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Mountain Storms and Solitude: Adele's Enlightening Trek

Nov 9, 2024 · 15m 23s
Mountain Storms and Solitude: Adele's Enlightening Trek
Chapters

01 · Main Story

1m 43s

02 · Vocabulary Words

12m 12s

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Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Mountain Storms and Solitude: Adele's Enlightening Trek Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more: https://www.fluentfiction.com/af/episode/2024-11-09-23-34-02-af Story Transcript: Af: Die stilte van die Cedarberg-berge was...

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Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Mountain Storms and Solitude: Adele's Enlightening Trek
Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:
fluentfiction.com/af/episode/2024-11-09-23-34-02-af

Story Transcript:

Af: Die stilte van die Cedarberg-berge was bedek met 'n bedwang wat dikwels net in die lente teenwoordig is.
En: The silence of the Cedarberg mountains was enveloped with a restraint that is often only present in spring.

Af: Die lug was helder, en wilde blomme het die rotsagtige paadjies met hul helder kleure besaai.
En: The sky was clear, and wildflowers dotted the rocky paths with their bright colors.

Af: Adele, met 'n tas vol gedagtes, stap diep tussen die klowe, op soek na daardie een ding wat sy by die huis nie kon vind nie—vrede.
En: Adele, with a mind full of thoughts, walked deep between the gorges, searching for that one thing she couldn't find at home—peace.

Af: Adele het haar pad geken in hierdie wildernis.
En: Adele knew her way in this wilderness.

Af: Sy was 'n ervare stapper.
En: She was an experienced hiker.

Af: Maar hierdie keer was iets anders.
En: But this time was different.

Af: Johan, haar broer, het aangebied om saam te kom.
En: Johan, her brother, had offered to come along.

Af: Hy het haar alleenreise nooit heeltemal vertrou nie.
En: He never quite trusted her solo trips.

Af: "Adele, jy moet versigtig wees," het hy dikwels gewaarsku.
En: "Adele, you must be careful," he often warned.

Af: Sy bewerings oor 'n onrusbarende weerverslag het sy afgeskud.
En: She brushed off his claims about a troubling weather report.

Af: Daardie middag het die wolke begin saampak.
En: That afternoon, the clouds began to gather.

Af: Lindiwe, die plaaslike gids wat Johann gehuur het om haar op te spoor, het Johan na die valleie van die berge gelei.
En: Lindiwe, the local guide whom Johan hired to track her down, led Johan to the valleys of the mountains.

Af: "Die strom trek nader, ons moet haastig wees," het Lindiwe gesê, met 'n intuïsie wat sy van jare se ervaring opgedoen het.
En: "The storm is approaching, we must hurry," said Lindiwe, with an intuition gained from years of experience.

Af: Adele het egter voortgestap, vasbeslote om alleen te wees.
En: However, Adele kept walking, determined to be alone.

Af: Sy het nie die skerper wordende winde opgemerk wat deur die kloof gejaag het nie.
En: She didn't notice the winds getting sharper that swept through the gorge.

Af: Maar toe die eerste donderslae deur die lug breek, het sy onmiddellik geweet dat sy in die moeilikheid was.
En: But when the first claps of thunder broke through the sky, she immediately knew she was in trouble.

Af: Sy het na 'n grot verkieslik gekyk om skuiling te soek.
En: She looked around for a cave to seek shelter.

Af: Maar elke knal van weerlig het haar meer oortuig dat sy hierdie keer te ver gegaan het.
En: Yet, each crack of lightning further convinced her that she had gone too far this time.

Af: Johan en Lindiwe het intussen gespanne voortbeweeg.
En: Meanwhile, Johan and Lindiwe moved forward, tense.

Af: Die wind was struikelblok en reën het begin plekke glad gemaak.
En: The wind was a hindrance, and rain had begun to make places slippery.

Af: Johan het gefluisterdat hy hoop Adele is veilig.
En: Johan whispered that he hoped Adele was safe.

Af: Lindiwe was vertrou daarop dat hul pad kruis.
En: Lindiwe was confident that their paths would cross.

Af: Toe die storm op sy hewigste was, het Johan en Lindiwe uiteindelik Adele bereik.
En: When the storm was at its fiercest, Johan and Lindiwe finally reached Adele.

Af: Sy skuiling het begin kwyn onder die kragte van die natuur.
En: Her shelter was starting to falter under the forces of nature.

Af: "Adele!
En: "Adele!"

Af: " het Johan geskree deur die geroesmoes van ongelooflike weerlig.
En: Johan shouted through the rumble of incredible lightning.

Af: "Ons moet nou gaan!
En: "We have to go now!"

Af: "Adele het versigtig na haar broer en die gids gekyk.
En: Adele looked at her brother and the guide cautiously.

Af: Sy wroeg oor die gedagte van sy eie weerstand om ander se hulp te aanvaar.
En: She grappled with the thought of her own resistance to accepting others' help.

Af: Maar die natuur se dreiging het haar oë oopgemaak.
En: But nature's threat opened her eyes.

Af: Saam het hulle, met Lindiwe wat die pad aanwys, die moeilike terrein na veiligheid navigeer.
En: Together, with Lindiwe leading the way, they navigated the treacherous terrain to safety.

Af: Toe die storm begin bedaar en hulle veilige grond bereik, het Adele met 'n swaar hart na haar broer en Lindiwe gekyk.
En: As the storm began to subside and they reached safe ground, Adele looked at her brother and Lindiwe with a heavy heart.

Af: Sy het haar behoefte aanvaar: om nie net stilte en afsondering te vind nie, maar ook om die waarde van ondersteuning te besef.
En: She accepted her need: not only to find silence and solitude but also to realize the value of support.

Af: Die reis het haar gewys dat ten spyte van haar behoefte aan enkelwees, daar 'n onaanvegbare krag in hulle saamwees is.
En: The journey showed her that despite her need for solitude, there is an undeniable strength in their togetherness.

Af: Daar, terwyl die laaste van die donder oor die horison weerklink het, het Adele 'n ware helderheid gevind, nie net in die skoonheid van die natuur nie, maar ook in die bande wat sy voorheen vergeet het.
En: There, as the last of the thunder echoed over the horizon, Adele found a true clarity, not just in the beauty of nature but also in the connections she had previously forgotten.


Vocabulary Words:
  • enveloped: bedek
  • restraint: bedwang
  • gorges: klowe
  • troubling: onrusbarende
  • intuition: intuïsie
  • shelter: skuiling
  • treacherous: moeilike
  • falter: kwyn
  • hindrance: struikelblok
  • cautiously: versigtig
  • grappled: wroeg
  • subside: bedaar
  • solitude: afsondering
  • undeniable: onaanvegbare
  • clarity: helderheid
  • connections: bande
  • threat: dreiging
  • dotted: besaaid
  • guided: gelei
  • navigate: navigeer
  • offered: aangebied
  • trust: vertrou
  • claimed: bewering
  • experience: ervaring
  • tracking: op te spoor
  • approaching: trek nader
  • warn: waarsku
  • trustworthy: vertrou
  • slippery: glad
  • resistance: weerstand
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