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Surviving the Kalahari: Karel's Unconventional Desert Adventure

31 lug 2024 · 16 min. 55 sec.
Surviving the Kalahari: Karel's Unconventional Desert Adventure
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01 · Main Story

1 min. 45 sec.

02 · Vocabulary Words

13 min. 23 sec.

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Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Surviving the Kalahari: Karel's Unconventional Desert Adventure Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more: https://www.fluentfiction.org/surviving-the-kalahari-karels-unconventional-desert-adventure/ Story Transcript: Af: Die Kalahari Woestyn strek wyd en...

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Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Surviving the Kalahari: Karel's Unconventional Desert Adventure
Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:
fluentfiction.org/surviving-the-kalahari-karels-unconventional-desert-adventure

Story Transcript:

Af: Die Kalahari Woestyn strek wyd en ver, met golwende duine en min skaduwee.
En: The Kalahari Desert stretches far and wide, with rolling dunes and little shade.

Af: Dit is winter, en die lug is onverwags koud.
En: It is winter, and the air is unexpectedly cold.

Af: Karel het ‘n droom gehad - 'n solo avontuur in die woestyn om sy gesin te wys hoe vaardig en onafhanklik hy is.
En: Karel had a dream—a solo adventure in the desert to show his family how skilled and independent he was.

Af: Hy het altyd gevoel dat hulle sy drome as belaglik beskou.
En: He'd always felt that they considered his dreams to be ridiculous.

Af: Nou sou hy hulle wys.
En: Now he would show them.

Af: Karel het dae lank voorbereiding gedoen.
En: Karel had prepared for days.

Af: Hy het ‘n lys gemaak.
En: He made a list.

Af: Hy het water, kos, ‘n tent, en natuurlik, sy opblaas kameel.
En: He brought water, food, a tent, and of course, his inflatable camel.

Af: Die kameel was ‘n bewys van sy vindingrykheid, of so het hy gedink.
En: The camel was proof of his ingenuity, or so he thought.

Af: Die dag van sy vertrek is hy vroeg op.
En: On the day of his departure, he got up early.

Af: Hy het sy toerusting op sy kameel gelaai en die wye woestyn ingevaar.
En: He loaded his equipment onto his camel and ventured into the vast desert.

Af: Die eerste dag was vol opwinding.
En: The first day was full of excitement.

Af: Karel het die skoonheid van die sandduine bewonder en die stilte geniet.
En: Karel admired the beauty of the sand dunes and enjoyed the silence.

Af: Sy gedagtes het gereis na die dag wanneer hy sy familie se skeptiese gesigte sou sien verander in verbasing en trots.
En: His thoughts traveled to the day when he would see his family's skeptical faces turn into amazement and pride.

Af: Maar toe kom die nag.
En: But then came the night.

Af: Koud en stil.
En: Cold and quiet.

Af: Hy het in sy tent geslaap, maar die gedagte van die groot woestyn om hom bly by hom.
En: He slept in his tent, but the thought of the vast desert around him stayed with him.

Af: Die volgende dag, in die middaghitte, het Karel ‘n probleem teëgekom.
En: The next day, in the midday heat, Karel encountered a problem.

Af: Sy kameel se voorste pote het ingesak.
En: His camel's front legs had collapsed.

Af: Hy het afgeklim en ondersoek ingestel.
En: He dismounted and investigated.

Af: Tot sy ontsteltenis, sien hy ‘n groot gaatjie in die kameel se poot.
En: To his dismay, he saw a large hole in the camel's leg.

Af: Hy het probeer om kalm te bly, maar sy hart het vinnig geklop.
En: He tried to stay calm, but his heart was racing.

Af: Hy het geweet hy moes ‘n besluit neem.
En: He knew he had to make a decision.

Af: Hy het na sy rugsak gekyk.
En: He looked at his backpack.

Af: Sou hy sy gesin bel vir hulp?
En: Should he call his family for help?

Af: Nee.
En: No.

Af: Dit sou erken dat hy gefaal het.
En: That would admit defeat.

Af: Hy het besluit om die kameel te probeer regmaak.
En: He decided to try and fix the camel.

Af: Uit sy sak het hy kougom en kleefband gehaal.
En: From his bag, he pulled out chewing gum and duct tape.

Af: Dit was nie veel nie, maar dit was al wat hy gehad het.
En: It wasn't much, but it was all he had.

Af: Karel het die gaatjie met die kougom toegeplak en dit toe stewig met kleefband omgedraai.
En: Karel patched the hole with the chewing gum and then wrapped it tightly with duct tape.

Af: Hy het afgestap en sy kameel nagegaan.
En: He stepped back and inspected his camel.

Af: Dit het gelyk of dit werk, maar sou dit hou?
En: It looked like it might work, but would it hold?

Af: Hy het gebid dat dit sou werk en sy avontuur voortgesit.
En: He prayed that it would work and continued his adventure.

Af: Dag na dag het Karel aangehou.
En: Day by day, Karel carried on.

Af: Hy het water gemeet en kos versigtig gebruik.
En: He measured his water and used his food carefully.

Af: Sy kameel het bly werk.
En: His camel kept going.

Af: Die kougom en kleefband het geheers oor die woestyn hitte en koue nagte.
En: The chewing gum and duct tape endured the desert heat and cold nights.

Af: Karel het al hoe meer vol vertroue gevoel.
En: Karel felt increasingly confident.

Af: Op die laaste dag van sy avontuur, het Karel die baken van sy eindpunt gesien.
En: On the last day of his adventure, Karel saw the marker of his endpoint.

Af: Hy het gejuig, sy kameel gevryf, en aangehou.
En: He cheered, patted his camel, and kept going.

Af: Uiteindelik het hy sy tent opgeslaan en na die sterre opgekyk.
En: Finally, he pitched his tent and looked up at the stars.

Af: Hy het dit gemaak.
En: He had made it.

Af: Toe Karel by die huis aankom, het hy die aksie uitgelê aan sy gesin.
En: When Karel got home, he explained the ordeal to his family.

Af: Hulle het gelag en hom in ongeloof aangekyk.
En: They laughed and looked at him in disbelief.

Af: Maar Karel het geweet.
En: But Karel knew.

Af: Hy het ‘n deel van homself ontdek wat hy nie geken het nie.
En: He had discovered a part of himself he didn't know existed.

Af: Hy het teruggekeer, nie net met verhale van avontuur nie, maar met ‘n nuwe, komiese, maar ware selfvertroue.
En: He returned, not just with stories of adventure, but with new, comedic, but genuine self-confidence.

Af: Karel het bewys dat hy kon.
En: Karel had proven that he could do it.

Af: Dís wat saak gemaak het.
En: That’s what mattered.


Vocabulary Words:
  • desert: woestyn
  • independent: onafhanklik
  • ridiculous: belaglik
  • ingenuity: vindingrykheid
  • adventure: avontuur
  • skeptical: skeptiese
  • disbelief: ongeloof
  • solo: solo
  • camel: kameel
  • collapse: insak
  • duct tape: kleefband
  • chewing gum: kougom
  • hole: gaatjie
  • repair: regmaak
  • measured: gemeet
  • endure: heers
  • confidence: selfvertroue
  • quiet: stil
  • unexpectedly: onverwagse
  • departure: vertrek
  • equipment: toerusting
  • excitement: opwinding
  • silence: stilte
  • decision: besluit
  • marker: baken
  • inspect: nagegaan
  • pitch: opgeslaan
  • tent: tent
  • journey: reis
  • return: terugkeer
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