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Wrong Train to Right Destiny

Wrong Train to Right Destiny
Mar 1, 2024 · 15m 32s

Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Wrong Train to Right Destiny Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more: https://www.fluentfiction.org/wrong-train-to-right-destiny/ Story Transcript: Af: Daar was eens 'n man genaamd Johannes wat...

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Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Wrong Train to Right Destiny
Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:
fluentfiction.org/wrong-train-to-right-destiny

Story Transcript:

Af: Daar was eens 'n man genaamd Johannes wat in die hartjie van Kaapstad gewoon het.
En: Once upon a time, there was a man named Johannes who lived in the heart of Cape Town.

Af: Hy was 'n eenvoudige mens met 'n gemoedelike persoonlikheid, maar dikwels 'n bietjie vergeetagtig.
En: He was a simple person with an amiable personality, but often a bit forgetful.

Af: Een sonskynoggend het Johannes, met 'n kop vol gedagtes oor die werkslading wat wag, vinnig deur die stad se gejaagde stasies gehaas.
En: One sunny morning, with his mind full of thoughts about the pending workload, Johannes hurried through the city's bustling stations.

Af: Sonder om behoorlik te kyk, het hy op die eerste trein gespring wat gereed gestaan het op die platform.
En: Without looking properly, he jumped onto the first train that was ready on the platform.

Af: Die trein was leeg en stil, heel anders as die raserige oggendpendeltreine waaraan hy gewoond was.
En: The train was empty and quiet, unlike the noisy morning commuter trains he was used to.

Af: Terwyl die landskap begin verander het, van betonstrukture na wingerde en berge, het dit Johannes begin daag dat iets glad nie reg was nie.
En: As the landscape began to change from concrete structures to vineyards and mountains, it dawned on Johannes that something was definitely not right.

Af: Die trein het uiteindelik tot stilstand gekom in die hart van die Kaapse Wynlande, by 'n klein, rustige stasie wat omring was deur groen wingerde.
En: The train eventually came to a stop in the heart of the Cape Winelands, at a small, tranquil station surrounded by green vineyards.

Af: Met 'n verleë glimlag het Johannes besef dat hy 'n groot fout begaan het.
En: With an embarrassed smile, Johannes realized that he had made a big mistake.

Af: Hy het heeltemal verkeerd getrek en was nou vele myle van sy bekende stadslewe verwyderd.
En: He had taken a completely wrong turn and was now many miles away from his familiar city life.

Af: Hy het die trein verlaat en rondgekyk.
En: He disembarked from the train and looked around.

Af: Voor hom het die groot poort van 'n wynplaas welcoming gepryk.
En: In front of him, the grand entrance of a wine farm welcomed him.

Af: Met niks anders om te doen nie, het Johannes besluit om die wynplaas te besoek.
En: With nothing else to do, Johannes decided to visit the wine farm.

Af: Dit was 'n besluit wat sy lewe op maniere wat hy nooit kon voorsien het nie sou verander.
En: It was a decision that would change his life in ways he never could have foreseen.

Af: By die wynplaas, is hy met groot gasvryheid ontvang deur die plaaswerkers.
En: At the wine farm, he was warmly welcomed by the farmworkers.

Af: Hulle het hom rondgelei en vertel van die wynmaakproses.
En: They showed him around and explained the winemaking process.

Af: Die eienaar van die plaas, 'n warmhartige vrou met die naam Helena, het hom uitgenooi vir middagete, waar hulle gepraat het asof hulle ou vriende was.
En: The owner of the farm, a warm-hearted woman named Helena, invited him for lunch, where they talked as if they were old friends.

Af: Die ure het vinnig verbygegaan terwyl Johannes gehelp het om druiwe te pluk, en die aand het gekom met 'n pragtige sonsondergang wat die Kaapse Wynlande in 'n skouspel van kleur getooi het.
En: The hours passed quickly as Johannes helped to pick grapes, and the evening came with a beautiful sunset that painted the Cape Winelands in a spectacle of color.

Af: Johannes het 'n skielike liefde vir die plaaslewe ontdek, 'n rustigheid wat hy nie in die stad kon vind nie.
En: Johannes discovered a sudden love for farm life, a tranquility that he couldn't find in the city.

Af: Dit was toe, terwyl hy sittend op 'n uitkykpunt met 'n glas van die plaas se beste wyn in sy hand kyk na die sterre, dat Johannes besef het dat hy nie regtig verlore was nie – hy het net 'n nuwe pad ontdek wat hy nooit sou oorweeg het as dit nie was vir sy klein fout daardie oggend nie.
En: It was then, while sitting on a lookout point with a glass of the farm's finest wine in his hand, looking at the stars, that Johannes realized he wasn't really lost – he had just discovered a new path that he would never have considered if it weren't for his small mistake that morning.

Af: Uiteindelik het Johannes besluit om nie onmiddellik terug te keer Kaapstad toe nie.
En: Ultimately, Johannes decided not to immediately return to Cape Town.

Af: Hy het die plaaseienaar gehelp met van alles en almal daar het hom as 'n deel van hul gemeenskap aanvaar.
En: He helped the farm owner with everything, and everyone there accepted him as a part of their community.

Af: Die verkeerde trein het hom gelei na 'n plek wat voel soos 'n tweede huis.
En: The wrong train had led him to a place that felt like a second home.

Af: Maande later, met 'n nuwe perspektief op die lewe, het Johannes teruggekeer na Kaapstad.
En: Months later, with a new perspective on life, Johannes returned to Cape Town.

Af: Hy het nie net stories van wynmaak en sterbelaaide nagte gehad om te vertel nie, maar ook 'n hernude waardering vir die onverwagte paaie wat die lewe soms vir ons voorlê.
En: He not only had stories of winemaking and starlit nights to tell, but also a renewed appreciation for the unexpected paths that life sometimes presents to us.

Af: Verkeerde treine kan dalk net na die regte bestemmings lei.
En: Wrong trains might just lead to the right destinations.


Vocabulary Words:
  • personality: persoonlikheid
  • amiable: gemoedelike
  • embarrassed: verleë
  • disembarked: ontskep
  • tranquil: rustige
  • spectacle: skouspel
  • embrace: omring
  • sip: sluk
  • landscape: landskap
  • entrance: ingang
  • traverse: oorsteek
  • renewed: hernu
  • guidance: leiding
  • tranquility: kalmte
  • await: wag
  • community: gemeenskap
  • foresee: voorsien
  • discovered: ontdek
  • decision: besluit
  • unexpected: onverwagte
  • winemaking: wynmaak
  • considered: oorweeg
  • acceptance: aanvaarding
  • heart: hart
  • regret: betreur
  • station: stasie
  • hesitated: geaarfel
  • lookout: uitkykpunt
  • appreciation: waardering
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01 · Main Story

1m 38s

02 · Vocabulary Words

12m 6s

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