ニュージーランドの英語には、フレンドリーな国民性を反映したスラングもたくさんあります。
■Kiwi
You may have heard that people in New Zealand are really friendly.
One way that we are friendly is in the way we speak.
New Zealand English is very casual and we have a lot of slang.
I’d like to introduce you to some New Zealand Slang to help you understand and sound like native Kiwis!
Of course kiwi is the name of a fruit however we always call the fruit “kiwifruit”, never just “kiwi”.
Kiwi is also the name of New Zealand’s native bird, but a “kiwi” is also what New Zealand people call themselves!
Example:
“Are you an American?”. ＿＿＿ “No, I’m a Kiwi, I’m from New Zealand.”
自分たちのことを「キウイ」って呼ぶなんて、かわいいですね！
