Shocking South Africans by Speaking Their Language 

Thank you man, we do everything to try and meet you halfway white folks, most of us have accepted whites or at least show respect. the problem seems to be on your side though(not all of you we know)... Atop, the negative projection of black societies still persists causing further misunderstanding and no will on your side to change the narrative... You try by all means to stay segregated, stop doing that... We are ready for a new South Africa. Ubuntu is the spirit - we need to be able to address issues without sounding racist, and we should learn to speak with one another, not through... all the best with your journey, I love what I'm seeing.

Most spoken language that side is Zulu, try Zulu I’m Xhosa though based in the Mother City

@@JonWicksFX thanks brother. You are correct in a lot of what you are saying. Even when I speak English or Afrikaans and I pay the petrol pump attendant or cashier respect, I always get respect back WITHOUT FAIL. So imagine if I speak their language. I don't know if you remember, but a number of years ago (about the time of the soccer world cup) two SA rugby teams played a Super final in Soweto. I will always remember the goodwill between the white spectators on their way to the game and the local residents, selling beers, pap, meat roasted mealies etc, people stopping to chat to each other and just interacting a bit. I thought to myself, why do we waste these opportunities, why don't we do this more often, the occasion passes and we go back to focusing on our differences instead of what we have in common. And, without wanting to beat myself up about this, us white folk are mostly to blame. Thanks again for your response, I will remember what you said.

@@thembi9645 👍👍 thanks!

Since you live in Gauteng. The dominant languages in Gauteng are Zulu & Setswana(or Sotho). Try learning any one of those two.

haha was just about to comment this! #Truth though 💥

And it's very true hun

Superb! Thank you. There is such beautiful humanity in this statement.

I love that quote. I’ve tried learning words/phrases of anyone I’ve had to meet regularly whose 1st language isn’t English for that very reason. Have used Google translate so hope this isn’t wrong….. Inkosi ikubusise

im french when ppl saysbaguette & fromage i aint take it in hearth

😂😂😂

und er ist ein Deutscher und deshalb versteht kein Humor XDD

She wasn't joking, she was being serious. In South African they stand and gossip about you infront of you in your face because they assume you don't understand African languages. Many of us do understand but we don't make it know because we can hear the racist things being said about us and other non Africa races by the African people, it makes you not want to speak to them and not wanting to learn their language and their culture.

@@niagara6015 Then don't fucking do it sweetie😂 Afrikaans speaking Caucasians & Coloureds also gossip about Africans in Afrikaans in our faces, knowing very well most of us don't understand the language. Anyway y'all do far more & worst than gossip, but we're still the only ones trying to co-exist with you lot. Africans can never be racist my dear, just prejudice. You lot boldly paint us the same brush that we're criminals & what not but are ready for World War IV when we say you lot are all racist, the nerve!!! Tsek!

@@niagara6015 hmm, i think its more an act of sleight exclusivity rather than animosity, some people do enjoy interpersonal thoughts. im sure a gossiper sees no difference between everything. everyone has a slight ignorance but thats a learning phase, the fact she said it outloud means it was only a thought since people in general shouldn't be alarmed or triggered, i doubt most people see it as a bad thing because internally people dont know how to de-escalate stuff so it hasn't been challenged. so respect isn't lost.

Is there a white Zulu person?

@@nenadpopov3601 prolly

@Nenad Popov No, you can’t be a White Zulu . It’s a black tribe. Although Zulus are from the Natal region , I guess you might pass as a White Zulu if you’re born in the area and you can speak the language PROPERLY and understand the culture? Maybe. But my short guess is no. Amy Zulus want to correct me 😀

@@monk3yboy69 Well what if you are mixed? Father zulu and mother white?

Haybo what does zulu have anything to do with this. Ever nizifaka nina

How were you able to learn it so quickly?

6 months thats incredible achievment wow

I laughed so hard at that, it was so random but heartwarming lol

Lol! That's our njubaqa vibe right there.

Loved that 😂😂

Too much😂😂😂

🤣🤣

😅😅😅😅😅🔥

😂😂 loved that part

Caba bathi 'asoze unxanwe sikhona mntase'

@@athigogo7631 not sikhona mntase, soze😂😂😂 love them❤️

😂😂😂😂

The group of ladies could just as well be from somewhere in Kenya right ..?

We are one. I was surprised by how Swahili is so similar to Zulu😂

@@siyandantozonkesibiya8139 both are bantu languages

Except in Kenya even blacks look down on Swahili. If you find Kenyan girls that are as fluent in English with the diction that the girls at the end of the video have, it is rare that they would be passionate about the Swahili (or any other native) language

@@darelet same here. If we as Zulus speak our native language they say we are stupid because we don't know English. Just because we like our language and our culture. Most tribes in SA hates us just because we love our native language

Those who have been in this country for centuries can't speak the language.

I can hear xhosa and zulu. And speak a bit. Just learnt it from watching RSA soapies😂. 🇧🇼 🇬🇧 I remember my friends and i were lost in JHB and asked for directions and language barrier was a problem and i had to speak my broken Zulu😂😂 but the old guy was really happy that i tried

@@Ken_0323 Now I love hearing that. I also know Setswana.

Fluent? He has a very basic grasp of the language at best. He can order some food, find a bathroom and buy some clothes. You could learn those things in a few weeks.

🤣🤣🤣 Sort of the same here and my mother is Xhosa 🙈. My vocab is bit more extensive though.

Yes, he can even pronounce that words better than most South Africans.

Me too 😂😂

Lol your people are only friendly to the whites, not their fellow blacks

Except to Nigerians

Except to white farmers.

@@womenstriving8960😂

@@womenstriving8960i have Nigerian friends😂

The thing I love about this is this a rare occasion where a white person is learning a black language and that person doesn't work for a government as an interpreter. When it comes to language, black people are so much smarter, as they not only know their own native language, but also a second language spoken by primarily white people. Much respect.

@@PhantomFilmAustraliaMost europeans also know at least one other language apart from their native language. You‘re talking about US americans. They often times only know how to speak english.

@@grantelbart477 true, and it is often 2 nonnative languages in Europe

@@PhantomFilmAustraliaI really don’t know why you make this about race, you are acting as if every white person is american. In european country’s it’s normal to learn the native language, english, italian, german, french etc.

@@Lorenzo-rg2rp Interesting you went straight for the race card. If you had read my comment carefully, it wasn't about race, but more about about Africans: the most impoverished and disenfranchised people in the world (who happen to be primarily black) know one or several languages other than their native tongue, when westerners, (who happen to be primarily white) are lucky to distinguish between a noun and a verb in their first and only language.

It was a sign of appreciation and a welcome... You know we offer anything we have to our visitors.

@@JonWicksFX Yes that's true.

Its part of our culture

Same reason why most Japanese can't speak English even though they learn it in school: In SA, English is the common language, so there is no environmental pressure to know anything else by necessity.

It's a choice though still. We cater to white people but amongst ourselves we speak our languages that's why they don't die

@@Waldemarvonanhalt most of us native South Africans speak 4 or more languages. That’s not an excuse. If anything at least learn how to pronounce our names and last names, at least learn how to greet. Even the Japanese when they hire Black South Africans they make it a point to learn how to pronounce our names.

@@leigh4326 Sure, pronouncing names isn't hard.

@@Waldemarvonanhalt 👍🏿

SeSotho is the hardest.

yho mntase unyanisile

@@qinisanixaba4339English?

That had me cracking 💀

They even offered him a sip of their Savanna, that was so cute 😎😊

@@malfan That was a nice gesture, but ey, I don't like drinking other people's drinks.

Sadly you don't get that in Germany as a black person.

In jer time this is how Hellen Zille won many African hearts

This goes for pretty much everywhere

Lmao when she started saying tshomi I was on the floor 🤣🤣🤣

A big part of learning a language is learning the accent and mannerisms as well...it helps a lot.

@Mathew no it's not, but if you want pretend it is more power to you. Trust me pretty much all of not most black South Africans share those sentiments about you.

@Mathew can you speak any of the African languages?

Not true at all

@UCTP9YGTiEUttEJS3jaSDK5w you are missing the point. I did not say they are trying to mend the gap internationally. We are specifically talking about South Africa here. Quick thought experiment, how many people in South Africa speak English? How many black people speak afrikaans? How many white people speak any of the African languages? Of course you get people who play on their victimhood but we aren't talking about them, we are talking about the average South African. Why should I speak Afrikaans to my Sotho housekeeper when I don't make an effort to speak her native language? That's what "bridging the gap" means. Stop looking at it from your perspective and please learn to look at the bigger picture.

@@divanbuys1484 Leave him, he's in denial. He's being very dishonest if he doesn't agree with what you said.

Johannes, as caucasian from SA it should have automatic. its so bizarre that you are trying to learn an official language of your own country as an adult. This is like me trying to learn german even though i was born there .

@@PHlophe don't attack someone who is trying to do something good. Hope things are well. Happy our boks are rugby world champions

@@PHlophe how the fck would he learn all the dozens of languages of SA just by being born there

Dumela le wena Peter, As a Sesotho Speaker I appreciate that you've learned an African Language. RESPECT 🤝🖖

Dumela Ntate Peter ❤❤

😂

I’m sure you can find a language class somewhere! Else, ask some friends or university students to help you once a week. I practiced with the book ‘Speak Xhosa with Us’

You're in Gauteng, so it's easier to learn IsiZulu or SeSotho. IsiZulu is more common in GP. Look up Zulu lessons right here on RU-vid. There's also someone who gives Xhosa lessons, try utilising the RU-vid search function. All the best.

@@_theerealnono_7694 thanks 🙏

Same

Hi Kevin - try UJ or one of the universities close to you - they may offer languages as a short course. I work at UKZN and we have a department that runs isuZulu classes - it's worth a try.

The irony!

There’s no such thing as Xhoza you dummy

I am willing to teach you the basics

Yes but also look at how prevalent racism is, especially from saps...

You're still in south africa? Wth

It's strange? It's what your ancestors implemented why act dumbfounded

Isn't the Africans the majority why isn't their language available for learning

He even knows how to pronounce Gqeberha, no issues, no tantrum. Noah is the real deal 💪🏽.

Afrikaans is also a African language .

Dream on Dutch man

@@mario2918 lol

Nigga lam your skits are fire Dawg @Lebza and I'd like to work on something with you since I'm a musician

@@marcdaddy33 Yes Mlungu is the same as Mzungu 😊

*heart

I've never heard this quote! I adore it and it really is so true!

what you need an app for? You live in the country with the people zulu speaking people you can start there. I'm Namibian couldnt speak Zulu but because I worked with them I'd listen speak even though its shitty but with persistance and time, I eventually caught on.

That’s amazing. I’m a Swati from Nelspruit. I’m learning Afrikaans. Let’s learn each other’s cultures

I just found motivation to go back to duolingo and continue learning my Swahili🙏

I do not recommend Duo Lingo as some of the isiZulu words on the App is pronounced incorrectly. I was using Duo Lingo to help me pass my isiZulu classes because our lecturer would give us isiZulu proses to read for our oral exams where 90% of the words were words we had not yet learned, upon feedback the lecturer advised me that they way I was learning to pronounce some words on Duo Lingo was not the correct pronounciation. Perhaps consider signing up for online lessons advertised from R80 per lesson, just make sure to check the person's qualifications to teach isiZulu and let them show you their qualifications, a qualified person will not have a problem with this request.

You are such a farm girl its awesome.

😭😭

It’s a shit language to speak…I’m definitely not staying in Sa cause of BEE(Black economic empowerment) It’s hard for me to get into university compared to black people Im gonna be studying overseas so why would I need to learn the language

@@timSquash You're delusional

@@timSquash You just proved Shereen right. Also, your line of reasoning is quite appalling.

@@timSquash Hamba vele

But Merveilleux , what about YOU. you are from there.

They would probably adopt him if he kept going by regularly 😂 even have food ready waiting for him shame

Great attitude.

Even me bro

Most KZN white and Indian ppl do speak Zulu and fluently so.They have their issues like everyone else but find them to be less racist compared to white ppl from other provinces I stayed at,like Western Cape and Gauteng.

Mara Uya zizwa ukuthi ini?

Ubafo uthi "nothing to do with race", lol savelelwa

@@ntandocele like yonke lento ayiBhalile ayiHlangani. And i bet he's not going to make sense of what i just wrote cz aba funi uku funda uLwimi lethu

lol

What is Ubuntu? I thought it's a Linux distribution?

Craig, Do better . Its your nation. Ich meine es Ernst !

If you cared to know "up there" they speak Sotho (JHB) and Tswana (PTA).

@@mazibukomail I, quite embarrassingly, found that out +-11 years ago🤦🏽‍♂️

Don't be ashamed, there is always time to accomplish a personal goal.

It's by choice or some might say by design and desire or lack thereof.

False. Xhosa is the most spoken language in South Africa.

Zulu is the most spoken language in South Africa?🤔🤔 what makes u say that?

@@tumi9976_blud that's because it is...

@@trainsmashtv200 it's not, in KZN yes but it's not the most spoken language in south Africa. In fact KZN belonged to the Xhosa people and zulu came from the congo via the ANC party and colonised KZN from the xhosa people. The zulus are a minority here compared to the rest of the Africans. Funny though the zulus are the ones yelling xenophobia in KZN even though it doesn't belong to them.

Not too sure about that perception. I personally know of many South Africans (all different ethnic backgrounds including white) who are interested in & actually speak S.A indigenous languages... You just have to expand your worldview.

Most have absolutely no interest hey. The perception is spot on here.

Actually we dont learn any languages, we just braai.

I am 53 and the school I went to started teaching us Zulu when I was 11 years old. Then the government (apartheid years) shut it down. I am going to make this one of missions.

Won't matter. We're hated, regardless. Give so much to help poor black people but you guys will always hate us.

It's sadly the great traces of Apartheid. Whites still are expected to not speak Bantu languages but Afrikaans and English only.

@@dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748 I think they're the ones who have no interest in learning, no one's stopping them.

@Dutchskyrimgamer .RU-vid Who has that expectation? Many white people in rural and farming communities speak African languages, it is no longer a given that a white person will not understand an African language plus there are also progressive white people in cities that speak African languages.

People are "shook"?? What language is that? You meant to say "people were shaken".

@DCShoes I live in the U.K. and ‘shook’ is used a lot here! He was right! Shook Like stunned not trembling like ‘shaken’

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Yea, and you probably would be able to confuse criminals. You could just start talking to them in their language, then they would not be harsh anymore. This small gesture can change a lot.

@@jumpscare1530 nah. It depends on which country you are in, but if you were to meet on who is from south Africa, that would make a difference. If they speak our local language.

@@sibusisiwedube1427 I'm also black. There's no need to pretend. Only pretentious people would be offended by reality. In a country where the majority of the population is black people, and the crime rate is high. Do you think that the minorities would be capable of raising the crime rate to high proportions? Your thinking is offensive to me too. Think before you talk. Thank you.

100% look how excited everyone is when he speaks their language and look at the views on this video.

@@nathanaelbartholomew this suggests that all criminals speaks african languages. But also if an African criminal from my own tribe can still brutally attack me, I don't think language would save a person from another culture. But appreciation of culture goes a long way, it builds trust.

My shock us that he masters the Xhosa clicks, which is a challenge even for some of our southern African language speakers. Great job Noah!

to be fair 90% of isixhosa is isizulu so if you know one you kinda already know the other

Yah!

You sound like a desperate zulu ambassador 😂😂Niyathanda uzifaka damn

That wasn’t even a full convo

@@siyancede5241 Not even saying the languages are similar sana 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Uthi isiXhosa, an entire language is just 10%, and the 90 is another language. Plus it's not the other way around, clearly 😂😂😂😂

It's never too late, you can still learn brother

Killed me lol - openly 😂😅 heeii now they know lol