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English Slang words always confuse you while learning English. British English or American English have different slang words and probably know quite a few of them, but in today's English lesson you will learn 25 Kiwi slang terms originated from New Zealand that you have probably not heard before. This English vocabulary lesson is a good English practice to learn a few. This lesson would also help you understand the New Zealand accent which is slightly different from the British accent or the American accent and improve your English pronunciation as well. If you are looking to travel to New Zealand or get your hand on accent training to understand native speakers this lesson would be perfect for English listening practice and expand your English vocabulary. Watch the complete video with your teacher from New Zealand, Kat, and used these terms in your daily English conversation to sound fluent in English, someone who has a good knowledge of the English language.
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Hi im a filipino from the phillipines,my parents work in New Zealand and they alway practice english and i already know all the words in new zealamd now i will teach them too so thanks for other additional words....chur bro.🤗🤗
good for you
Chur chur...I was in cebu 2 years ago...salamat
Kia ora
Heaps of Filipinos working here in Nz, in general great workers nice people 🤗
You also forgot:
Feed = food "wanna feed?"
Mean = awesome/great "that feed was so mean"
Hard = to agree with someone short for hardout "yeah hard that feed was mean"
We just invented our own lingo lol
Nice
Churr my bro
Ahh caaarmon , Nekweeek mbro, farkineh
You just screwed everyone's mind up i reckon 😂
That's mean of you to say that. Lol.
Mean means rude in UK and US lol
Love the way she explains all different slang we have here 👍
I love how overly slow she’s speaking so that she’s understood
It's good!
Considering she's speaking at about 1/4 our normal speed it's actually really hard for me to listen to her haha.
@Jennifer D for real eh! I put it up to 1.5x because I couldn't bare the slow talking 😂
Go home back to England
Better than repeating Urself to dem Stralians😂
Thank you from Brazil.
This is really fun for me after four months in NZ because I really thought I was improve my english but since I arrive here now in Christch I live with a lot of kiwis and is very dificult understand lol and now I watching your video and kaboom lol and now everything is clearlier when remember some conversations jajaja. Chur!
Great to hear these slang words again after returning home half a century ago, yeah, it's been a bloody long time eh?
I-i watched through this video and found myself using New Zealand's slangs so often even though I only had been there for 3 months. Missing my Whangarei life so much:(
"Yeah nah" exists in Russian too "Да нет" and means absolutely the same thing! It's like a milder way to say "no" :)
Margarita Afanaseva how bout nah yeah? Or yeah nah yeah nah yeah?
Da, njet blyat ;D
But sometimes "yeah, nah" means yes...
Is it true that you can also use "Да нет наверное"
Thank you. Made my day and i remembered lots of them from my trip in 2015
Thanks
I left NZ 30 years ago and much of that slang was typical of maori or islanders, not as common among pakeha. Never heard of the word "skux" but the use of "um" at the start of a sentence was common when pausing to think.
"um" or some version of it is extremely common in the states too and is, in fact, a normal part of human speech it exists in all languages in one from or another.
no one apart from highschoolers say skux seriously
she’ll be right and no worries are my favorite slangs, I can see myself using them often
Beautiful teacher
I love u I would love to learn more I’m from the islands of Philippines
love the way she speak.
Hori also means George in Maori so you could be using a persons name for something negative - somewhat like Karen. You might get a "hiding" if you call a Maori a Hori lol
Tautoko! I haven’t heard ‘Hori’ in that way for years. My immediate thought was... Isn’t ‘Hori’ racist in that context? Great video apart from that.
@@penneycameron I think hori has changed in meaning over the years, from the racist version, to a version where many people don't associate it with race anymore
What a sweet as video! ;) Always good to study a bit before going on vacation to NZ.
Fabulous great lot of new words
Warning: if you come over here as a foreigner and use phrases like skux, chur bro, hungus, or hori, you're probably gonna get looked at like an idiot. Most of these are only really used as an ironic joke in my experience, so take this list with a pinch of salt.
Very nice, and informative
it's a fabulous lesson Kat, thank you so much..
Thankyou mam,i've learned a lot from your video, Im going to nz this comming april 2023, and i am so excited to my first travel in other country for just working,😊
This video is a great one and easy to understand. Chur.
Speaking as a Kiwi, I agree with everything except:
Yeah nah, nah yeah, chur: I've often come across these cited as examples of kiwi slang, or in advertisements, but I've never met them in the wild.
t-sauce, hori, skux, loose unit, hungus, egg: I don't think I've ever met these before watching this video.
I'm in my 50s, I mostly hang out with educated people, which probably insulates me somewhat from some slang, but I did go to school in a small Northland town. I suspect yeah nah and chur are just more recent than my school days.
Some of these are from multiple generations, and also the meaning has changed with some of them over the years. For me skux is the only one I haven't encountered in person, other I've either encountered or used on occasion.
I was brought up a kiwi living there over 50 years. So some of these words like Skux must of only evolved recently. Interesting to watch. Some of the words mentioned had other meanings as well. My education for the day! One thing I want to make VERY clear is that in earlier years the word Hori was used as a nasty noun instead of Maori. The term as you use it may of changed but there will be older Maori folk who will find the term extremely offensive as they should. It's very racist. I'm in my mid 60's living overseas and can remember Pakeha using the word very disparagingly. I'm European and found it offensive growing up in NZ. I'm not being critical of the channel rather, pointing out something you need to be mindful of.
@spud spud The Channel need to be held to account for using it. I hate it when I hear it used. Appreciate your feedback. I'm now living in the UK. Would love to move back but logistically it's not going to happen.
Pakeha is not a disparaging word at all and I don't remember it ever being so except in the minds of a few people who misunderstand it. It simply means a New Zealander who doesn't have Maori or other Polynesian / Pacific ancestors. It can actually mean Africans or Asians too but in real usage now it really refers to those of European ancestry. I am a Pakeha and that is what I call myself because it tells everyone that I'm a New Zealander (which i'm very proud to be) and not a person of European ancestry from anywhere else.
What 'Pakeha' may have meant to some people in the past is now irrelevant. (show me any word that doesn't change meanings over time) So anyone who takes offense at it must simply want to be offended in my opinion.
An elderly Maori gentleman has told me that "Pakeha" to him was an acknowledgement of a person who isn't Maori but understands, respects and holds dearly all that is "New Zealand / Aotearoa and all that is equally held dearly by Maori. He worried more about recent immigrants who have yet to grow into that and didn't call them Pakeha. they were his opinions.
You are right. In the 60s/70s especially, it was a very derogatory word to describe Maori. I cringed when I heard her use the term. I guess teens today are oblivious and as an older Maori I have never heard it used in a long long time. She obviously did not realise its' significance so I really don't blame her.
I am very thanks full too for doing this tipe of teaching
I was born in NZ but have lived in Australia since 1988. A lot of the slang has changed over the years. Some is the same as Aussie slang. One thing I note is that you refer to a "jumper". When I left NZ, the word was definitely "jersey" and I had to change it to "jumper" when I arrived in Oz.
When I learned a little Spanish, I was surprised to find they also use the word "Caro" in the same ways we use dear, ie both for a dear friend, and for something expensive.
And in French....cher/chère
@@pauldobson2529 I did not know that. I only did French until 15 and did badly, gave it up for Biology, where I excelled, luckily.
Caro means expensive in Spanish....full stop. It doesn't mean dear as in dear friend.
@@nickbrennan3389 Well, according to one Spanish-English site: -
*caro*
adjective
1 (costoso) expensive; dear
un coche carísimo a very expensive car
costar caro to be expensive; cost a lot
el abrigo me costó muy caro my coat was very expensive; my coat cost a lot
le costó caro tal atrevimiento his daring cost him dear
pagar caro algo to pay dearly for sth
pagó cara su insolencia he paid dearly for his insolence
salir caro
un piso amueblado sale más caro a furnished flat is more expensive; en total el viaje nos salió muy caro altogether the trip was o proved very expensive
*2 (querido) dear; beloved*
las cosas que nos son tan caras the things which are so dear to us; ¡mi caro amigo! my dear o beloved friend!
Amazing ❤
Thanks it's really helpful for who needs
Just be aware, my Aussie ex criticised me of being 'rude' whey I kept saying 'eh' all the time in Australia to her parents.
Well your kiwi girlfriend will read you like a book
This tutorial needs to be a part of in-flight entertainment for all flights landing in NZ 😂🍻
No it actually doesn't. Foreigners using these terms will usually be out of context and confusing to around half the population whose speech and choice of words they use are very different to those described in this programme. No society similar to New Zealand's is classless with each class having there own speach characteristics within a common language.
The examples given in this programme are those more often used by folks with less education than average. It's entirely possible to type cast an individual by how they speak, their choice of words they use in general conversation.
This program is misleading and lacks valid points in that it describes the speech of one class of New Zealader as being how all New Zealaders speak and that is simply untrue.
I did love it.
Precioso vídeo!!! Gracias!!!
Gigantic ❤ frm Afghanistan simply love the decent kiwi ppl love you Ma'am .
Is that cornwall park? Nice.
4:50 Warning the use of the word HORI may result in broken bones...use at your own risk. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hori_(slur)
@Lucas just please don't say it to someone in a bad way just say I'm hori azz cause I got no shoes on chur bro
Hori is an extremely rude and disrespectful word. I would never use it.
Truuue dat!
There are a certain demographic that have the self restraint of toddlers, and make up over 50% of violent incarcerated offenders despite being less than15% of the population
I much like your style of teaching
Sweet as is also a term of yes aswell
This video is very informative.
That was heaps interesting aye. Had me all cracked up,
Well done young lady, your presentation was mean as!
I can go to Ozzy & pick out a kiwi by hearing the highs & lows of the vowels.
OMG who wrote the translation!!
Sweet As/ Sweet Az means that's good or yes as in
"What do you think of my shirt?
Yeah it's sweet as"
Or
"Can you pick me up from the shop?
Sweet as"
I agree. The translation isn't always accurate. Sweet as: - thats fine, its good, not a problem, all good. Its quite a fluid saying.
Bro, can I catch a ride with you fullas?
Yeah , nah sorry cuz eh.
Sweet az.
I think I have seen an outstanding Video.
Your voice is also very very sweet .Thanks a lot for creating such video.
Thanks, Kat,, I should have been educated 50 years ago when I emigrated from the UK. Strangely enough, when I was at college in 1964/65 studying to be a Radio Office in the Merchant Navy, one of our tutors was an ex RO and he used the "smoko" expression which he had to explain to us. I'm sure lots of Poms have learnt from your video! Perhaps the next video could be 'how to pronounce NZ place names" - I got laughed at with my efforts at "Waiouru"
In Waiouru, you would be familiar with Waiouru blonds (in other words, sheep). Waiouru is also the place where you would learn radio skills, being the main Army base.
I can listen to this over and over.
Nah yeah..i love watching her to know more kiwi english language..chur bro.❤
Homesick! I see you are in Cornwall Park one of my favourite places in Auckland !
Sweet as Cuz!.
Hi I like the way you speak ☺️
This is chur,,it has in to my bucket list to visit new Zealand.dear teacher I really appreciate your great contribution.god bless you
Shehantha Fernando sorry cuz but that doesn’t make sense
Thank you, Kat. Really helpful kiwi words for me.
Cheers mate
This video was sweet as👍🏻👍🏻
Good
Very nice
thanks teacher a like your videos
I live in America now and miss my slang
I'm a kiwi and these are pretty much all correct. I would use skux as an adjective though - "His new haircut looks pretty skux". Some other ones I can think of are "mean", "massive" and occasionally "wicked" lol.
Currently have a client from New Zealand that has this accent that I cant understand, everytime she talks my face's like 😊 but my mind's like 😳🤔
'Eh' is also used as a question mark in Canada
Thanks mam
very well organised, great content ! Let's add one more, "Catch you later"
This was quite fun to watch😂
Saying "eh what did you say?" would be considered extremely rude in most circumstances, maybe around close friends who you are very comfortable with you it could be acceptable. But then again there are groups of kiwis who wouldn't want to hangout with you regardless if you speak like that
what should I say instead of what did you say?
@@김찬-s7u maybe try "which words have you recently spake in the direction of myself"
@@김찬-s7u sorry, can you repeat please? Or pardon please? Or sorry I am not getting you. Or can you explain me again please.
Very interesting and useful video.
Hello from Brazil
Thank you
Can we have more lessons like this one please? 😊 thx thx
Most of the Kiwi Slang is also used here in the UK
1. Eh (Don't you think?)/pardon
2. Yeah, Nah/ Nah, yeah
3. Bugger (cuss word)
4. Chur (Chess)
5. Sweet as... (cool or awesome)
6. No worries
7. She'll be fine (it would be fine)
8. Tomato sauce (ketchup)
9. Knackered (sounds like naked, means tired)
10. Jumper (sweater or jersey)
11. Hori or Trashy (Something horrible or not very nice)
12. Skux (young male popular with ladies)
13. Stubbies (shorts)
14. Chur Bro ( Thank you)
15. Piece of piss ( Piece of cake)
16. Loose unit ( Someone who is clueless)
17. Squiz (to take a quick look)
18. Dear (expensive)
19. Munted (Damaged, Broken or not working)
20. (to) Suss (To investigate something or something that is suspicious)
21. Togs (A swin suit)
22. Hungus (someone who is hungry all the time)
23. hiding (to beat someone)
24. Dole (Someone who recieves unemployment benefits)
25. Chunder (Someone who is not well and needs to vomit)
26. Smoko (A morning or an afternoon tea)
27. Egg (idiot)
kamaal h, kya padhati ho
This could've been very useful to me back in 2014, I literally spent my whole first month or so wondering what's everyone saying :D
Thanx from india
Thank you mam😘😍
Nice video
Great lesson
These words are amazing . Thank you so much kat.
A lot of these words are common in many countries across the English-speaking world. Granted, there were some exceptions (i.e. vocabulary not generally used outside Een Zeed), such as "togs", but many of them I know from elsewhere. Other examples you could have included are "jandals" ("flip-flops", for those not already aware). "Sallies" (followers of the Salvation Army church, known as "salvos" in Australia) and so on.
exactly bro, her words don't mean shottt
Is Eh spelt aye?
I think so aye
Smoko is to have a break normally at work and traditionally with a cigarette
But other wise this is really good
Aye is like "aye aye captain" and is pronounced like "ai"
Yeah nah - it's spelt eh...
Amazing lesson!
Smoko is derived from back in the day when everyone used to smoke, and your work shift would literally take a smoke break. It doesn't mean to get a cup of tea and a biscuit at all. In fact to use the term "smoko" is usually only used by people who do smoke. Those who don't call it break time.
I'm not having a crack, just a different opinion but non smokers say it every single day - what's for smoko.. this egg left his smoko at home... shout smoko on your birthday.
Your history is right but some funny ideas about what it means these days. Maybe just different industries but it's never meant only cigarettes that I've heard. Last time I heard anyone say break time was at high school. Can guarantee thousands of people are doing it wrong though if you're right.
Yeah nah, I call it smoko and I don't smoke.
Thx Kat it was great and useful information 👍⚘
Knackered ,bugger ,jumper are used in england also
Good Job Thank you so much Dear)
The way they use E's are charming. Chur bro!
What do you think every she says "means"? It sounds bit weird for me 😕
Guau!
I fallen in love with her eyes 💖💖
😂😂
Half of these r Aussie slang aswell 💯💯💯
Could b half nz live there
I wouldn't use "hori". It has too much history as a racial slur. It's not far off from the n- word.
I am a Kiwi and have lived in NZ all my 68 years. I don't know anyone who uses this slang. Some of your words I have never heard before. I don't come from a particularly wealthy area.
You must lead a sheltered life 😂
Yes, smoko always used on tea break. Smoko means go for a smoke. My friends and I sometimes yell out, time for kit Kat!!!.means smoko time.
9:11 yeah me too, when i was first heard that word i thought it was smoking
Amazing collection
Hi. My name is ByoungKyu Ahn. A korean english teacher in Korea over 30 years. Now I am living in New Plymouth. May I use your channel’s contents to my students? Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
be aware that even today despite our hosts explanation , the use of the word "Hori" is considered racist by nearly all Maori and her interpretation could get you in serious circumstances if used at all,,, the rest "sweet as or ka pai"
Bugger a bit risky if you look at the original meaning. We always said "stuffed." Yeah, the car is stuffed. I'm feeling stuffed. But good tips in general, but take into account not everyone is Gen X. Hori is very close to the N word to us older young at heart people.
As other kiwis reading this, we can all agree that she can't act like a Maori
I agree with you there.. she's not Maori and can't say it the way we do!
"pahdum mi idiums hear but me heds a bit knackered at the thought of".... we used terms like these in northern jersey (New Jersey) all the time, not really realizing they were Kiwi slang terms for the same things.
...or maybe I was born a Kiwi and never knew it. plz get me back to the homeland.