Malelve

🇲🇺 Mauritius

From French mal élevé (badly raised), in Creole it means a rude, ill-mannered person. Calling someone malelve is like ca...

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Mari

🇲🇺 Mauritius

A hugely popular Creole intensifier meaning 'very' or 'extremely'. It's placed before adjectives (from French marier – t...

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Met nissa

🇲🇺 Mauritius

Literally 'put fun,' this means 'to have a blast / enjoy oneself'. Telling friends met nissa is like saying 'let's party...

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Mo mari content

🇲🇺 Mauritius

Literally 'I very love (it),' used to mean 'I really like it' (using mari as 'very'). It's a direct, emphatic way to exp...

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