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Dental Check-up and Children's Oral Health
Dentist (speaking English) and Patient (speaking Somali) talk through “Dental Check-up and Children's Oral Health”. You interpret both ways — English into Somali, and Somali into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Full transcript
Mrs Warsame, I've finished checking your teeth today and found one small cavity on your lower left molar that will need a filling soon.
Mahadsanid, dhakhtar. Ma xanuun badan ayaan dareemi doonaa marka aad buluugayso, oo immisa daqiiqo ayay qaadanaysaa?
The filling itself is quick, usually about twenty minutes, and you won't need to fast beforehand since we'll only use local anaesthetic.
Waan fahmay. Laakiin waxaan doonayaa inaan weydiiyo — labada ilmo ee aan haysto miyay u baahan yihiin in la hubiyo ilkahooda sidoo kale?
Yes, please bring both children in — the Australian Dental Association recommends a first check-up by age one, and regular visits every six months after that.
Mahadsanid faallo ahaan. Immisa ayay qiimaha ahaan doontaa, oo ma waxaa Medicare-ku daboolayaa dhammaan?
Medicare doesn't cover general dental work, but your private health fund may cover part of the cost if you have extras cover.
Waan la socdaa. Ma jiraa qorshe lacag bixin oo tartiib ah oo aan raaci karo, sababtoo ah lacag badan ma haysto hadda?
We can set up a payment plan today, and I'd like to see you again in two weeks to complete the filling.
Waa fiican tahay. Maalin kee ayaad ka rabtaa inaan idiin imaado, iyo miyaa carruurta la qabsan karaa isla maalintaas?
How about Thursday at three thirty in the afternoon? I'll also book a separate check-up slot for your children that same week.
Mahadsanid, waan ku raacsanahay Khamiista saddexdii iyo bar. Waxaan kaloo la yimaadi doonaa carruurta si ay ilkahooda loo hubiyo.
Terms in this dialogue that cost marks
CCL is marked on information transferred. These Australian terms have no direct word in most test languages — get one wrong and the segment's information is gone.
- medicareKu dhawaaq sida ay tahay 'Medicare' - waa magac nooc ah oo aan loo turjumin, sidaas awgeed si toos ah ugu sheeg Soomaaliga.
- extras coverWaxaad isticmaali kartaa 'extras cover' ama ku sharax 'caymis dheeraad ah oo daboola adeegyo aan Medicare qarin'.
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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 Somali dialogues · All languages