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for} innerly = =
897. Suster = = ja, innerlike mens {yes, the internal person}.
898. Caller 17 Hy kan net die regte woorde sê om mens op {He can say just the right words to lift a
person} () = =
899. Suster = = verstaan jy {you understand}
900. Caller 17 = = maar is nog altyd nie dieselfde nie sonder jou {but it’s still not the same without you}.
901. Suster = = Ja, daai groot woorde wat hy gebruik {Yes, those big words he uses}. () groot
woorde {big words} = =
902. Caller 17 Hy, ja, daai wat ons’ ie (nie) verstaan nie, wat ons nou die vocabulary moet gat (gaan)
uithaal oek (ook) {He, yes, those that we don’t understand, that we now have to get the
vocabulary out as well}.
903. Suster [laughter] Die {The} dic – skinnery {skinner = gossip}, ja {yes}.
904. Caller 17 Ja, ja {Yes, yes}.
905. Suster Uh, ja, ons gat (gaan) so {yes, we go so}. Hy, hy {He, he}, no he’s gonna come down a
notch or two met sy, met sy woorde, verstaan jy {with his, with his words, you understnd}.
But daai’s {that’s} Clarence. Allow him to have his vocabulary. En jy’t (jy het) jou {And
you have your} dictionary en hy’t (hy het) sy {and he has his} vocabulary and the two will
go together.
906. Caller 17 Okay, dankie Suster {thank you Suster}.
907. Suster Thank you, sweetheart for the wishes. P4, good day. P4, good day. Hello? P4, good day. (call
gets cut off) P4 good day.
908. Caller 18 Good day Suster.
909. Suster Hi.
910. Caller 18 NAME speaking. How you?
911. Suster Yes, I’m well NAME. Kla, klaar ge-jummuah en alles nou {Finished with jummuah
(Islamic prayer) and all now}?
912. Caller 18 [laughter] Um, ja {yes}. I think so.
913. Suster Is it?
914. Caller 18 No, I think, ja {yes}, if the time is right, yes.
915. Suster Um, how’s the baby, NAME?
916. Caller 18 Uh, the baby is fine.
917. Suster ()
918. Caller 18 () getting there.
919. Suster () you know when the baby’s going to move [nə] {hey}?
920. Caller 18 No. When? Tell me.
921. Suster Just about two weeks after he finishes university.
922. Clarence Haar pa wiet (weet) nog ‘ie (nie), man {Her father doesn’t know yet, man}.
923. Caller 18 [laughter]
924. Suster [laughter]
925. Caller 18 Okay. Okay. Ja {Yes}, rip me off, it’s fine.
926. Suster Ja {Yes}.
927. Caller 18 I just wanted to ask, Suster, before you go, um, have you discussed with Clarence yet as to
who’s doing the Christmas wishes this year?
928. Suster Uh, don’t r-. I was hoping nobody would, nobody would dinges {thing}. That is something
that is, NAME, I’m feeling, very, very, very omgekrap {confused}, but not omgekrap
{confused} as in … I feel very twisted about it.
929. Caller 18 Uh um.
930. Suster So I discussed with Clarence and he’s like, “No, we’ll talk about it closer to the time.” What
I said is, I will do all the things in the background, you know, like do all the preparations, do
all the inquisition, and gaan through al die, die wishes {go through all the, the wishes}, and
he will do all the on air stuff, verstaan jy {you understand}? Toe, hy’t (hy het) my net so
met ‘n lelike smile aangekyk en toe sê hy mos nou vir my {So, he looked at me with such
an ugly smile and so he now said to me} “We’ll talk about it closer to the time.”
931. Caller 18 [laughter]
932. Suster And, ek sien al klaar hoe gat (gaan) hy vir my nou sê {I already see how he is now going