Barcelona's Linguistic Charms: A Tale of Friendship and Language Play
Download and listen anywhere
Download your favorite episodes and enjoy them, wherever you are! Sign up or log in now to access offline listening.
Barcelona's Linguistic Charms: A Tale of Friendship and Language Play
This is an automatically generated transcript. Please note that complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Chapters
Description
Fluent Fiction - Catalan: Barcelona's Linguistic Charms: A Tale of Friendship and Language Play Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more: https://www.fluentfiction.org/barcelonas-linguistic-charms-a-tale-of-friendship-and-language-play/ Story Transcript: Ca: Marta i Jordi,...
show moreFind the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:
fluentfiction.org/barcelonas-linguistic-charms-a-tale-of-friendship-and-language-play
Story Transcript:
Ca: Marta i Jordi, dos amics inseparables, estaven asseguts en una cafeteria cèntrica de Barcelona. El campanar de la catedral, amb la seva veu sonora, donava les cinc. A la vora de la platja, la brisa marina transportava una dolçor salada que rivalitzava amb l'aroma del café calent que tenien davant. Marta mirava Jordi amb una rialla als llavis, tot apuntant al menú que tenia a la mà.
En: Marta and Jordi, two inseparable friends, were sitting at a central cafe in Barcelona. The bell tower of the cathedral, with its resonant voice, struck five o'clock. Near the beach, the sea breeze carried a salty sweetness that rivaled the aroma of the hot coffee they had in front of them. Marta looked at Jordi with a smile on her lips, pointing to the menu she held in her hand.
Ca: "Mira, Jordi," va dir. "Aquesta carta... sembla un joc de paraules disfressat de menú."
En: "Look, Jordi," she said. "This menu... it seems like a word game disguised as a menu."
Ca: Jordi, amb una ceja aixecada, va agafar la carta i la va mirar. "Tens raó, Marta," va contestar. "Aixo de pa amb tomàquet, pa amb formatge, o pa amb pa em fa més embolicat que res."
En: Jordi, raising an eyebrow, took the menu and looked at it. "You're right, Marta," he replied. "This bread with tomato, bread with cheese, or bread with bread is more confusing than anything else."
Ca: Riuen, després es lança una barreja de paraules que semblen similars, pero tenen significats diferents en la seva llengua, el català. "És com dir que anem a la Barceloneta peró anem a Montjuïc," va riure Jordi. Els seus ulls brillaven amb diversió.
En: They laughed, then a mix of words that seemed similar, but had different meanings in their language, Catalan, ensued. "It's like saying we're going to Barceloneta but we're going to Montjuïc," Jordi laughed. His eyes sparkled with amusement.
Ca: Marta va riure, la seva rialla ressonant a través de la cafeteria. "Podem fer una llista de totes les paraules similars que trobem i tractar de descobrir què signifiquen."
En: Marta laughed, her laughter echoing through the café. "We can make a list of all the similar words we find and try to figure out what they mean."
Ca: Avançant ràpid, amb el sol ponent que pintava Barcelona de tons daurats, van passar hores parlant, riure i compartir anècdotes, compartint les seves estranyeses amb la llengua catalana. Encara que van tenir dificultats amb la llengua, van gaudir cada moment, cada barreja de paraules, cada mena de riure que tenien.
En: Moving forward quickly, with the setting sun painting Barcelona in golden hues, they spent hours talking, laughing, and sharing anecdotes, sharing their quirks with the Catalan language. Despite their difficulties with the language, they enjoyed every moment, every mix of words, every kind of laughter they shared.
Ca: Més tard, quan la llum del dia es va desvanir i la nit va cobrir Barcelona com un mantell estelat, van arribar a una conclusió. L'idioma català és complex i divers, ple de paraules que semblen similars però tenen significats diferents. Però això, van decidir, és el que fa que sigui tan bonic. Els detalls, la complexitat de la llengua, eren part de l'encant de Barcelona.
En: Later, as the daylight faded and night covered Barcelona like a starry mantle, they arrived at a conclusion. The Catalan language is complex and diverse, full of words that seem similar but have different meanings. But that, they decided, is what makes it so beautiful. The details, the complexity of the language, were part of the charm of Barcelona.
Ca: Van sortir de la cafeteria rient. Ara, quan caminen per les carrers empedraïts, cada vegada que veien una paraula que semblava a un altre, treien les seves llistes i apuntaven. Iriuen. Era un nou joc, una cosa més que els feia sentir més a prop de la seva ciutat, més a prop de la seva llengua.
En: They left the café laughing. Now, as they walked through the cobblestone streets, every time they saw a word resembling another, they pulled out their lists and noted it down. And they laughed. It was a new game, something that made them feel closer to their city, closer to their language.
Ca: Marta i Jordi, dos amics que es van perdre en la bellesa de la seva llengua, van trobar alegria en la confusió. Van aprendre a no tenir por de les paraules, sinó a estimar cada barreja, cada similitud, cada diferència.
En: Marta and Jordi, two friends who got lost in the beauty of their language, found joy in confusion. They learned not to be afraid of words, but to love every mix, every similarity, every difference.
Ca: Al final, van aprendre que la llengua, com ells, com Barcelona, és única. És un caos bonic, i això és el que més els agrada. Així, amb les seves llistes a la mà, cada dia es convertia en una aventura, cada paraula un descobriment, cada riure un record.
En: In the end, they learned that language, like them, like Barcelona, is unique. It's a beautiful chaos, and that's what they liked the most. So, with their lists in hand, each day turned into an adventure, each word a discovery, each laughter a memory.
Ca: Així és com Jordi i Marta van aprendre a estimar Barcelona, la seva llengua i les seves històries, una barreja a la vegada.
En: That's how Jordi and Marta learned to love Barcelona, its language, and its stories, one blend at a time.
Vocabulary Words:
- Marta: Marta
- Jordi: Jordi
- friends: amics
- sitting: asseguts
- central: cèntrica
- cafe: cafeteria
- Barcelona: Barcelona
- bell tower: campanar
- cathedral: catedral
- beach: platja
- sea breeze: brisa marina
- salty sweetness: dolçor salada
- aroma: aroma
- smile: rialla
- menu: menú
- word game: joc de paraules
- disguised: disfressat
- confusing: embolicat
- similar: similar
- different: diferents
- laughed: van riure
- language: llengua
- beautiful: bonic
- complexity: complexitat
- word: paraula
- meaning: significats
- mix: barreja
- lov: estimar
- Barcelona: Barcelona
- story: històries
Information
Author | FluentFiction.org |
Organization | Kameron Kilchrist |
Website | www.fluentfiction.org |
Tags |
Copyright 2024 - Spreaker Inc. an iHeartMedia Company
Comments