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Reporting a Robbery to Police
Police Officer (speaking English) and Shop Owner (speaking Afrikaans) talk through “Reporting a Robbery to Police”. You interpret both ways — English into Afrikaans, and Afrikaans into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Full transcript
Take a seat, Mr Botha. Before we begin the paperwork, can you walk me through exactly what happened at your shop this evening, step by step?
Dit was so kwart voor sewe vanaand. Twee mans het by die deur ingekom, en die een het skielik 'n groot mes onder sy baadjie uitgehaal en dit na my kassier gewys.
Did either of the two men speak to you directly, or did they threaten you with that knife at any point during the robbery?
Ja, hy het geskree ek moet die kasregister nou oopmaak, anders sal hy nie omgee om iemand seer te maak nie.
Can you clearly describe what they were wearing, and did you notice any tattoos, scars, accents, or other distinguishing features?
Hy het 'n swart kappie en 'n grys hoodie gedra, met 'n groot litteken oor sy linkerwang. Sy maat was korter en het aanhoudend Engels met 'n vreemde aksent gepraat.
Roughly how much cash was taken from the till, and did they also take anything else, such as cigarettes or lottery tickets?
Hulle het omtrent sewehonderd dollar uit die kassier gevat, plus 'n paar pakkies sigarette en 'n paar lotto-kaartjies van die rak.
Is there CCTV footage covering the counter area, and were any customers or other staff members present in the shop when this happened?
Ja, ons het CCTV wat die toonbank vasvang, maar die beeldkwaliteit is nie baie goed nie. Daar was ook geen ander kliënte in die winkel op die oomblik nie.
You'll need to come into Bankstown Police Station tomorrow morning at ten o'clock to give a full, formal written statement about the incident.
Ek sal probeer kom, maar as my vrou nie kan werk toe neem nie, sal ek dalk 'n uur laat wees.
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Practice dialogue written to the CCL specification (two speakers, segments of 35 words or fewer, about 300 words). It is a practice text, not a NAATI test paper, and the AI score is this site's estimate, not a NAATI result. All Afrikaans dialogues · All languages