How to speak like a Kiwi!

How to speak Kiwi!

All Good: good by me

Ex. “That teachers class was all good.”

Good as- first rate excellent

Ex. “That lecture was good as”

Sweet as:  good

Ex. “That trip was sweet as.”

Freshers: Kiwi speak for freshmen

Ex. “That club is for freshers, don’t go there.”

Cheers: Thank you

Ex. Someone opens the door for you, you respond “Cheers mate”

Demonstraters: Teaching assistant

Ex. “The demonstrators will now show you how to properly tumble a boulder down a hill without killing anybody.”

Wheely-Bins: (I thought for a while this was a wheel-barrow, its NOT a wheel-barrow!), a trashcan with wheels on the bottom.

Ex. “Do not roll down a hill in a wheely-bin, you could/will die!”

Haka- A traditional Maori dance that the All-Blacks (Dunedin’s Rugby team) does.

Hot Dog – corn dog

Ex. “I told you, they are hot dogs, I don’t know what a corn dog is!”

Jandals: flip flops, sandals

Ex. “They were giving away free jandals if you signed up for their club.”

Kiwi: a native New Zealander

Ex: “I will newer learn the cute little Kiwi accent!”

Uni: the University/School/College

Ex: “My brother just entered the Uni and he does not know how to act at all!”

Tea: dinner

Ex. “After tea, lets have some tea.”

Pudding: dessert

Ex: “I can’t wait for ice cream for pudding tonight!”

Biscuit: any round circular hard object

Ex: “Do you want to have biscuits for pudding.”

Chips: fries

Ex. “Lets get some chips and fish.”

Rattle  your dags: get a move on!

Ex: “Oye, you rattle your dags.”

Dag: funny a person

Ex:  “She’s a bit of a dag”

“Get Stuffed”: get lost

Ex. Little brother irritating you, you say “get stuffed!”

Up the guts: to go the hard way, just rough and tough

Ex. “I am going to take this hill up the guts”

Wop wops: the boonies

Ex. “They live out in the wop wops”

Tramping: to go hiking

Ex. “I can’t wait to go tramping this weekend” or “Oh, you’re a tramper?”

Shoestring Fries: French fries

Ex. “I went the store and bought some shoestring fries”

Tomato Sauce: Ketchup

Ex. “Kiwi tomato sauce tastes funny, its too sweet.”