Fluent Fiction - Slovenian: Sunlit Detour: An Unexpected Adventure in Ljubljana
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Story Transcript:

Sl: Zakaj je tisti dan sonce tako čudno sijalo nad Ljubljano?
En: Why did the sun shine so strangely over Ljubljana that day?

Sl: Maja in Luka sta stala pred steklenimi vrati funikularja, obdanima z zvoki mesta, ki se je prebujalo.
En: Maja and Luka stood in front of the glass doors of the funicular, surrounded by the sounds of the awakening city.

Sl: Danes sta se namreč odločila, da bosta obiskala Ljubljanski grad, ki kraljuje visoko nad mestom.
En: Today, they had decided to visit Ljubljana Castle, which loomed high above the city.

Sl: "Pa sva končno tukaj," je rekla Maja, ko sta kupovala karti.
En: "Here we finally are," said Maja as they bought their tickets.

Sl: "Ja, komaj čakam, da vidim razgled z vrha," je odgovoril Luka.
En: "Yes, I can't wait to see the view from the top," replied Luka.

Sl: Ko so se vrata funikularja odprla, sta z veseljem stopila noter.
En: When the funicular doors opened, they joyfully stepped inside.

Sl: A nekaj se ni zdelo prav.
En: But something didn't seem right.

Sl: Funikular je nenadoma obrnil smer in začel voziti navzdol, namesto navzgor proti gradu.
En: The funicular suddenly changed direction and began to descend instead of ascending towards the castle.

Sl: Pogledi potnikov so bili zmedeni, Maja in Luka pa vse bolj vznemirjena.
En: The passengers looked confused, and Maja and Luka became increasingly concerned.

Sl: "Mislil sem, da greva gor?
En: "I thought we were going up?"

Sl: " je vprašal Luka.
En: asked Luka.

Sl: Ko so se vrata na končni postaji odprla, sta ugotovila, da nista na hribu, temveč na vzhodni strani Ljubljane, daleč stran od gradu.
En: When the doors opened at the final station, they realized they were not on the hill, but on the eastern side of Ljubljana, far away from the castle.

Sl: Tja sta nekako prisopihala z napačnim prevoznim sredstvom.
En: Somehow, they had ended up in the wrong place with the wrong mode of transportation.

Sl: Nasmejala sta se svoji zmedi in se odločila za nov načrt.
En: They laughed at their confusion and decided to make a new plan.

Sl: Naredila sta si izziv, da se brez zemljevida ali pomoči telefonov vrnejo nazaj v center.
En: They made a challenge for themselves to find their way back to the city center without a map or the help of their phones.

Sl: Sprehodila sta se skozi barvite uličice, spraševala domačine za smeri in ob tem odkrivala nove, neznane dele mesta, ki sta jih do zdaj spregledala.
En: They strolled through colorful alleyways, asked locals for directions, and in the process discovered new, unseen parts of the city that they had overlooked until now.

Sl: Med pustolovščino sta se pogovarjala in smejala, uživala v družbi drug drugega.
En: Throughout the adventure, they talked and laughed, enjoying each other's company.

Sl: Končno sta prispela do osrednjega trga, kjer sta se odločila za zasluženo sladico.
En: Finally, they arrived at the central square, where they treated themselves to a well-deserved dessert.

Sl: Sedela sta na soncu in si delila kremšnito, medtem ko sta opazovala mestni vrvež.
En: They sat in the sun and shared a cream cake while observing the hustle and bustle of the city.

Sl: In prav tisti dan, ki se je začel s čudnim soncem in napačnim vlakom, se je končal kot eden izmed njunih najlepših spominov.
En: And that very day, which began with strange sunlight and the wrong train, ended as one of their most beautiful memories.

Sl: Z zahajajočim soncem in srci polnimi smeha sta še enkrat stopila na funikular, tokrat pravega, in se povzpela na grad.
En: With the setting sun and hearts full of laughter, they once again boarded the funicular, this time the right one, and ascended to the castle.

Sl: Ljubljana je pod njima zablestela v vseh svojih barvah.
En: Ljubljana sparkled below them in all its colors.

Sl: Maja in Luka sta vedela, da bosta ta dan za vedno ostal v njunih spominih – dan, ko sta, zaradi majhne napake, odkrila veliko več, kot sta iskala.
En: Maja and Luka knew that this day would forever remain in their memories – a day when, due to a small mistake, they discovered much more than they were looking for.


Vocabulary Words:

• shine: sijati
• strangely: čudno
• funicular: funikular
• glass: steklo
• doors: vrata
• surrounded: obdanima
• awakening: prebujajoče
• castle: grad
• loomed: kraljuje
• high above: visoko nad
• tickets: karti
• view: razgled
• replied: odgovoril
• joyfully: veseljem
• inside: noter
• didn't: ni
• seem: zdelo
• right: prav
• suddenly: nenadoma
• changed: obrnil
• direction: smer
• descend: voziti navzdol
• ascending: navzgor
• confused: zmedeni
• station: postaji
• realized: ugotovila
• ended up: prisopihala
• wrong: napačnim
• transportation: prevoznim sredstvom
• laughed: nasmejala