Fluent Fiction - Slovenian: Spun into Laughter: A Ljubljana Love Tale
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Story Transcript:

Sl: V mestu, kjer se srečata zgodovina in sodobnost, sta se sprehajala Luka in Maja.
En: In the city where history and modernity meet, Luka and Maja went for a stroll.

Sl: Ljubljana je bila njun igrišče, mesto polno skrivnosti in smeha.
En: Ljubljana was their playground, a city full of secrets and laughter.

Sl: Nekega dne, ko je že počasi tonila luč, sta se odločila za obisk nove razstave v moderni galeriji.
En: One day, as the light was slowly fading, they decided to visit a new exhibition in the modern gallery.

Sl: Ko sta prišla do steklenih vrat, ki so se vrtela, se je Luka prehitro pognal naprej in se nenadoma znašel ujet.
En: As they reached the revolving glass doors, Luka rushed ahead and suddenly found himself trapped.

Sl: "Maja, pomagaj!
En: "Maja, help!"

Sl: " je zavpil Luka, ko so ga vrata prijela za nahrbtnik.
En: Luka shouted as the doors grabbed hold of his backpack.

Sl: Maja, ki je bila vedno polna rešitev, je hitro skočila naprej in poskušala vratom dati zagon v nasprotni smeri.
En: Maja, always full of solutions, quickly jumped forward and tried to push the doors in the opposite direction.

Sl: Ampak bolj ko je poskušala, bolj sta se z Luko vrtela in vrtela.
En: But the more she tried, the more she and Luka spun around.

Sl: Mimoidoči so se smejali, njuni obrazi pa so postajali vse rdečji.
En: Bystanders laughed, while their faces grew redder.

Sl: Po več krogih se je Luki nahrbtnik le sprostil in s skupnimi močmi sta se izvila iz vrtečega primeža.
En: After several spins, Luka's backpack finally came loose, and with combined effort, they escaped the spinning grip.

Sl: Ko sta končno stala na miru, sta se spogledala in v smehu ugotovila, da sta postala glavna atrakcija središča mesta.
En: When they finally stood still, they glanced at each other and laughed, realizing they had become the main attraction in the city center.

Sl: Ko sta si opomogla, sta se roko v roki odpravila naprej k razstavi, kjer sta uživala v miru umetnosti.
En: Once they had recovered, hand in hand, they continued towards the exhibition, where they enjoyed the peacefulness of art.

Sl: Dogodivščina z vrtečimi vrati je zdaj postala njuna skupna zgodba, ki so jo pripovedovala še mnogim prijateljem in znancem.
En: Their adventure with the spinning doors had now become their shared story, which they told to many friends and acquaintances.

Sl: Od tistega dne naprej sta vrtilna vrata imenovala "vrata smeha" in vsakič, ko sta šla mimo, sta se spomnila svoje pustolovščine in se srčno nasmejala.
En: From that day on, they called the revolving doors "the doors of laughter," and every time they passed by, they remembered their adventure and burst into laughter.


Vocabulary Words:

• city: mesto
• history: zgodovina
• modernity: sodobnost
• stroll: sprehod
• playground: igrišče
• secrets: skrivnosti
• laughter: smeh
• exhibition: razstava
• modern: sodioben
• gallery: galerija
• revolving: vrteče
• glass: steklo
• trapped: ujet
• help: pomagaj
• backpack: nahrbtnik
• solutions: rešitve
• opposite: nasprotni
• direction: smer
• spun: vrtele
• bystanders: mimoidoči
• faces: obrazi
• red: redeč
• loose: sproščen
• effort: močmi
• escaped: izvila
• glanced: spogledala
• shared: skupna
• attraction: atrakcija
• adventure: pustolovščina
• laughter: smeha