi:&nbsp;New Zealanders, also a native bird Chilly bin:&nbsp;Cooler\/esky Wop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cancan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cancan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1549"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cancan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1591,"href":"https:\/\/cancan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions\/1591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cancan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cancan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cancan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}