Local Drinks

1. Iinselo

   Drinks

   Usage

   The menu heading for drinks, or any drink in general

   Grammar Note

   Normally plural (iin-). The singular is isiselo (a drink). Alcoholic drinks are "iinselo ezine-alkhoholi"

2. Isiselo esimakhaza

   Cold drink (soft drink)

   Usage

   Used to ask for a chilled soft drink. In South African English "cold drink" means a soft drink

   Grammar Note

   "Isiselo" is "a drink" and "esimakhaza" is "cold". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Itiye ye-rooibos

   Rooibos tea

   Usage

   South African herbal tea. It is naturally free of caffeine and a popular souvenir

   Grammar Note

   "Itiye" is "tea" and "ye-rooibos" is "of rooibos". The loanword rooibos is joined with a hyphen

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