A beginners guide to Namblish

So Namblish is a lot like English, but not. For example:

1. Nay? Said at the end of any sentence. Ex. So you're coming tomorrow, nay?
2. Is it? Ex. person 1: "I like to eat elephants." person 2: "Is it?" It's like saying really? (Although, I have found that it can just indicate that the person isn’t listening to what you’re saying. Plus a lot of volunteers use this one, and it’s the name of our Peace Corps newsletter here)
3. Learn me: Instead of teach me how to.. ex. "Miss, learn me to sing"
4. Borrow me: Instead of loan me.. ex. "Miss borrow me 5 dollars."
5. Must: "Miss you MUST cook", "Miss you must give me your ipod", "Miss you must write this." It is because in Afrikaans the word should/must are roughly the same.
6. Having: Ex. He is having many books.(And nobody knows that it's grammatically incorrect to say this)
7.Help me: Example: "help me some bread" "Can you help me your pen?". It's the polite way of asking for something.
8. The concept of time: ex. "We are coming now." Roughly 5 hours later they will show up. To counter this you may ask: "wait, now now?" See, Now now means sooner. So when arguing and I need something immediately I've taken just to add a couple nows to the end of the sentence to convey that I want it now. "I want you to go away NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!"

And some fun vocab I've picked up:

Our first born/last born- The oldest/youngest sibling/offspring
Colleagues- Can be used to refer to peers, friends, coworkers, relatives
Cuca shop- small shop selling beer and other things like cookies, candles, sweets
Bakkie- pick-up truck
Combi-large van type thing capable of holding a driver and 12 passengers
Dustbin -trash can
Rubbish -trash
Stiffy- floppy disk
Robot -traffic light
Diary -year planner/daily calendar
Ministry- the government
Ministers -high-up government officials
Trousers-pants
Cattle post -a place way out in the middle of nowhere where rich men keep their cattle.
Biltong- beef jerky, that everyone is nuts about.

Gotta love it :)