KJ Apa Teaches You New Zealand Slang | Vanity Fair

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  • @sarah-qj2kx
    @sarah-qj2kx 5 років тому +5692

    kJ reads slang: For example in rugby.....

    • @thekarlberonio2139
      @thekarlberonio2139 5 років тому +12

      LMAO

    • @clementine9857
      @clementine9857 5 років тому +80

      with the bois

    • @charlimaguire5965
      @charlimaguire5965 5 років тому +20

      Cause he misses it, had to stop playing so much or he couldn't act

    • @notthis6988
      @notthis6988 5 років тому +17

      sarah “The epic high and lows of highschool rugby”

    • @bex6390
      @bex6390 4 роки тому +6

      Like is every thing in New Zealand about rugby is that the only sport

  • @usi8821
    @usi8821 5 років тому +4254

    “Wanna hiding” is probably the scariest sentence to come out of your parents mouth lmao

    • @jesusthelightbringer3189
      @jesusthelightbringer3189 5 років тому +8

      @@thegreatone7193 I wish mate lol

    • @usi8821
      @usi8821 5 років тому +38

      The Great One or when your in your room and they call you by your full name🤣🤣🤣

    • @aripapa4794
      @aripapa4794 4 роки тому +15

      Nope. Its, "I just read your report card.....".

    • @isaacmalthus3542
      @isaacmalthus3542 4 роки тому +34

      "wheres the jandal" is worse

    • @ggukscum2453
      @ggukscum2453 4 роки тому +3

      Oh Yeah yeah DEADASS DOE

  • @diadiaa892
    @diadiaa892 6 років тому +5392

    OMG HIS ACCENT HE COVERS IT ON RIVERDALE SO WELL😍😍

    • @zestydidra
      @zestydidra 6 років тому +90

      Yes he does! I wasn't expecting it when I first clicked this video!

    • @sb-uc6wm
      @sb-uc6wm 5 років тому +70

      The Randomyzer Same I always thought he was American cuz of Riverdale

    • @hopeeve1843
      @hopeeve1843 5 років тому +32

      The Randomyzer its bc kiwis can cover their accent really well

    • @okay6470
      @okay6470 5 років тому +13

      The Randomyzer yeah but listen to his ‘s’ sounds because they come out a little ‘sh’ sometimes

    • @paigemcfadyen6601
      @paigemcfadyen6601 5 років тому +2

      The Randomyzer ikr

  • @tharikanimmagadda3622
    @tharikanimmagadda3622 3 роки тому +399

    I’m a kiwi and I didn’t know that half of these were actually slang words. I just thought that they were normal vocabulary that everyone uses.

    • @drewskilton3439
      @drewskilton3439 3 роки тому +8

      Oi same

    • @jellychildoflight9780
      @jellychildoflight9780 3 роки тому +4

      Same tbh

    • @papaloudogg3503
      @papaloudogg3503 3 роки тому +3

      yea aye same

    • @julia-vp3uw
      @julia-vp3uw 3 роки тому +1

      lmao i'm a kiwi and i've never used most of the slang in this video

    • @gracebrown3074
      @gracebrown3074 2 роки тому +2

      A few of them are just normal things not slang but other countries don’t understand it so they say it’s slang

  • @geavanna391
    @geavanna391 6 років тому +2347

    I just can’t get over how amazing of an actor he is. The difference between his voice in Riverdale and in real life really amazes me.

    • @emiliedieu-conserve4168
      @emiliedieu-conserve4168 6 років тому +24

      I know right

    • @mikec583
      @mikec583 6 років тому +4

      I'd have to agree -- that caught me off!

    • @tiduspain9594
      @tiduspain9594 6 років тому +42

      I always thought he was American

    • @emilyortolano2318
      @emilyortolano2318 6 років тому +6

      p c y whenever he’s playing an Mercian role and uses his Americanized accent I absolutely love the way he says “dog” like hotdog, dog it’s just the best it makes me chur

    • @shursh9090
      @shursh9090 6 років тому +2

      Go to New Zealand and you'll hear more of his accent.

  • @lucifersmother
    @lucifersmother 6 років тому +3832

    I had no idea this guy had a New Zealand accent. He does an American accent very well.

    • @followyourdreams1319
      @followyourdreams1319 5 років тому +34

      I just found out today. :o

    • @neko9817
      @neko9817 5 років тому +65

      I'm a New Zealander and I didn't know either

    • @mathildahehe1264
      @mathildahehe1264 5 років тому +10

      Found out today

    • @juliana.sirmans
      @juliana.sirmans 5 років тому +54

      Kinda like Tom Holland. Never knew he was British till I heard the interviews😂😂

    • @Seeyoulater98
      @Seeyoulater98 5 років тому +38

      American accents are easy to replicate

  • @lucianabird
    @lucianabird 6 років тому +9280

    I’m a new zealander and didn’t even know that these were slang I just thought that they’re normal vocabulary worldwide... oops

  • @xtxinx
    @xtxinx 5 років тому +2555

    “Wanna hiding?”
    I know that one too well 😂

  • @QueenSince
    @QueenSince 6 років тому +12806

    *playing rugby with the bois*

    • @karenrokub6146
      @karenrokub6146 6 років тому +22

      QueenSince1997 ytb baha

    • @yolandameffert5246
      @yolandameffert5246 6 років тому +13

      QueenSince1997 😂😂👏👏

    • @rwnflk8233
      @rwnflk8233 6 років тому +58

      Every country except for america calls it rugby you know

    • @lolascherrer4287
      @lolascherrer4287 6 років тому +44

      ROYALE_BLOOD Productions rugby It’s a different game

    • @indhirad5558
      @indhirad5558 6 років тому +24

      @@rwnflk8233 I think you mean football and how they call it soccer in America.

  • @opalitefairy7740
    @opalitefairy7740 6 років тому +3566

    *as an official new zealander i approve this video is accurate*

  • @JulienEarle
    @JulienEarle 6 років тому +6056

    His hair color is Honeymist Auburn

    • @ced8903
      @ced8903 6 років тому +694

      well honey, you missed auburn BIG TIME!

    • @emilymorbey9349
      @emilymorbey9349 6 років тому +63

      Not its actually brown.. His hair I'd dyed for the show

    • @nono-rf3ou
      @nono-rf3ou 6 років тому +147

      cheryl_lodge edits r/whoooosh

    • @hannahgood4456
      @hannahgood4456 6 років тому +3

      Omg lol!!!!!

    • @youdontknowme3603
      @youdontknowme3603 6 років тому +14

      It's electric copper!

  • @islznd4618
    @islznd4618 5 років тому +469

    “Wanna hiding”
    I got scared... when he is not even my parent

  • @roryallan9711
    @roryallan9711 6 років тому +1102

    as a New Zealander this made me so happy.

  • @rachelkoemi7560
    @rachelkoemi7560 6 років тому +1051

    I've never heard him speak outside of his show and that accent threw me off but in a good way lol

  • @trinityspeedy7346
    @trinityspeedy7346 6 років тому +964

    being a New Zealander I didn’t realise that most of these aren’t normal slang to the rest of the world 😂

    • @caitlinhalliday3730
      @caitlinhalliday3730 6 років тому +18

      Trinity Speedy same with Aussie slang. Most of this New Zealand slang is pretty similar to Aussie slang but it’s weird to think that everyone else in the world has no idea what we are talking about or what it means

    • @catapillarxoxo3177
      @catapillarxoxo3177 6 років тому +2

      SAME

    • @LostMsp
      @LostMsp 6 років тому +6

      Trinity Speedy and I’m over here in New York saying wow I’ve never heard most of these 😭😂

    • @nicoledodd2230
      @nicoledodd2230 6 років тому +6

      For Irish people we use pretty much most of these slang words

    • @wyatteldridge71
      @wyatteldridge71 6 років тому +9

      Some of these are in use in Canada or are similar. Wonder if theres a British connection given thats what links all three of us together.... Any Brits use these?

  • @TeamJNJ
    @TeamJNJ 5 років тому +1224

    "Yeah-nah" "Nah-yeah"
    Minnesota too

    • @NickRyderSGC
      @NickRyderSGC 5 років тому +21

      Pretty much most of the midwest - we use that in Wisconsin too

    • @lbt1287
      @lbt1287 5 років тому +47

      You guys say that in the US?! Wow always thought it was just NZ/Australia

    • @jakepowell9344
      @jakepowell9344 5 років тому +8

      Fellow Minnesotan, and that is very accurate. Can I get you a pop? Maybe some hotdish? Could play some duck duck grey duck too...

    • @katherineamelia98
      @katherineamelia98 5 років тому +14

      everyone says this. every english speaker. everywhere. in the world.

    • @katherineamelia98
      @katherineamelia98 5 років тому +5

      Tomace i highly doubt it. if it’s anything like he explained in the video i can assure you everyone does it

  • @cuddleshellaby9923
    @cuddleshellaby9923 6 років тому +534

    Uce you forgot the most iconic one of them all...SWEET AS!

  • @lizazackry6312
    @lizazackry6312 5 років тому +2617

    RIP to all the lives taken today in New Zealand💔

    • @fuccix
      @fuccix 5 років тому +39

      this isnt really relevant to a 3month old vid

    • @asmaaabdul8929
      @asmaaabdul8929 5 років тому +112

      Um excuse me, 50 innocent human beings have died.

    • @fuccix
      @fuccix 5 років тому +14

      @@asmaaabdul8929 way to miss the point genius

    • @fuccix
      @fuccix 5 років тому +7

      @PRIME Sauce stop liking your own commets lmao

    • @lizazackry6312
      @lizazackry6312 5 років тому +14

      Lil Fucci I came across the vid just now, so I said what I said. Cry me a river.

  • @mariaolaez8526
    @mariaolaez8526 6 років тому +692

    I always forget his voice is actual really deep 😂

    • @ilissajames2973
      @ilissajames2973 6 років тому +12

      I always forget he actually has an accent, lol

    • @kanemannell3650
      @kanemannell3650 5 років тому +2

      @@ilissajames2973 Every person on the the planet has an accent.. What? Did you think he just had a normal accent? XDXD

    • @vic_cresss
      @vic_cresss 5 років тому +1

      Yeah whenever he does Archie’s voice he’s higher pitched 😂

  • @jada-jbarbarich6250
    @jada-jbarbarich6250 6 років тому +1582

    New Zealanders finding out these are slang and not real words.... unluggy brau

    • @kaylanewman3419
      @kaylanewman3419 6 років тому +23

      trueeee bro Im like how do you not understand what that means?! crack up

    • @millieyoung9130
      @millieyoung9130 6 років тому +35

      I was so confused when I saw some of those up there I thought that it was just common knowledge what those meant 😂

    • @elizabethkidd4488
      @elizabethkidd4488 6 років тому

      That’s New Yorkers with the word brolic 😭

    • @TheFreefran
      @TheFreefran 6 років тому +7

      Unluggy oose xD

    • @jada-jbarbarich6250
      @jada-jbarbarich6250 6 років тому +12

      Bro, it's the biggest mind f*ck finding out no one else uses these words on a daily. Bloody out of it I reckon

  • @mariumamin695
    @mariumamin695 6 років тому +422

    His accent is music to my ears

    • @teganbright
      @teganbright 6 років тому +5

      Its sk weird to see people saying that since he sounds normal to me😂

    • @bubhee9086
      @bubhee9086 6 років тому +2

      marium amin Ikr😍 and it makes him so much more attractive

  • @adymuneven
    @adymuneven 6 років тому +270

    He never failed to mention Rugby. 😂👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿

    • @Trixtah
      @Trixtah 6 років тому

      That's ok. Some of us kiwis are not rugby fans.

  • @tatumdaubach9746
    @tatumdaubach9746 5 років тому +1204

    no one:
    kj: i pLaY RuGbY

    • @aidanmesh5897
      @aidanmesh5897 5 років тому +2

      ?

    • @peepeetrain8755
      @peepeetrain8755 4 роки тому +35

      I mean... He is kiwi.
      It's like an American saying "I play football" or "I play baseball/basketball"

    • @tatumdaubach9746
      @tatumdaubach9746 4 роки тому +1

      Peepee Train yeah but he said it a bunch ahaha

    • @punkrockgirl.mp3
      @punkrockgirl.mp3 3 роки тому +2

      @@tatumdaubach9746 I mean that’s one of our main sports

    • @AussieBum80
      @AussieBum80 3 роки тому

      You mean no one in America.
      Because as we all know, if it's not known in America, it doesn't exist.

  • @catharine7077
    @catharine7077 5 років тому +1686

    3:58 that little "aye?" gets me

    • @kaiyahtapoki1698
      @kaiyahtapoki1698 5 років тому +11

      @Tyrah Haami hard

    • @oonlg6805
      @oonlg6805 5 років тому +26

      @Tyrah Haami true and I love how we all new Zealanders use it

    • @jena.alexia
      @jena.alexia 5 років тому +7

      Very Kiwi. Love it.

    • @st0pcaleb
      @st0pcaleb 5 років тому +8

      M8 it’s aye

    • @crazyshoota
      @crazyshoota 5 років тому +14

      yeh always gets me when people use 'eh' to example "aye" i mean cmon...we all say "u know what it means aye?"
      not "you know what it means 'eh'? "
      unless your up north here then "eaaaah what?" is common but yeh..

  • @ScarlettJ1221
    @ScarlettJ1221 6 років тому +1398

    His accent is Everything

  • @annalieseemerson762
    @annalieseemerson762 5 років тому +1818

    any new zealanders here who remember him on shortland street??? 🤠👊

    • @lilliant3456
      @lilliant3456 5 років тому +8

      Yes I remember

    • @christovandermerwe998
      @christovandermerwe998 5 років тому +21

      Wait he was on shortland street

    • @nz.squashgirls
      @nz.squashgirls 5 років тому +2

      Christo van der Merwe I didn’t know he was on Shortland street either

    • @sharvornetewiki19
      @sharvornetewiki19 5 років тому +21

      Yes! He was Kane! 😂 Dayna's brother lol that was around the time I used to watch shorthand street and then got really excited when I saw him on Riverdale 😂😂😂😂

    • @laiiix2001
      @laiiix2001 5 років тому +7

      YESSSSS HE PLAYED KANE !!

  • @KittyCat-mb2lu
    @KittyCat-mb2lu 4 роки тому +230

    I didn’t realise how much of a crossover between Aussie and New Zealand slang

  • @joshe3713
    @joshe3713 6 років тому +4060

    I think you and the teacher did more than a " yarn " lol.

  • @jessica.a295
    @jessica.a295 6 років тому +769

    New Zealand slang is actually kinda similar to British slang like woah I didn’t even know

    • @kaylou2001
      @kaylou2001 6 років тому +3

      That's what I was thinking

    • @lol-fp3pl
      @lol-fp3pl 6 років тому +2

      Jessica. A not really

    • @lol-fp3pl
      @lol-fp3pl 6 років тому +1

      Like yeah nah is the only one literally

    • @0_3_0_0_
      @0_3_0_0_ 6 років тому

      Literally!!

    • @Shade_Zer0
      @Shade_Zer0 6 років тому +5

      @@lol-fp3pl No, most of these are really common in England. Not just that

  • @benjivernon7982
    @benjivernon7982 6 років тому +138

    As a Kiwi this is the most accurate nz slang translation out there! Chur cuzzie

  • @peepeetrain8755
    @peepeetrain8755 4 роки тому +258

    "our jandals is like everyone else's flip flops"
    *cries in Australian thongs*

  • @Zoe-ts8md
    @Zoe-ts8md 5 років тому +1760

    My Mum's friend is KJ Apa's cousin.
    I just found this out and I'm freaking out.

    • @minukarodrigo
      @minukarodrigo 5 років тому +25

      Probaby 1 time removed

    • @goldenb2395
      @goldenb2395 5 років тому +25

      Uhh MAKE HER *YOUR* FRIEND

    • @DANBAN99
      @DANBAN99 5 років тому +32

      I'm mates with KJ's cousin. Seen KJ at my mates house before Riverdale

    • @goldenb2395
      @goldenb2395 5 років тому +5

      왕다나 wowww did you know he was about to blow up lol

    • @DANBAN99
      @DANBAN99 5 років тому +17

      @@goldenb2395 Actually we had some idea he'd be famous but no idea he'd be THIS FAMOUS HAHA He was just a normal guy to all of us lol

  • @vanessawambura9350
    @vanessawambura9350 6 років тому +372

    “Play rugby with the boys” is the most New Zealand/Australian phrase I’ve ever heard

    • @katielicheni9451
      @katielicheni9451 6 років тому +6

      Aussies dont play rugby its just nz

    • @phoenixviolet4095
      @phoenixviolet4095 6 років тому +3

      Your Australian aren’t ya

    • @harrietwatson6262
      @harrietwatson6262 6 років тому +6

      Errr yeah we do, we're pretty big on our rugby! Aussies are just good at sports in general

    • @zitabettyrylev8565
      @zitabettyrylev8565 6 років тому

      me to boo

    • @vic_cresss
      @vic_cresss 5 років тому +2

      Katie Licheni
      Aussies play rugby idiot 😂🙄 who else are we versing when it’s the wallabies against us 😂

  • @joshifereverlark8605
    @joshifereverlark8605 6 років тому +1514

    Lol very applicable to South African and Australian slang too

    • @danielledarwish5279
      @danielledarwish5279 6 років тому +2

      Joshifer Everlark I love ur profile pic and name

    • @helenaclissold8288
      @helenaclissold8288 6 років тому +25

      we kind of nick some of aussie slang occasionally, I think aussie do the same to us though

    • @petalespue
      @petalespue 6 років тому +24

      and British haha

    • @helenaclissold8288
      @helenaclissold8288 6 років тому +8

      bro who is England says these things 😂

    • @ewanmcgillan3821
      @ewanmcgillan3821 6 років тому +42

      wanna hiding is %100 South African

  • @antarchi80
    @antarchi80 5 років тому +252

    A lot of these are also British but slightly different for example we say “chocka but add “block” like oh this room is chocka block with people”

    • @TheJugHeadHat
      @TheJugHeadHat 4 роки тому +18

      Chocka block is still used in NZ, though it might be a bit of a more older person saying these days

    • @JORDIIMusic
      @JORDIIMusic 4 роки тому +9

      Yeah I hear my parents and grandparents use that expression a lot. For the younger generations it sounds a bit goofy.

    • @MTT-ic3ci
      @MTT-ic3ci 4 роки тому +1

      You do realise Majority of people in NZ are of Polynesian British decent yeah?

    • @Suedepants100
      @Suedepants100 4 роки тому +4

      Australia and New Zealand were colonized by Britain so duh

    • @TheAgeOfLyrics
      @TheAgeOfLyrics 4 роки тому

      I say that, lots of countries have started to use it, my parents say it lots and they are kiwis

  • @bh-ms5px
    @bh-ms5px 6 років тому +50

    it fills my heart with pride knowing kj is out there representing new zealand ; pai ana tō mahi bubba, legit have so much overflowing aroha for you ay 💞

  • @briannaevans7996
    @briannaevans7996 5 років тому +836

    As a New Zealander I can approve that this video is acurate

  • @arizonawilliams3553
    @arizonawilliams3553 6 років тому +306

    Omg when your kiwi and understand all of this.

    • @somestrangeasrandomaccount8482
      @somestrangeasrandomaccount8482 6 років тому +4

      It's gold when someone (Kj) is helping get the message across, people never understand me when I talk slang aha

    • @justyce6843
      @justyce6843 6 років тому +2

      ahhahahahah yea

    • @rubyrussell1858
      @rubyrussell1858 6 років тому +3

      I’m an Aussie and I got it all

    • @electricsheep007
      @electricsheep007 6 років тому +1

      Omg when your Aussie and understand all of this.

    • @certifiedleaf
      @certifiedleaf 6 років тому

      i didnt know the first one... im a disappointment to NZ

  • @kpopinyourareaiwantacupoft965
    @kpopinyourareaiwantacupoft965 5 років тому +614

    Every single kiwi in the world has said "Ayy" before

    • @vic_cresss
      @vic_cresss 5 років тому +6

      kpop in your area i want a cup of tae with a kookie
      Yup 😂 even my two year old nephew

    • @bellawright7823
      @bellawright7823 4 роки тому +1

      Yep. Kiwi, here. That's the word I use most.

    • @lisajack5108
      @lisajack5108 4 роки тому

      @@bellawright7823
      What's the meaning of kiwi please ?

    • @bellawright7823
      @bellawright7823 4 роки тому +6

      @@lisajack5108 It's New Zealand's national bird, but we call ourselves Kiwi's. It means New Zealander to us, sort of. I guess you could call it slang

    • @esthershih5575
      @esthershih5575 4 роки тому

      True, eh?

  • @bryonydddddddv
    @bryonydddddddv 6 років тому +412

    A lot of these are used in England too.

    • @nataliadopson8677
      @nataliadopson8677 6 років тому

      Chur

    • @emilybanks4940
      @emilybanks4940 6 років тому

      As a brit living in NZ I can agree, I understood what most of these meant before I even moved here.

  • @angelinasqueo9432
    @angelinasqueo9432 6 років тому +1625

    Jandals. Because you need flip flops for the jand.

    • @cmani1234
      @cmani1234 6 років тому +5

      When I said that I sounded fob XD

    • @mattstevens7601
      @mattstevens7601 6 років тому +27

      No man. It's short for Japanese sandals. Jandals.

    • @peytonbourassa
      @peytonbourassa 6 років тому +1

      Actually it’s brown he just died it for riverdale so I guess in this video

    • @christinabohler975
      @christinabohler975 6 років тому +2

      No, you guys haven't got the choke

    • @ee4142
      @ee4142 6 років тому +5

      Thong

  • @yoshindo4034
    @yoshindo4034 6 років тому +407

    we all love a new zealand orange shishtar.

    • @badgalmaddison2926
      @badgalmaddison2926 6 років тому +3

      You shishtar come thru with the slang

    • @taylorcooper6325
      @taylorcooper6325 6 років тому +1

      Chur

    • @cosmicwav_
      @cosmicwav_ 6 років тому +1

      Shishtar better hold on to there cause its about to be snatched

    • @burntsofia
      @burntsofia 6 років тому

      im dying because of this comment

    • @kahoot2317
      @kahoot2317 6 років тому

      heyaitz_melinda Ranga,, JK🤣

  • @jiminie-pabo8183
    @jiminie-pabo8183 3 роки тому +38

    ”Yeah-Nah" and "Wanna Hiding" are the most frequently used slangs above the others. 😂 If you walk into every household, nearly all families would use this. It'd be hard to miss it

  • @lucyolive7059
    @lucyolive7059 6 років тому +678

    Everyone is saying how cute his accent is but I'm a New Zealander too so I don't hear anything different :((

    • @lieebieebs9854
      @lieebieebs9854 6 років тому +7

      Lucy Olive , go hear another accent then :))

    • @pphilgrey
      @pphilgrey 6 років тому +20

      Lucy Olive yoo same haha I feel ya 😂 everyone’s obsessing over the accent but to me I don’t think we even have accents? Idk.. the way we speak is bland as haha

    • @leahstorm4901
      @leahstorm4901 6 років тому +5

      Lucy Olive I don’t hear an accent either hahaha

    • @Cdizzlmnizzl
      @Cdizzlmnizzl 6 років тому +3

      Lucy Olive same hahah

    • @nadinearona3060
      @nadinearona3060 6 років тому +3

      Same lol

  • @a.p.6301
    @a.p.6301 6 років тому +294

    Sweet As/choice/Not even/Allgood/Skuxx/hardcase/hardout/Egg/Crack up/buzzy/shot etc etc.
    Is something I was expecting in this video...

    • @maceycrawford7187
      @maceycrawford7187 6 років тому +1

      Yeah! Choice wasn’t there!

    • @amoejnr1769
      @amoejnr1769 6 років тому

      Yeah aye, rats they weren't in there

    • @a.p.6301
      @a.p.6301 6 років тому +4

      They should do a part 2 with Jimi or Taika haha

    • @cindanator
      @cindanator 6 років тому +1

      Aren’t the ones you’re suggesting mostly maori slang? 😂

    • @violaannie9
      @violaannie9 6 років тому +1

      Not even!

  • @413jmee
    @413jmee 6 років тому +507

    WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE HAS AN _ACCENT???_

    • @Can-ud6li
      @Can-ud6li 5 років тому +5

      RIGHT??!?

    • @bethblodgett4028
      @bethblodgett4028 5 років тому +26

      This accent makes him way more hotter now omg.

    • @katiebug4624
      @katiebug4624 5 років тому +1

      same i just figured this out too

    • @folumodel
      @folumodel 5 років тому +15

      Everyone has an accent

    • @magnumonefive
      @magnumonefive 5 років тому +5

      American is an accent

  • @eloise69
    @eloise69 5 років тому +142

    as a new zealander i can relate to these on a spiritual level

  • @zinmawnantin9921
    @zinmawnantin9921 6 років тому +165

    *why do all these words sound like words I try to use when I need to swear but my mums in the room?*

  • @k_airo
    @k_airo 6 років тому +190

    Munted also means broken... and you can be keen for things other than girls you wanna root. E.g if you’re hungry you could say you’re keen for a feed.

    • @cayleyn14yearsago17
      @cayleyn14yearsago17 6 років тому +5

      Theo Price-Sherrie he was just using it as an example

    • @k_airo
      @k_airo 6 років тому

      Itz Cayley Yeah and he’s right. I just wanted to clarify some other meanings :D

    • @PurrJJ
      @PurrJJ 6 років тому +2

      well obviously lmfao he's not going to give every example possible for each slang word

    • @arcticgacha830
      @arcticgacha830 6 років тому

      Yeah. WAIT, ROOT? NAW DAS AUSTRALIAN! ANGERY

  • @genny9191
    @genny9191 6 років тому +1614

    i like him a lottt but he sounds bored to me in the beginning

    • @asasatore
      @asasatore 6 років тому +72

      Tbh that's just the kiwi accent

    • @genny9191
      @genny9191 6 років тому +3

      Dust Hawk what's the point of your comment?

    • @georgiedarrall4382
      @georgiedarrall4382 6 років тому +5

      It’s just the accent!

    • @TEEGHOSTGOD
      @TEEGHOSTGOD 6 років тому +28

      Just the way most of us speak. Our culture is essentially being a chill group of people.

    • @char_mc99
      @char_mc99 6 років тому +1

      It's just the accent

  • @jadelihys
    @jadelihys 5 років тому +326

    I’m familiar with about 80% of these terms, who knew that Yorkshire English was so similar to New Zealand English 😂

    • @ttoleafoa70
      @ttoleafoa70 4 роки тому +49

      Maybe cause we’re a British colony. Lot of our slang is rooted in the UK

    • @hannahtipene5009
      @hannahtipene5009 4 роки тому +3

      @@ttoleafoa70 lmaoooo exactly hahaha

    • @aliciafergusson9970
      @aliciafergusson9970 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah i'm half British but my dads a kiwi and i know almost all these terms

    • @f.t.cnation9999
      @f.t.cnation9999 3 роки тому +1

      Same and i am Australian. Do you guys use the word chur in Yorkshire?

    • @dakotatitoko6797
      @dakotatitoko6797 3 роки тому

      Well Emmerdale has been on our screens for years ;)

  • @robocop5838
    @robocop5838 6 років тому +214

    "wanna hiding?" just a smack 😂😂😂

    • @justyce6843
      @justyce6843 6 років тому

      a hiding is like a big punishment involving forse

  • @annabelrhodes3035
    @annabelrhodes3035 6 років тому +335

    Where are my fellow kiwis?

  • @Hannah2
    @Hannah2 6 років тому +118

    I'm aussie and use all these words except for chur so thank you for introducing me to my new fav word 👌 Also I'd say 'give us a squizz' more like 'give us a look' than 'give us a go' but probs just different over there

    • @jessrigby3750
      @jessrigby3750 6 років тому +2

      Hannah Peart they know we are better than them so thy steal are words

    • @dw2843
      @dw2843 6 років тому +2

      I'm Aussie too but we must've grown up in opposite sides of the country because I haven't heard most of these words in my life.

    • @archboyd
      @archboyd 6 років тому

      Yea that's how squizz is normally used but we would also use "gizza" (gizz-ah) short for give us a ..., Gizza squizz/go/turn/bite etc.

    • @caitsimpson7185
      @caitsimpson7185 6 років тому

      Hannah Peart same! I use all of these, especially yeah-nah haha

    • @charlottedenman7134
      @charlottedenman7134 6 років тому

      I'm also Aussie and I too use most of these words

  • @ashahamer6742
    @ashahamer6742 5 років тому +177

    I’m Australian and my country has so many New Zealanders so I know all of them 💕

  • @rachelbonner2526
    @rachelbonner2526 6 років тому +76

    I’m Irish and we actually use so many of these phrases

  • @tirahaschaumkell2941
    @tirahaschaumkell2941 6 років тому +350

    The first accurate Nz slang ive seen😂

  • @annie.sanders
    @annie.sanders 6 років тому +593

    some of these are similar to British slang. interesting

    • @versena
      @versena 6 років тому +46

      We used to be a British colony, we're part of the Commonwealth, and our flag has the Union Jack in it, so they've had a lot of influence.

    • @kylagreen7144
      @kylagreen7144 6 років тому +15

      same goes for australian slang and most of these are used in australia

    • @lieebieebs9854
      @lieebieebs9854 6 років тому +4

      Annie Sanders , NZders are British lol

    • @Mynameischef
      @Mynameischef 6 років тому +2

      Did you ever learn any Aus/NZ history?

    • @NZcandy
      @NZcandy 6 років тому +1

      Ashley Basu - HAHAHAH exactly what I was thinking

  • @victorsupreme214
    @victorsupreme214 3 роки тому +12

    In some Kiwi subsets "Wanna hiding?" is followed by the "jandal" and then going off to "pack a sad" especially if you got a "mean as" hiding.

  • @meme-vm7jh
    @meme-vm7jh 6 років тому +41

    When he said a teacher calls you in for a meeting I thought of Ms grundy

  • @jessicabishop8073
    @jessicabishop8073 6 років тому +268

    i live in nz and i say munted when something is broken or weird like 'that kennel is munted'

    • @LilyLPS
      @LilyLPS 6 років тому +4

      same haha

    • @Larissanicoleking
      @Larissanicoleking 6 років тому

      Same!

    • @marissaemilia2634
      @marissaemilia2634 6 років тому

      Same, I agree

    • @sharonhutton3605
      @sharonhutton3605 5 років тому

      Same, either that or if someone is drunk asf

    • @ithinkitstony
      @ithinkitstony 5 років тому

      Might mean like wasted or something. So if you were trying to say someone was drunk and wasted, munted can be used. On the other hand, an object can be broken or wasted, and you can say like “that kennel is munted.”
      Just a thought.

  • @missa7297
    @missa7297 6 років тому +45

    All correct. Proud Kiwi ❤👍

  • @RooRassy
    @RooRassy 5 років тому +18

    Yeah bro. This is legit. Seki a oe KJ. This guy has a full Samoan Dad - proud of you Kiwi kid.

  • @karenjimenez-my5ge
    @karenjimenez-my5ge 6 років тому +75

    Who else loves K.J’s accent???💖💖

    • @caitlinnss
      @caitlinnss 6 років тому +5

      yeah theres a whole country who sound the same

    • @stevieharrison4976
      @stevieharrison4976 6 років тому +4

      He doesn’t have an accent to me... because I’m kiwi to and all the guys sound like that 🤪😂

    • @lakesideclover
      @lakesideclover 6 років тому +3

      stevie harrison Ayee it's weird how people say he has an accent coz I don't hear it bro

    • @annaaitcheson1341
      @annaaitcheson1341 6 років тому +1

      Haha lol I’m kiwi and all the boy sound to me so come to NZ if you like it

    • @charlottethomson6298
      @charlottethomson6298 6 років тому

      Yeah aye, I'm a kiwi too. His accent stands out more when he's round Americans tho.

  • @johnjungkook2721
    @johnjungkook2721 6 років тому +132

    You have to be unfairly good looking to pull off that hair XD

  • @Pandapoop
    @Pandapoop 4 роки тому +348

    Adding “as” at the end of words is another. Cool as, sweet as, munted as lol... classic nz speak.

    • @Washyourbum28
      @Washyourbum28 4 роки тому +13

      Or like "that pie was mean as, keen for another one?"

    • @BackwardsMoving
      @BackwardsMoving 3 роки тому

      Not many of these are that unique, these expressions pop up in Australia, the UK, bloody everywhere

    • @memyselfandi432
      @memyselfandi432 3 роки тому +1

      "I'm beached as, bro!"

  • @Millicentcecilia
    @Millicentcecilia 6 років тому +25

    Every explanation ever -
    Well basically if I was playing rugby as a kid ....

  • @Arianna_a17
    @Arianna_a17 5 років тому +4

    He’s so wholesome and pure omg 🥺🥺❤️

  • @aylarose3159
    @aylarose3159 5 років тому +318

    At 3:37 he looks so much like Luke Perry 😭

    • @emmasutherland5177
      @emmasutherland5177 5 років тому +43

      I thought you said Katy Perry and I was like WHAT

    • @samantharodriguez606
      @samantharodriguez606 5 років тому +5

      I was thinking the exact same thing ❤️ like father like son ❤️

    • @sarahmchendry7355
      @sarahmchendry7355 5 років тому +4

      daughter of posiedon god of the sea no Luke Perry passed away 😞 but still funny that u thought it was Katy 😫😩

    • @goncalolima308
      @goncalolima308 5 років тому +10

      You do know he is not his real father?...

    • @derlinclaire1778
      @derlinclaire1778 5 років тому +3

      Yesh,at that moment,he did look somewhat like Luke Perry.

  • @brent530
    @brent530 6 років тому +72

    We use a lot of these in the UK, infact I probably used half of these words today alone

  • @lexicdys2823
    @lexicdys2823 6 років тому +32

    Loads of these are said here in Ireland too ☘️ 🇮🇪

  • @rowanfamily5933
    @rowanfamily5933 5 років тому +20

    You're showing the New Zealand prides so well (I'm a New Zealander )

  • @sionefalesene4543
    @sionefalesene4543 6 років тому +246

    forgot to put skux... cos i hear that a lot when i was in nz

    • @michellespencer9398
      @michellespencer9398 6 років тому +25

      That’s a very outdated slang word, but made popular again by the movie ‘the hunt for the wilder people’

    • @hariklianicola4544
      @hariklianicola4544 6 років тому +8

      skux deluxe bro chur!

    • @slickwolf5492
      @slickwolf5492 6 років тому +9

      Skux is pretty dead now

    • @hariklianicola4544
      @hariklianicola4544 6 років тому +1

      tell me about it.. i have never heard anyone actually weave it into a conversation

    • @kaylanotkyla
      @kaylanotkyla 6 років тому +10

      skuxx was most prominently used around 2006-2012, especially around late primary to secondary schools. skuxx means either ladiesman/player or a mean as guy w flash (boujee) attire. usually used towards males

  • @mayamj1073
    @mayamj1073 6 років тому +253

    Chur bro. I actuals forgot that other people don’t speak like us aye. I use munted like if a car was crashed into I would say “Man that car is munted”. Chur cuz, makin Aotearoa proud. Kia kaha e tama!❤️

    • @lauras5359
      @lauras5359 6 років тому +1

      oh same!

    • @graceb7422
      @graceb7422 6 років тому +2

      they should have done "Aye" prob the kiwi slang I use most. never use chur nor have I heard anyone use it... lol

    • @cmani1234
      @cmani1234 6 років тому +1

      Mean Reo

    • @iceswallowgum8540
      @iceswallowgum8540 6 років тому

      @@graceb7422 Canadians are way more known for saying aye

    • @graceb7422
      @graceb7422 6 років тому

      @@iceswallowgum8540 oh for real didn't know that, do you just add it to the end of a random sentence thats not a question like "might go get some popcorn aye" cause thats why we do hahah

  • @AdoresBella
    @AdoresBella 6 років тому +39

    Proud to be a Kiwi 👌😊

  • @ajyoutubestan
    @ajyoutubestan 5 років тому +39

    kj: we say jandles, everyone else says flip flops
    aussies: are we a joke to you (we call them thongs)

    • @anemptyskye9376
      @anemptyskye9376 3 роки тому

      Well, I mean... Do you really want an answer to that?

  • @MissyASTB
    @MissyASTB 6 років тому +66

    Crazy how UK Australia and New Zealand have such similar slang even though they are British colony it's still great to see some links in language I am not going to lie makes me feel cool and relatable to Aussies and kiwis lol

    • @caitlinhalliday3730
      @caitlinhalliday3730 6 років тому +1

      Misbah S i’m Aussie and I can totally relate to what your saying

    • @SuperTekZone
      @SuperTekZone 2 роки тому

      Some of the words and phrases he used are widely used in Canada too. It's not just an Australian, New Zealand or British thing, it's a British Commonwealth kind of thing, of which Canada is a part.
      I remember watching a video once where an Australian woman said, "right down to buggery" in reference to something that was being done. Now, I'd never heard that expression before, nor is it used in Canada, but I instantly understood what it meant - it meant "right down to nothing".

  • @hi_kayla_
    @hi_kayla_ 6 років тому +39

    i wish they add "giz a geez" (like show me, i want to look, i want to try) that's used more than squiz i reckon.

    • @emerthystx4367
      @emerthystx4367 6 років тому +2

      I say that all the time 😂😂😂😂 I'm so hori 😂🔫

    • @emelynazoura
      @emelynazoura 6 років тому +1

      I also use squiz/geez as in like, let me have a look. Idk if anyone else does. 😂😂

    • @B-Durry
      @B-Durry 6 років тому

      I was thinking the same thing

  • @sydneysinner
    @sydneysinner 6 років тому +71

    Surprised they didn’t have skux or wowwee on here lol

  • @_benplayle
    @_benplayle 4 роки тому +11

    Londoners in the UK: “That’s a different language”
    Northerners in the UK: “Oh what do you mean New Zealand Slang?”

  • @musicalcats1799
    @musicalcats1799 6 років тому +161

    I’m looking for a comment to do with Shortland street 😂

    • @atlas-3541
      @atlas-3541 6 років тому +2

      Kane Jenkins

    • @erinlovell3030
      @erinlovell3030 6 років тому +1

      Omgggggggggggggg I hate Dylan

    • @jodihawira
      @jodihawira 6 років тому +1

      @@erinlovell3030 Dylan needs to shot along with Kylie and the whole show just needs a vamp up I reckon!

    • @renee.p8788
      @renee.p8788 6 років тому +1

      AGREED OMG!

    • @musicalcats1799
      @musicalcats1799 6 років тому +1

      I don’t even watch Shortland street 😂 I used to like the time that kJ was on it 😂

  • @kianaizadpanah9851
    @kianaizadpanah9851 6 років тому +3434

    the "yeah-nah" is a california thing too

    • @nagraharshaan
      @nagraharshaan 6 років тому +158

      What about "yeah- nah-yeah" or "yeah-nah-yeah-nah"

    • @lo.snap.
      @lo.snap. 6 років тому +146

      Kiana Izadpanah it’s an everywhere thing

    • @kianaizadpanah9851
      @kianaizadpanah9851 6 років тому +5

      well

    • @jungsuk888
      @jungsuk888 6 років тому +62

      Some NZ slang is outdated American slang lol they say “far out” a lot as a “no way” Every time I hear them say it I feel like I’m in the 80s

    • @jungsuk888
      @jungsuk888 6 років тому +13

      Gabriella Beecroft
      Oh correct me if I’m wrong haha I’ve only heard my Kiwi friends use it that way is there another meaning to it then?

  • @eilidhmackay2238
    @eilidhmackay2238 5 років тому +67

    As a New Zealander I can confirm this video to be true😂
    LOVE YOU KJ!💗💗💗

  • @maecynturner6137
    @maecynturner6137 5 років тому +67

    KJ: "If yhe teacher called me in for a meeting..."
    Me: "WAIT! Is the teachers name 'Ms Grundy' "
    KJ: "Umm no comment..."

    • @zoewilkinson8173
      @zoewilkinson8173 5 років тому +2

      WTF this makes no sense

    • @rene.e_t
      @rene.e_t 3 роки тому

      Wait isn't that the teacher on Riverdale 😂

  • @mrbfant
    @mrbfant 6 років тому +25

    Yes bro!! Love seeing kiwis killing it abroad. Keep doing what you’re doing

  • @annagilmour5706
    @annagilmour5706 6 років тому +33

    This was so good 😊 the only thing that annoyed me was they spelled out “alright” when I reckon it goes “she’ll be ‘right”

    • @jorjahsharp4152
      @jorjahsharp4152 6 років тому

      Anna Gilmour ME TOO

    • @jorjahsharp4152
      @jorjahsharp4152 6 років тому

      And in Australia we say “aw it’s chockas” not just chocka hahah

  • @haileyjohnston8968
    @haileyjohnston8968 6 років тому +17

    A lot of these are used in the UK

  • @zeezee5402
    @zeezee5402 5 років тому +17

    Oh my goodness , here is south Africa we also use the words bugger all , wanna hiding , chocka - chocka block . 😁😁😁😆😆😆

    • @Jinx99290
      @Jinx99290 4 роки тому

      Don't forget we also use squizz sometimes too

  • @Paris2FLY
    @Paris2FLY 6 років тому +41

    I call everyone cuz, even my parents haha that’s how much of a norm it is in NZ lol

  • @tegan47n46
    @tegan47n46 6 років тому +147

    I'm a kiwi and use these slang words a lot and didn't realize how weird they must sound to the rest of the world 😂

    • @elaisil3301
      @elaisil3301 6 років тому +1

      Tegan47n hard 😂

    • @ellawirihana5136
      @ellawirihana5136 6 років тому +2

      IKR!
      And our accents are more pronounced in videos......That a bit annoying mate.
      XD

    • @bree-teana7943
      @bree-teana7943 6 років тому +2

      Hard out 😂😂

    • @tegan47n46
      @tegan47n46 6 років тому +1

      @@ellawirihana5136 yeah I noticed that too 😆

    • @GRACEiisCOOL
      @GRACEiisCOOL 6 років тому +4

      Hahaha same! I was kinda thinking we have stink slang 😂 like Americans come up with easy stuff like “lit” or whatever but na we come up with “carked it” 😂😂

  • @iriesiitia4787
    @iriesiitia4787 6 років тому +42

    I use "shot" for a thank you

    • @AyeGee721
      @AyeGee721 6 років тому +1

      I use Cheers. But definitely know chur and shot are a thanks

  • @Alex462047
    @Alex462047 4 роки тому +4

    When I was growing up, having a yarn with somebody was somewhat like sitting down and having a longer conversation than just passing time of day. A yarn was an interesting thing!

  • @ellie7759
    @ellie7759 5 років тому +295

    I use most of these and I'm British

    • @declanlees3175
      @declanlees3175 5 років тому +23

      Because they were a colony of ours

    • @bookcase-books
      @bookcase-books 5 років тому +15

      That's because a lot of them I believe originated in Britain, I'm also British

    • @kyliz01
      @kyliz01 5 років тому +1

      Ellie Hall same omgofmg

    • @ceostreams
      @ceostreams 5 років тому +2

      Bookcase - Books that’s why a lot of them are white

    • @bookcase-books
      @bookcase-books 5 років тому

      @@ceostreams yeah I know

  • @corneliusbastian
    @corneliusbastian 6 років тому +69

    His laugh cure my depression 😍

  • @ScarlettJ1221
    @ScarlettJ1221 6 років тому +315

    KJ Apa is so freakin HOT!

    • @jnuy764
      @jnuy764 6 років тому +6

      I know, right? I'd top him any day!😮😘

    • @nikitacronin6994
      @nikitacronin6994 6 років тому

      “Archie got hot!”

    • @rozzie652
      @rozzie652 6 років тому

      ScarlettP I see you everywhere xD

  • @sseabreeze9990
    @sseabreeze9990 5 років тому +60

    I wonder why KJ APA was voted the most sexiest accent!

    • @bellawright7823
      @bellawright7823 4 роки тому +13

      I'm New Zealander. Almost everyone sounds like that...

    • @nothingandeverything2534
      @nothingandeverything2534 4 роки тому +1

      I'm a new Zealand. HE DORSNT HAVE A ACCENT

    • @TheAgeOfLyrics
      @TheAgeOfLyrics 4 роки тому +3

      we have the worst accent, no one ever seems to understand what were saying, even worst that out slang is like 75% of our speech

  • @marijamara4982
    @marijamara4982 6 років тому +31

    I love kj...but his hair is killing me 😂😂

  • @hollyashley4023
    @hollyashley4023 5 років тому +1010

    Most of these slang words are like English-British slang words

    • @blakehayes9035
      @blakehayes9035 5 років тому +71

      Well where basically just a British colony

    • @sumayyah4228
      @sumayyah4228 5 років тому +17

      As a British person, I only knew 2

    • @weetardedcat2112
      @weetardedcat2112 5 років тому +5

      @Suzi Johnson not part of we were a British colony

    • @daegutownsuga
      @daegutownsuga 5 років тому +6

      Well if you say English like referring to Americans I'm American and got like 3 of these

    • @weetardedcat2112
      @weetardedcat2112 5 років тому +18

      @@daegutownsuga not referring to Americans, the English.

  • @somestrangeasrandomaccount8482
    @somestrangeasrandomaccount8482 6 років тому +149

    *Nana gonna give you a hiding with the jandle bois*
    (I'm a kiwi as well)
    And please, it's mainly Americans but can you just say kiwi fruit not kiwi it sounds like you want to eat us. And have any of you tried a feijoa?

    • @kayleebyrne3238
      @kayleebyrne3238 6 років тому +11

      theres no w in feijoa

    • @madzamy
      @madzamy 6 років тому +2

      Fejoas, Jandals, togs.... yes.

    • @abbydagabby6414
      @abbydagabby6414 6 років тому +1

      Some Strange As Random Account preach with the kiwi fruit 🙌🙌

    • @millieyoung9130
      @millieyoung9130 6 років тому +1

      Some Strange As Random Account okay thank you so much it annoys me because people always say how yum kiwis are and it is a little bit disturbing 😂

    • @somone2979
      @somone2979 6 років тому +1

      Millie Young but that’s also what we call them so we can’t just change a word out of nowhere 🤷🏽‍♀️😂

  • @meadowclark4125
    @meadowclark4125 5 років тому +73

    I’m a New Zealander and some of them I didn’t even know

    • @opportunityy.b9997
      @opportunityy.b9997 5 років тому +2

      Yeah like "squwis"

    • @jomami3704
      @jomami3704 5 років тому +4

      its for older people,, im kjs age and i knew them all

    • @meadowclark4125
      @meadowclark4125 4 роки тому

      Yes I think Netflix is the same everywhere because we do

    • @quinnsm1531
      @quinnsm1531 4 роки тому +2

      No it’s not Aus n NZ have the lamest Netflix

    • @TheAgeOfLyrics
      @TheAgeOfLyrics 4 роки тому +1

      i'm 20 and I now them all, but I'm also a farmer, and we use majority of them all the time