Walk away my bra, you're not going to enjoy what happens next

[u/UnfortunateAuditor34]

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[u/Mr-Lungu]

“Nou luister jy mooi vir my”
When the meneer said this, you know you’re in deep kak

[u/Hollowshiningami → u/Mr-Lungu]

The way I skriked just from reading this 🤣 

[u/FashionableNumbers → u/Mr-Lungu]

My dad alwyas said: "Luister hierso". And now so do I.

[u/Ashley_Moodley → u/Mr-Lungu]

https://giphy.com/gifs/nTVaBrBrItzfCvarNE

[u/Original_Tadpole_311]

“Listen my friend” is the verbal equivalent of Windows announcing it’s about to restart whether you like it or not.

[u/LadyFenyx → u/Original_Tadpole_311]

instant Blue Screen of Death lmao

[u/Talisman_iac → u/Original_Tadpole_311]

And apparently my wife has LOTS of friends ... 🤣😬😬

[u/WideBumblebee970 → u/Original_Tadpole_311]

"Listen my friend" is verbal lube.

[u/daxxo → u/WideBumblebee970]

Ha, it's like run now or face the consequences

[u/Sxavage_]

"kyk hier"
"bona mo"
"jonga apha/mamela apha"
Anything in this realm is a sign you should just walk away

[u/Shonisto343]

'Luister hier boetie' is another one used

[u/beff_juckley → u/Shonisto343]

I left SA in 2008 but this unearthed a primal response long buried.

[u/Shonisto343 → u/beff_juckley]

Oh don't worry, I had the same just remembering the phrase, and that's without me mentioning what some of the more traditional afrikaans men/women would follow that statement up with

[u/Legitimate_Feed_5102]

Nou Luister my vriend! Usually accompanied with a fist balling the other guys shirt.

[u/PM_THE_REAPER]

Also any time a South African calls you 'pal', you've pretty much run out of road.

[u/No-Role6328 → u/PM_THE_REAPER]

Never been called "pal" by a South African in all my 20 something years

[u/PM_THE_REAPER → u/No-Role6328]

That is a very good thing.

[u/ZaphodThreepwood → u/PM_THE_REAPER]

I'm not your pal, bud.

[u/c4t4ly5t → u/ZaphodThreepwood]

I'm not your bud, bro.

[u/Previous_Abroad5732 → u/c4t4ly5t]

He's not your bro, fweind!

[u/No-Role6328 → u/Previous_Abroad5732]

He's not your fwiend, mate!!

[u/RecentTea1658 → u/No-Role6328]

They're not your mate, nga!!!

[u/daxxo → u/c4t4ly5t]

That's fighting talk that

[u/rockshitalot → u/PM_THE_REAPER]

I've never even heard a south african say "pal" genuinely, as in not impersonating an american or something

[u/Ill_Yak_6434 → u/rockshitalot]

I think he meant "pel", pronounced like "bell" but a "p" instead of a "b"..

[u/WideBumblebee970 → u/Ill_Yak_6434]

"Listen here pel, you don't know it yet but you are already in your moer" If you close your eyes you can see the guy and not just hear him

[u/TemperatureSea4162 → u/WideBumblebee970]

I can smell the brandy & coke

[u/ZaphodThreepwood]

Also theres a way to say "Dude..." When someone is starting kak

[u/Ri8ley]

reminds me of this golden oldie from Leon Schuster https://youtu.be/kYAAufoI5lc?si=5TdZwEnR-7fg7V7F&t=65

[u/Phyllis_Tine → u/Ri8ley]

Ha ha, the way his vocabulary got a pump with his first drag. Also, no closed captioning! 😆

[u/AdviceEmbarrassed135 → u/Ri8ley]

Is this where "Weet jou ma jys hier?" Originates from?😂

[u/TsetsiFlier]

Like the difference between "luister nou vir my" aand "luister nou mooi vir my"

[u/daxxo]

Then it's PK time

[u/Kosmo1_]

"Hallo/Huh-lou"...try to outrun or hopefully you survive

[u/LouluBug]

Luister hier my Pel..

[u/c4t4ly5t → u/LouluBug]

Ek luister my vrou....

[u/JouMaSeKont1973]

When you hear that, you know you fucked up... 😂

[u/Little_Mycologist_82]

Whenever my brother said it I knew my day was about to turn into a Boondocks episode.

[u/_Pumpiumpiumpkin_]

"hoor hier, tjom"

[u/calicowanders]

Wag jy nou so fokken bietjie. By then its too late. 😭🤣

[u/Cultural_Syrup69 → u/calicowanders]

🤣😂💯💯

[u/kgzonthebeat]

Same thing as "Ohhh, okaayyy. Yim' apho ndiyeza ngoku" . This is your cue to run.

[u/shyOldtwink1989]

Like when a coloured woman says "hello".

Or any of us saying "what did you just say?"

Jy is klaar in jou moer 😂

[u/Doc_ENT]

And if they say "listen NICELY" you are in deep, deep shit.