Most people in South Africa speak English, but there are probably a few (or many) words and slang you won’t understand. Make sure to learn some useful expressions before you travel to South Africa.
Visit South African English is lekker! for a good South African word list.
Black and white 3 © Andrew Mogridge
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David
2 years ago
Really interesting blog post on South Africa…thanks for the insight!
Amy
1 year ago
Hi,
I wanted to ask your permission to use the photo of little kids on http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.travelblissful.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/andrew-mogridge-black-and-white-3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.travelblissful.com/2007/07/15/learn-south-african-english-and-slang/&usg=__Z_v1Uy1FXV9hXpD8MVTL-istsFA=&h=448&w=321&sz=69&hl=en&start=11&sig2=VRU5-1E1O1mniUi6wssRhw&um=1&tbnid=lBKjyGiYxKea5M:&tbnh=127&tbnw=91&ei=R8CBSZXUJ4-26gOO0-zMDg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsouth%2Bafrica%2Bpeople%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX
Please let me know.
Sabina
Erica Johansson
1 year ago
Hi Sabina,
The picture of the kids can be downloaded for free at http://www.sxc.hu/photo/675061