Dialogues by Grade 8 pupils (English 2nd language) : March 2009
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You want to ask someone to be your boyfriend/girlfriend. Write a dialogue. Explain to him/her why you are the right one for him/her and answer the possible questions he/she will have.
Dialogue 1
B : Helo
Hello
X : Hi hou is it gous
Hi. How is it going?
B : fan and joe
Fine and you?
X : Oky wat do joe wand
Okay. What do you want?
B : A jits wan toe tel joe sam tien dan a laaik joe
I just want to tell you something - that I like you.
X : Oky rielie
Okay. Really?
B : Of kos waai wil a tel joe dat if it isen troe
Of course. Why will I tell you that if it isn’t true?
X : A laaik jou alsou
I like you also.
B : Do joe wantoe gou uit wif me
Do you want to go out with me?
X : A kend a haf a girl frend
I kind of have a girlfriend.
B : Brouk ap wit hir
Break up with her!
X : A kend den a brouik her haard
I can’t, then I will break her heart.
B : Sie wil gou ouwer iet
She will get over it.
X : If sie don’t
If she doesn’t?
B : Her problem
Her problem.
X : A wil sie if a kan doe dat
I will see if I can do that.
B : Wel her is de kwestin wil joe gou uit wif me
Well, here is the question : Will you go out with me?
X : Yes af kos
Yes of course.
B : Nou jou mas brouik up wif her
Now you must break up with her.
X : Yes a nou
Yes I know.
B : Baai sie joe later
Bye. See you later.
X : Baai
Bye.
Dialogue 2
P : Lest go wach a movie
Let’s go watch a movie.
D : I cango rit nou
I can’t go right now.
P : Y
Why?
D : A em cleneng in the home
I am cleaning in the home.
P : Can i halp
Can I help?
D : Yes you can halp me
Yes you can help me.
P : I mast klen the gaden
I must clean the garden?
D : I mast klen my room
I must clean my room.
P : So we cha the work
So we share the work?
D : Ef we are fnesh we can wash the movie
If we are finished, we can watch the movie.
P : We are go to see movie i promes
We are going to see a movie, I promise.
D : We wol see the movie about
We will see the movie ... about?
P : We wal see about andakond
We will see about Anakonda.
D : Andakond is boring
Anakonda is boring.
P : Wadabout JakLee
What about Jak Lee?
D : I want see Romomast die
I want to see Romo must die.
P : Dit is my favaret movie
That is my favourite movie.
D : The movie hav skrash
The movie has a scratch.
P : Wat mast we do
What must we do?
D : I dond no
I don’t know.
P : You dond hav play stashen
Do you have a play station?
D : Yes i hav
Yes I have.
P : Can we play
Can we play?
D : Yes we can play i hav the games a lof of dat
Yes we can play. I have a lot of games.
P : Do you hav game of streetfater
Do you have the game of Street Fighter?
D : Sorry i dond hav dat game
Sorry, I don’t have that game.
P : Mabe i mast go
Maybe I must go?
D : Yes you can go
Yes, you can go.
P : You a not my bast frand anmo
You are not my best friend anymore!
Dialogue 3
C : Hi hou re you
Hi, how are you?
S : Vaan tang you. Hou re you
Fine thank you. How are you?
C : Vaan but I what toe ask jou a bieg kostin.
Fine, but I want to ask you a big question.
S : Wat is dad kostin bigos I want toe chet wif jou ewere day.
What is that question because I want to chat with you everyday.
C : Okay wil jou go out wif me. Bigoes I hef a gras on jou vrom gryd7.
Okay. Will you go out with me because I have had a crash on you from grade 7.
S : Yes I wil. I whant toe ask jou the sym tieng en I laks jou vrom gryd 4. What is jou vywerd chaler.
Yes, I will. I wanted to ask you the same thing and I liked you from grade 4. What is your favourite colour?
C : My vywerd chaler is pienk bat the most in porter tie is jou.
My favourite colour is pink, but the most important thing is you.
S : Whet wil I sie jou 8ger
When will I see you later?
C : Tomorou
Tomorrow
S : Bay sie jou lyter alekyter
Bye. See you later alligator.
C : Bay. Love jou big, love jou smolle, love jou some emers vol.
Bye. Love you big, love you small, love you sommer emmers vol.
Dialogue 4
Q : Hello mi name is Q whath your name
Hello. My name is Q. What is your name?
E : Mi name is E why do you aksing.
My name is E. Why are you asking?
Q : Ime thast asking were are you stying.
I’m just asking where you are staying.
E : I ame stying in Kape-thown.
I am staying in Cape Town.
Q : Ok kean i pleas heaf your nammber.
Okay. Can I please have your number?
E : Yes.
Q : Whath your nammber
What is your number?
E : Mi nammber is ......
My number is ....
Q : Thank you. Nhow i yast whant to now if you and me maby go uot for a drink.
Thank you. Now I just want to know if you and me can maybe go out for a drink?
E : Yes i love to.
Yes, I would love to.
Q : Oky whic time i mhast pig you up
Okay, what time must I pick you up?
E : 8:00 kloc
8 o’clock.
Q : Ok sea you lhyther.
Okay, see you later.
E : Ok its a dhyd. Where are we ghouing.
Okay, it’s a date. Where are we going?
Q : We ghouing whaht a movie.
We are going to watch a movie.
E : Okay sea you later. I wil whathing for you.
Okay see you later. I will be watching for you.
Q : Bhay.
Bye.
Dialogue 5
E : I am the right one for you becuase you know i love you and you know am perfek for you.
I am the right one for you because you know I love you and you know I am perfect for you.
M : Ok show me you love me.
Okay, show me that you love me.
E : With wat sould i sho you i love. Tell me that.
With what should I show you that I love you? Tell me that.
M : With suprise gifts.
With surprise gifts.
E : Why do you want gifts when i am you gift you patner why tell my why.
Why do you want gifts when I am your gift, your partner? Why? Tell me why.
M : Becuase i am speshal.
Because I am special.
E : I am speshal too but i dont have the money tell me where sould i get money from.
I am special too but I don’t have the money. Tell me where should I get money from?
M : Go and work and get some money.
E : Where sould i get money money does not fall frome the sky.
Where should I get money? Money does not fall from the sky.
M : Ok.
Okay.
E : Love me for wat i am not wat i want and wat you want you wat i want.
Love me for what I am, not what I want and what you want. You are what I want.
Dialogue 6
S : Hi how are you doing?
M : Fine and self?
S : Um wat can i say live is good and vantastic.
Uhm, what can I say? Life is good and fantastic.
M : What make’s live so good and vantastic.
What makes life so good and fantastic?
S : Somebody.
M : Somebody like??
S : No, it’s an sicrit.
No, it’s a secret.
M : But u and I have been friends from primere school.
But you and I have been friends from primary school.
S : So it does’t mather.
So, it doesn’t matter.
M : And when I have an sicrit then am wil tell anything.
And when I have a secret? I will tell you anything.
S : I know.
M : U know iet’s live that part, ok.
You know it’s life, that part, okay.
S : Why??
M : Becouse, I whan’a tell u something and ask u.
Because I want to tell u something and ask you.
S : Um, um, what?
Uhm ... uhm .. what?
M : Um, you know what I want to ask you rithe.
Uhm, you know what I want to ask you, right?
S : No I don’t know.
M : Ok, wil you be with me for the rest of my ...
Okay. Will you be with me for the rest of my ....
S : For the rest of your what?
M : Live, there I sade it.
Life! There, I said it.
S : No, no, I mean yes, maibay, you know what I’ll tell you tomorow.
No, no ... I mean .. yes .. maybe. You know what, I’ll tell you tomorrow.
M : Ok, but why??
Okay, but why??
S : I’ll see you tomorow.
I’ll see you tomorrow.
S : Hi how are you doing?
Note from pupil at bottom of paper : This was the Best of a TRUE story!!!!!!