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Here's a list of words that some of you may not understand, I'll try my best with the translations

Lekker - loosely translated as "nice", though it's more like "HELL YES, that's good".

Gallas - and arabic word that means enough / finished

Habibi - arabic, means darling/sweetheart/lovey/sweetie

Inshallah - arabic, "god willing", and they will use it in every possible and impossible situation. Mostly when you feel so frustrated you can scream

Braai - a BBQ

Nogal - "none the less"

Stoep - veranda-type area

Mugg & Bean - South African coffee shop franchise of which we have two here in Abu Dhabi

Hamdulla - Arabic expression meaning "thanks be to God"

EWAB - Extreme Work Avoidance Behaviour

This work by me, Marianne Huyser is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.
Based on my work at www.nowthenhabibi.com

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