뉴질랜드 영어를 보통 kiwi English라고 합니다. 독특한 억양, 발음 뿐만아니라 표현법도 매우 특이한게 많습니다.
Kiwi English에 이어 일상 생활속에서 뉴질랜드인들이 가장 많이 쓰는 Slang을 소개합니다. 공부하고 알아야 대화가 들립니다. (자료:이민성)
뉴질랜드의 통용 구어(Common slang)
뉴질랜드에서 자주 쓰이는 구어체 속어(slang) 리스트 및 의미.
경고 – ‘아래 말을 쓸 때는 좀 더 신중해야 됩니다.’
Awesome | Fine, excellent | ||
Bach(배취) | A holiday home (also known as a crib in the South Island) | ||
Barbie | Barbecue (also written as BBQ) - food cooked outside over a charcoal or gas fire | ||
Beaut, beauty | Something good or outstanding. Often used ironically to mean the opposite | ||
Bro | Term of address for a male friend or relative | ||
Bright as a button | Looking fresh, alert | ||
Bright spark | Intelligent, alert, attentive, awake | ||
Bring a plate | Everyone brings food to share. Don't bring an empty plate. (port luck)이라고도 합니다. 접시에 음식을 하나씩 갖고 오세요 | ||
Bush | New Zealand's native forest | ||
Bushed, had it | Exhausted | ||
BYO | Bring Your Own. A BYO restaurant is a restaurant that allows customers to bring their own wine to drink with their meal. (식당에 BYO라고 써있으면 자신이 마실 술을 갖고 들어갈 수 있습니다. 이 때 병따주기, 유리잔 준비 등 서비스 요금을 조금씩 주게 됩니다) | ||
Chocker | Full | ||
Choice | Fine, excellent | ||
Chunder | To vomit (토하다, 게우다) | ||
Clean as a whistle | Sparkling clean | ||
Clown | Term of abuse, idiot (바보) | ||
Crook | To be ill or unwell. Also means a thief (아프다 또는 도둑놈) | ||
Cuz | Term of address for friend or relative (친구. 친척임을 강조할 때) | ||
Dag | An amusing person, a character | ||
Dork | An idiot or a physically uncoordinated person | ||
Dough | Money | ||
Drive around the bend | Annoy so much you lose your temper | ||
Drongo | A term of abuse, idiot | ||
Dude | A cool or good looking male (멋진 녀석인데) | ||
Fade | Type of hair cut that is very short at the back and over the ears and gradually becomes longer on top | ||
Feed | A meal | ||
Flat tack | At top speed | ||
Foxy, fox | Used to describe a cool or good looking person of either sex | ||
Fully | I agree | ||
G'dday | Greeting meaning hello | ||
Got the blues | Used to describe a sad state of mind (기분이 우울할 때) | ||
Greenie | A conservationist (환경보호주의자) | ||
Gumboots | Waterproof rubber boots (called Wellingtons in Britain) 장화 | ||
Grog | Alcohol | ||
Grouse | Fine, excellent, often used to express delight | ||
Hard case | A tough but likeable person, an eccentric person | ||
Hard graft | Hard work | ||
Head over heels | Usually describing somebody who is very very happy (아주 행복한 사람을 지칭할 때) | ||
Heart of gold | Describing a person who is very kind | ||
Hook up | Meet up or join in | ||
Hoon | A noisy person, a lout (시끄러운 사람, 소리가 큰 사람) | ||
In a spin | Usually when too many things happen all at one time or too many choices (한꺼번에 너무 많은 일이 일어날 때, 너무많은 선택을 해야될 때) | ||
Jandals | Rubber sandals or thongs (called flip flops in Britain) 샌달 | ||
Joker | A man | ||
Kiwi | New Zealand native bird symbol. New Zealander | ||
Lolly | The usual word for a confection or sweet |
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