Languages

Afrikaans is a very descriptive language and it sounds humorous to Dutch speakers. The education system in South Africa is constructed in a way that you different languages at school: English, Afrikaans and another indigenous language depending on were you are. In the Eastern Cape children would have English, Afrikaans and Xhosa classes at school. All these languages influence each other on a daily basis and so while speaking one language you will use words from another one. 

Now I didn't get any further than "Good morning", "How are you?" and "Thank you" in Xhosa, but I learnt quiet a lot about Afrikaans and how the "Afrikaner culture" is perceived by non Afrikaners. 

Xhosa:

Molo - Good morning 
Uphilile na namhlanje - How are you?
Enkosi - Thank you


Afrikaans:

verkleurmannetjie - kameleon
sompompie - calculator - rekenmachine
stort - shower - douche
lemoen - orange - appelsien
suurlemoen - lemon - citroen
verskoon my - excuse me - neem mij niet kwalijk
pynappel - ananas
akkedis - lizard -  hagedis
bok - goat - geit
volstruis - ostrich - struisvogel
kameelperd - giraf 
Skop, Skiet en donner - action movie - (schop, schiet en donder)


General used words:

Ag - can be used to start a reply when you are asked a
 tricky question, or a 
sense of resignation and it can stand alone too as a signal 
of irritation.

Eina - Widely used by all language groups, this word,
derived from the Afrikaans, means “ouch.”

Izit? - The equivalent of "Really?" when someone tells you something you didn't know.

Howzit - This is a universal South African greeting

Jawelnofine - is a conversation fallback and roughly means "Ok".

Klap - smack : "If you spend too much time in front
 of the TV during exam time, you could end up getting 
a “klap” from your mother."

Lekker - Widely used by all language groups, this word is used by
 all language groups to express approval.

Now now - "Just wait, I’ll be there now now." This can mean in 20 minutes, 2 hours or 2 days...

Pasop - This is used as a 
warning. Used instead of "Watch out".

Vrot - used to describe anything they really
 dislike

Ja - used to start a sentence, as a stop word (then can become ja-no), or to say "yes".