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English translation: I say you are stupid/ you're dum, I say

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00:36 Oct 31, 2008

Afrikaans to English translations [Non-PRO]
Education / Pedagogy

Afrikaans term or phrase: jy is doff ekse

doff ekse

john

English translation:I say you are stupid/ you're dum, I say

Explanation:
doff comes from dof (stupid, slow in understanding, not sharp) but also = deaf hard of hearing. Ekse is = ek se (I say). Refenrence to someone who is slow on the uptake, to understand ( mostly something simple)

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L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen
South Africa
Local time: 23:58

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I say you are stupid/ you're dum, I say

L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen

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I say you are stupid/ you're dum, I say

L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen
South Africa
Local time: 23:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Dutch

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lexispro: In the first place this is not regular Afrikaans. It is heavy street slang, with doff (dof) and ekse (ek sê) misspelt. An appropriate English equivalent for this expression would be "You're really stupid". The translation of "ekse" is redundant.

32 mins

agree

Johan Venter: The Afrikaans is bad and the English translation is not exactly Shakespeare either, but it does convey exactly what is said. It is hard to see what Lexispro is disagreeing with.

2 hrs

agree

Birgit Mann

2 hrs

neutral

Samuel Murray: I agree with Lexispro's point but I don't think it deserves a "disagree".

3 hrs

agree

Kas Smit: I agree with Samuel Murray

5 hrs

agree

Dewson: A good and complete literary translation could be: My word, but you're dull-witted!

9 hrs

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