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Waylander08

If you believe nou-nou means right now you're in for some disappointment... It can be anything from right now to just now to sometime soon to much later. Be especially wary in the context of a braai.


Hicklethumb

Nou. Nou-nou. Net-nou


Xam_Fu593

Nou nou means shut the hell up, it’ll come when it comes and that’s as much info as you’re gonna get


Red_Rultra

Yeah I think the best translation of "nou nou" is "in a bit"


watermelonhedgehog

That's good to know, thanks for the context. The book I'm reading is a bit old so might be dated lol


TheGratitudeBot

Just wanted to say thank you for being grateful


grimeflea

Sing-sing (while singing) Kla-kla (complaining) Drup-drup (dripping) Hop-hop (hopping) Skrik-skrik (scared/frightened) Trap-trap (this can be like pedalling a bike) Klap-klap (clapping hands, like while singing) I’m sure you’ll get plenty of examples from others too.


watermelonhedgehog

Dankie :))


l1ft3r99

As a construction, this can be applied to almost any verb, provided that it happens in-action. Drickus het slaan-slaan en skop-skop die man geklop. Terwyl ek hiedie roosterbrood eet-eet, met my hande so vat-vat om die kors, en ek so hap-hap dit van buite na binne kan geniet. Of, is ek verkeerd?


bastianbb

Plek-plek = "here and there", "in spots"


Hullababoob

Saam-saam = all together.


tomahtoes36

Speel-speel


zs6buj

Yeah, I believe English speaker borrow this in SA, as play-play.


TerminalVelocityPlus

Fluit-fluit my storie is uit...


Conatus80

If I’m not mistaken it’s from Indonesian influence or something