 Hey, welcome back to my YouTube channel. Today is a cracker of the day here in Wellington New Zealand and I wanted to film this outside but then there's wind and birds and it started to become over. So I'm like I'm in like an indoor outdoor place. I'm kind of outside. I wanted a different environment. Today we're going to talk about New Zealand accents or like New Zealand slang terms and some of the Kiwi words that are commonly used would be really great if you are moving or traveling to New Zealand anytime soon. You're going to want to know these words because you're going to hear them. You're going to be like I don't know what that means and you can only ask that question so many times. So here we go. Let's talk about some of the words that you're going to need to know if you are visiting or moving to New Zealand. You're going to need to know what they're saying. So first word I'm going to say is A you know so like that was what they say instead of like what or instead of like not sure what you mean you know like they go A you'll hear it a lot. You'll hear it a lot in a lot of sentences so be aware of the A and then another one is the yana. Yana means no thank you or no but this is the key one and I think I've said this in other videos but the yana yeah means yes so keep up the yana you know so it's real casual in the way that they're talking yana or yana yeah means yeah so no or yeah so make sure you keep track of your gas because they can have completely opposite meanings. Another kiwi word is um bugger oh just bugger off or oh bugger something happened so something went wrong it's kind of like what they use instead of like a swear word you know so it's just very common when something goes wrong or they run over you know they run over something or they run over like you know the curb or something like oh bugger you know you'll hear that not a word I've heard before I came here so that's good to know so um another very common word that I don't say I don't think that I say this a lot in my own just conversation but chur chur means like um good awesome like chur like chur bro chur bro is what they're saying um like cheers bro it's like a it's just like a shorter form of saying cheers which you know even in the US you don't really say the word cheers but I mean I guess a little bit but depending on where you're living in the US but chur bro is very very popular so be aware of that I know I've mentioned sweet as before and that is a common one uh which just means like okay sounds good awesome that's what it means like sweet as and it's just with one s one s because the the pronunciations of New Zealanders is not great there's a lot of just kind of slurring whole vowel sounds letters together and so like sometimes you're like wait what did you just say to me because you know but they're just saying sweet as one s uh no worries no worries mate is another popular word very common um you know it's I like this one a lot it's like don't worry about it just chill just relax um it'll be okay no worries you know like if someone's like oh I'm sorry I'm late I'm running and then you'll get a lot of like oh no worries another really good one is she'll be right she'll be right and this um can have some good and some bad connotation so she'll be right it's like she'll be all right it's just like a shorter way of saying it so this is why sometimes it's hard to tell what they're saying because it's just she'll be right where instead of like pronouncing it she will be all right but they get the you know that'll be used like even if like you know something bad happens and they'll say oh she'll be right and kind of like you know um shrugging it off is it'll be okay and you don't need to worry about it which you know sometimes it's an actual big deal and they just that's how they kind of deal with some difficult situations or even if it's not even like really bad oh she'll be right someone hurt themselves or skin their knee or you know and that's appropriate when it's mild but I think it's also used when um something actually bad goes wrong and so things get kind of pushed under the rug and you know that's not always good so another thing that I'm gonna say um and I wouldn't say that this is New Zealand saying but be aware that ketchup is tomato sauce would you like or if they just say sauce with it they're probably meaning tomato sauce tomato sauce they're gonna say tomato sauce is like the common sauce and they're very don't be mad but this is true they are very uh brand loyal to Wadi's tomato sauce okay so like if I personally I don't mind tomato sauce everybody can calm down but I prefer ketchup still one's more salty one's more just tomato flavor um and so but yeah people get a little crazy about the Wadi's so just Wadi's is a brand here in New Zealand if you don't know so there you go okay another word that is commonly used is knackered a very knackered I'm exhausted um so these I'm just trying to come up with words that I don't think you necessarily will know what they mean I mean you can kind of figure it out are you moving or traveling to New Zealand well I have a resource for you that is going to be so helpful I know that journey I have done it firsthand I've even done it twice I understand what you're going through it's so exciting but so daunting at the same time you have so many questions and have no idea exactly what to do about different situations especially if you've never even been to this country and so this resource is something that I have created is called the New Zealand training hub and what it includes is video training on how to set up life here understanding the culture understanding how things work here and so it gives you like that head start so if you're a planner or someone that like kind of there's enough new things that it would be nice to just understand how to do things in a new country so if you are that person this training hub is for you not only does do all of those videos but it has a community built in so when you join the training hub you get access to the community of people on the same journey as you these people could be like your best friends and they probably will because all of us have made a friend when we first moved here that we're kind of going through the same thing and that's who we learned everything from but they also didn't have someone like me helping them out with some video training and in addition to that you will have access to me every month I'll do a live Q&A just to answer any questions that might not get answered in the training hub you can also request additional trainings there's really no reason to not check this out so why does it make sense for an American to be talking about what life is like in New Zealand well let me tell you why because a New Zealander knows no different and so it needs to be someone who has come into the culture and saying oh this is different now I don't know everything I only know my own experience but I am a really good resource to say hey this is how they do this here this is probably not how they do this in your country or maybe it's different and so you really need that outside person that knows the differences so if you're moving or traveling to New Zealand this training hub is for you check it out so another thing is a word instead of saying sweater they say jumper bring your jumper which always confuses me because like what I'm picturing as a jumper you know wouldn't be like the shorts with the suspenders is just like a sweater or like a you know something to put on to keep warm bring your jumper it's said a lot okay another word that you need to know is stubbies oh so when you see men wearing really short shorts they're called stubbies and it's normal and culturally appropriate to wear those short of shorts I always threaten my kids and I'm gonna get them stubbies this year for Christmas because like it's so funny because I think Americans go the opposite direction where they'll wear like shorts like so long at the boys wear them like pass their knees so like to see a grown man wearing really short shorts is is a bit of a shock is a bit off putting to be honest you're like oh oh oh and it's just kind of normal work shorts that they wear here in New Zealand so just be aware you're gonna see some short shorts and it's not gonna be on the women another one you should know that I learned relatively recently was shout a coffee shout a coffee means I'm going to buy you a coffee I remember when I was first said hey I'll shout you a coffee and I'm like okay you don't need to scream it at me they're gonna buy it for you well I hope you enjoyed the video this week if you have any other kiwi favorite slang terms please put them in the comments because I'm sure and I'll maybe make it a part two for that so please do that definitely check out my website kiwiamericans.com if you need any help traveling or moving to New Zealand I am here for you I'll see you guys next week