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Clumsy Shoppers & The Bean Can Cascade

Jan 15, 2024 · 15m 14s
Clumsy Shoppers & The Bean Can Cascade
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01 · Main Story

1m 40s

02 · Vocabulary Words

11m 37s

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Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Clumsy Shoppers & The Bean Can Cascade Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more: https://www.fluentfiction.org/clumsy-shoppers-the-bean-can-cascade/ Story Transcript: Af: Op 'n sonskyn Saterdagoggend het Pieter,...

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Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Clumsy Shoppers & The Bean Can Cascade
Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:
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Story Transcript:

Af: Op 'n sonskyn Saterdagoggend het Pieter, 'n lang man met nuuskierige blou oë, besluit om inkopies te gaan doen by die Spar op die hoek.
En: On a sunny Saturday morning, Pieter, a tall man with inquisitive blue eyes, decided to go shopping at the Spar on the corner.

Af: Hy was bekend vir sy lompheid, maar vandag was hy vasberade om geen ongelukke te hê nie.
En: He was known for his clumsiness, but today he was determined to have no accidents.

Af: Die Spar was gevul met die geluide van kletsende mense en die melodieuze geklingel van die kasregister.
En: The Spar was filled with the sounds of chattering people and the melodious ringing of the cash register.

Af: By die ingang het Annelize, 'n flinke kassier met 'n helder glimlag, vir elke kliënt gegroet.
En: At the entrance, Annelize, a brisk cashier with a bright smile, greeted every customer.

Af: Deur die gang af het Johan, die winkelbestuurder met 'n skerp oog vir detail, die rakke ondersoek om seker te maak alles was perfek uitgestal.
En: Down the aisle, Johan, the store manager with a sharp eye for detail, inspected the shelves to ensure everything was perfectly displayed.

Af: Pieter, met sy mandjie in die hand, het stadig deur die blikkieskosgang beweeg.
En: Pieter, with his basket in hand, slowly moved through the canned food aisle.

Af: Sy oë het gewei op die verskeidenheid bone.
En: His eyes focused on the variety of beans.

Af: Hy het vooroor gebuig om 'n blik boontjies te gryp, maar sy mou het vasgehaak agter 'n stapel blikkies.
En: He leaned forward to grab a can of beans, but his sleeve got hooked on a stack of cans.

Af: Voordat hy kon reageer, het een blikkie begin rol en die volgende oomblik was daar 'n reën van blikkies bone wat oor die vloer versprei het.
En: Before he could react, one can started rolling, and the next moment there was a rain of cans of beans scattered over the floor.

Af: Die geluid van die blikkies het deur die winkel weergalm soos 'n reeks klein tromme en mense het van alle hoeke af gekom om te sien wat aangaan.
En: The sound of the cans reverberated through the store like a series of small drums and people came from all corners to see what was happening.

Af: Pieter was rooi van verleentheid en het rondgeskarrel om die chaos op te ruim.
En: Pieter was red with embarrassment and hurried to clean up the chaos.

Af: Annelize het haar lag probeer inhou, terwyl sy nader gestap het om te help, en Johan het sy kop deur 'n rak gesteek om te bepaal waar die lawaai vandaan gekom het.
En: Annelize tried to stifle her laughter as she walked over to help, and Johan poked his head through a shelf to determine where the noise had come from.

Af: "Pieter, is alles reg?" het Annelize gevra, haar oë gespikkel met 'n vonkel van plesier.
En: "Pieter, are you okay?" Annelize asked, her eyes sparkling with amusement.

Af: "Ek is so jammer, Annelize! Ek het nie bedoel om..." het Pieter begin verduidelik, sy woorde onvolledig soos hy nog 'n weghol blikkie gevang het.
En: "I'm so sorry, Annelize! I didn't mean to..." Pieter started to explain, his words incomplete as he caught another runaway can.

Af: Johan kon nie anders as om te glimlag nie toe hy die situasie ondersoek het.
En: Johan couldn't help but smile as he surveyed the situation.

Af: Hy het die geleentheid geneem om Pieter en Annelize te onderrig oor hoe om die rakke behoorlik te stapel, en het vinnig 'n werkspan ontbied om saam te help.
En: He took the opportunity to teach Pieter and Annelize about how to properly stack the shelves and quickly summoned a team to help.

Af: Terwyl die team skoffel gemaak het van die bondel blikkies, het die klante gefassineer toegekyk.
En: As the team made a sweep of the scattered cans, the customers watched in fascination.

Af: Dit was nie lank nie of alles was terug op sy plek.
En: It didn't take long before everything was back in its place.

Af: Pieter het sy hande in sy sakke gesteek en beskeie na Johan en Annelize bedank wat net sag geglimlag het in reaksie.
En: Pieter put his hands in his pockets and modestly thanked Johan and Annelize, who simply smiled softly in response.

Af: Uiteindelik, danksy die spanpoging, het die blikkieskosgang weer sy normale toestand aangeneem.
En: Ultimately, thanks to the team effort, the canned food aisle returned to its normal state.

Af: Pieter het sy inkopies voortgesit, hierdie keer baie meer versigtig met sy mandjie.
En: Pieter continued his shopping, this time much more careful with his basket.

Af: Hy het die winkel verlaat met 'n bietjie meer selfvertroue as wat hy ingekom het, dankbaar vir die geduld en hulp van sy nuwe vriende, Annelize en Johan.
En: He left the store with a bit more confidence than when he came in, grateful for the patience and help of his new friends, Annelize and Johan.

Af: En die Spar het die dag voortgegaan met een addisionele storie om te vertel van die dag toe 'n toring van blikkies neergeval het soos 'n kaarthuis.
En: And the Spar continued with one additional story to tell of the day when a tower of cans toppled like a house of cards.


Vocabulary Words:
  • morning: oggend
  • tall: lank
  • inquisitive: nuuskierig
  • decided: besluit
  • shopping: inkopies doen
  • corner: hoek
  • known: bekend
  • clumsiness: lompheid
  • determined: vasberade
  • accidents: ongelukke
  • filled: gevul
  • sounds: geluide
  • chattering: kletsende
  • people: mense
  • ringing: geklingel
  • register: kasregister
  • entrance: ingang
  • cashier: kassier
  • greeted: gegroet
  • customer: kliënt
  • store manager: winkelbestuurder
  • eye for detail: skerp oog vir detail
  • inspected: ondersoek
  • shelves: rakke
  • ensure: verseker
  • perfectly displayed: perfek uitgestal
  • basket: mandjie
  • slowly: stadig
  • canned food aisle: blikkieskosgang
  • variety: verskeidenheid
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