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Slip-Up at Sunrise: The Dairy Dilemma

Slip-Up at Sunrise: The Dairy Dilemma
Feb 6, 2024 · 14m 9s

Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Slip-Up at Sunrise: The Dairy Dilemma Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more: https://www.fluentfiction.org/slip-up-at-sunrise-the-dairy-dilemma/ Story Transcript: Af: Op 'n helder en sonnige oggend het...

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Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Slip-Up at Sunrise: The Dairy Dilemma
Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:
fluentfiction.org/slip-up-at-sunrise-the-dairy-dilemma

Story Transcript:

Af: Op 'n helder en sonnige oggend het Johan, die Melkery se flinkste werker, soos gewoonlik vroeg opgestaan om die koeie te melk.
En: On a clear and sunny morning, Johan, the dairy farm's most diligent worker, rose early as usual to milk the cows.

Af: Die Melkery, 'n ruim plaas met helderwit geboue en groen weivelde, het gegons van bedrywigheid terwyl die werkers rondgeskarrel het om hulle take te verrig.
En: The dairy farm, a spacious place with bright white buildings and green pastures, buzzed with activity as the workers scurried about to carry out their tasks.

Af: Lize, met haar vrolike laggie, het reeds die vars melk begin bottel, terwyl Pieter, altyd bedagsaam en stil, die melkmasjien nagegaan het om seker te maak alles werk soos dit moet.
En: Lize, with her cheerful laughter, had already begun bottling the fresh milk, while Pieter, always thoughtful and quiet, checked the milk machine to make sure everything was working as it should.

Af: Johan het altyd daarvan gehou om vroeg in die oggend deur die Melkery te stap, wanneer die lug nog vars en skoon is en die dag vol belofte lê.
En: Johan always enjoyed walking through the dairy farm early in the morning, when the air was still fresh and clean and the day held promise.

Af: Dit was egter geen gewone dag by die Melkery nie.
En: However, it was no ordinary day at the dairy farm.

Af: Terwyl Johan haastig na die bottelerykamer gestap het, het sy voet skielik onder hom uitgegly.
En: As Johan hurriedly walked towards the bottling room, his foot suddenly slipped out from under him.

Af: 'n Groot plas melk wat Lize per ongeluk gestort het, het die gladde vloer in 'n glybaan verander.
En: A large puddle of milk that Lize had accidentally spilled had turned the smooth floor into a slippery slide.

Af: Met arms wat soek vir iets om aan vas te hou, het Johan hard op die grond beland met 'n plons en 'n geluid wat vinnig die stilte van die oggend verbreek het.
En: Arms searching for something to hold onto, Johan landed hard on the ground with a splash and a sound that quickly broke the stillness of the morning.

Af: Al die werkers het na die geraas toegestroom.
En: All the workers flocked to the commotion.

Af: Lize het haar hande voor haar mond geslaan uit skok, en Pieter het dadelik gehol om Johan te help.
En: Lize covered her mouth in shock, and Pieter immediately helped Johan.

Af: Gelukkig was Johan nie ernstig seergemaak nie; hy het net 'n seer agterent en sy trots 'n bietjie geknou gekry.
En: Fortunately, Johan wasn't seriously hurt; he only had a sore backside and his pride took a bit of a knock.

Af: Die dag het verder gegaan met Pieter wat voorgestel het dat hulle waarskuwingstekens rondom gemorste melk moet plaas om so 'n ongeluk in die toekoms te voorkom.
En: The day continued with Pieter suggesting that they should place warning signs around spilled milk to prevent such an accident in the future.

Af: Lize het om verskoning gevra en belowe om ekstra versigtig te wees wanneer sy met die breekbare melkbottels werk.
En: Lize apologized and promised to be extra careful when working with the fragile milk bottles.

Af: Na 'n lang dag gevul met harde werk en klein lag oomblikke oor Johan se snaakse val, het die drie vriende saam buite in die afkoelende aandlug gesit.
En: After a long day filled with hard work and little moments of laughter about Johan's comical fall, the three friends sat together outside in the cooling evening air.

Af: Hulle het die sukses van die dag gepraat en die belangrikheid van spanwerk en veiligheid besef.
En: They discussed the day's success and realized the importance of teamwork and safety.

Af: Johan het selfs skertsend voorstel dat hy dalk 'n paar ysskaatslesse moet neem vir die volgende keer dat hy op 'n melkplas afkom.
En: Johan even jokingly suggested that he should take some ice-skating lessons for the next time he encounters a milk puddle.

Af: Die Melkery het in die schemering nog meer idillies gelyk, met die laaste strale van die son wat die wit geboue in 'n goue gloed gesteek het.
En: In the twilight, the dairy farm looked even more idyllic, with the last rays of the sun casting a golden glow on the white buildings.

Af: Alles was weer in orde op die plaas, en elkeen het geweet dat, solank hulle saamstaan, hulle enige uitdaging die hoof kon bied.
En: Everything was back in order on the farm, and each of them knew that, as long as they stood together, they could overcome any challenge.

Af: En so het die dag geëindig, nie net met vars gevulde melkbottels nie, maar met 'n hernude gevoel van kameraadskap en 'n klein storie om eendag vir die kleinkinders te vertel.
En: And so, the day ended, not only with freshly filled milk bottles, but with a renewed sense of camaraderie and a little story to tell the grandchildren someday.


Vocabulary Words:
  • clear: helder
  • sunny: sonnige
  • morning: oggend
  • diligent: flinkste
  • worker: werker
  • rose: opgestaan
  • early: vroeg
  • usual: gewoonlik
  • milk: melk
  • cows: koeie
  • spacious: ruim
  • place: plek
  • bright: helder
  • white: wit
  • buildings: geboue
  • green: groen
  • pastures: weivelde
  • buzzed: gegons
  • activity: bedrywigheid
  • workers: werkers
  • scurried: rondgeskarrel
  • tasks: take
  • laughter: laggie
  • bottling: bottel
  • fresh: vars
  • machine: masjien
  • working: werk
  • floor: vloer
  • slippery: gladde
  • slide: glybaan
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