Glossary
17: Pak! Pack!
18: Trek jou dagklere aan! Geen onderbroek of kouse en skoene nie! Put on your day clothes. No underpants or socks and shoes!
Maak soos ek sê en maak gou! Do as I say and hurry up!
Dit is tyd om te gaan. It is time to go.
20: Staan stil en staan regop! Stand still and stand up straight!
Ruk jou reg, man! Staan stil! Pull yourself together, man! Stand still!
26: Staan vorentoe! Stand towards the front!
Ek wil niks van julle kak hê nie! I don’t want any of your shit!
32: Trek hom op! Maak gou! Maak gou! Pull him up! Hurry! Hurry!
Een, twee, drie! One, two, three!
68: Jammer, Baas. Ek rus net hier. Sorry, Boss. I am just resting here.
72: Aan die tou. Van die tou af. On the rope. Off the rope.
83: Roer julle gatte daar onder! Kry hierdie fokkers van die toue af! Move your backsides down there! Get these fuckers off the ropes!
97: Moenie vir my vertel perdedrolle is vye nie! Don’t tell me horseshit is fruit. Literally: Don’t tell me horseshit is figs. A colloquial Afrikaans expression for bullshit.
121: Ag kak, man! Oh bullshit, man!
155: Uit met jou skoene! Off with your shoes!
Sit jou hande hier, teen die muur, palms oop, vingers uit. En bly hier tot ek sê jy mag roer. Verstaan? Put your hands here, against the wall, palms open, fingers out. And stay here until I say you may move. Understand?
Het jy gevoel? Presies sewe-uur? Did you feel it? On the stroke of seven? Did you feel the trapdoors slamming against the wall?
Vat hom terug na sy sel toe. Take him back to his cell.
Ek wil nie weer kak van jou hê nie, verstaan? I don’t want any more shit from you, understand?
199: Julle sallie vir my kry nie. Frikkie Muller is te slim vir julle, my Kroon. You won’t get me. Frikkie Muller is too clever for you, my Crown. My Crown is a mocking and sarcastic mode of address by coloured people for a white person.
Dood is Muller. Dead is Muller.
201: bakkie. pickup.
202: Ek sal gaan soos Jesus. I’ll go like Jesus.
As ek gaan soos Jesus sal God my vergewe. If I go like Jesus, God will forgive me.
Ek sal gaan soos Jesus, vir ander se sondes. I’ll go like Jesus, for the sins of others.
262 and 266: Trek hom op! Maak gou! Maak gou! Pull him up! Quickly! Quickly!
281: Ja, my Kroon … Yes, my Crown …
My Kroon se gat. My Crown’s arse.
Wat sê jy? What did you say?
Niks nie, my Kroon. Nothing, my Crown.
312: Fok daai liefde! Fuck that. Literally: Fuck that love. A colloquial expression.
393: pak. Pack. Used as a verb.
409: EK SIEMON IS NIE SKELAG NIE. I SIMON AM NOT GUILTY. Written in pidgin Afrikaans.