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Speaker 1: In this episode, we'll explore how a frosty Catalan village
Speaker 1: transforms into a cozy haven where a Christmas contest helps
Speaker 1: mend a family divided by past disagreements.
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Speaker 1: Alfrete del vern a, sentia, reu del patit catalac vert
Speaker 1: paruna finakpabra la ums the nadal panjavenin, traus, fanales, trenuna, musa,
Speaker 1: kali of we alp unda, truvada era a local electural
Speaker 1: nonmes parbutta see notan vedi duna, truvada, kummunitaria, julia ambalsumba,
Speaker 1: vitual asparavak diaputezar munia ala seva, familia, lia, gradaaa, questa, zukasions, marti, nuria,
Speaker 1: al selzer mans tanya unarla tensa parculpa dun daza cord
Speaker 1: the land passat Julia, stabada, sidida afe alguna, casa, papus,
Speaker 1: lasla astaba, plena, dabayns iya via taulas a manuelitads musica
Speaker 1: traditional sunan and undraco is hukulata the veta paratutom, julia, baba, marti,
Speaker 1: par lana and balgunza mix in uria mirab alstravis Darda's
Speaker 1: names ba Gustarsa, al selzer mans im Bantusiasma babusa unactivitad,
Speaker 1: the group yaun concurs, the construxio, the passabas call semblaife
Speaker 1: Munaki alsbadi and balzuis brilliance, the musio, the spress dun moment,
Speaker 1: the saptiicisma marti uria banac septa, travalla Jun's baracari paciencia
Speaker 1: e creativitat, Julia up servan, al selzer man skulaba basan
Speaker 1: tiklambien and treeser relaxaba ambasfors kumpartit al pacera ba aprenenforma
Speaker 1: brakurd reenlas historias, the Kuanera NaNs l reaya Sunavenna prop
Speaker 1: da las de Sision's Caprenian junes Mentral concurs Rebava al
Speaker 1: celfinal as Basanti la veld uranid zadora Nuncian al sel
Speaker 1: paseverra commund als buendos la sulpressa bathe marti Urias mirasine
Speaker 1: I and al selzus as van sendra una Junda complicited.
Speaker 1: The spress sen second uguas press marti bajiarsa kapan uria
Speaker 1: put semastad masa thmes, distant yats baddy am bun tossince
Speaker 1: nuriyavas and tilentamin see zora da dashah and reda tota
Speaker 1: shaw barraspondra Julia Vasumbria, sati is veta avi aviast CoML
Speaker 1: kasam lava in pussip La, Kuman saba alcambia an akel
Speaker 1: patit local alatur al kumbartit and a spider ratrubamen i
Speaker 1: Alagria Laceva familiar Kuman sabas and afaridas and tikas taal
Speaker 1: koma villa does it jad Aldia noah kabat and salts
Speaker 1: and bods kumtats sinoam Jasu's familiar ra forsats kuanal Salkuman
Speaker 1: saba masa i al zultims bay in suti and the
Speaker 1: local Julias bakadafora gaudin dul ci lensi idala satisfaxioda vera,
Speaker 1: nit la seva familia and senen una nova speranza am
Speaker 1: la kalideza calfred dli vern no pudilla para. Let's take
Speaker 1: another listen. Listen closely to any parts you may have missed.
Speaker 1: Alfred dli vern A centia reo del patit pop la
Speaker 1: catala kuvert paruna fina capa de jebre. The winter cold
Speaker 1: was felt throughout the small Carolan village, covered by a
Speaker 1: thin layer of frost Las lumsd nadal panjaven in traus
Speaker 1: fanales crea nuna mus erra kalid tot ilaida jelid. The
Speaker 1: Christmas lights hung between the street lamps, creating a warm
Speaker 1: atmosphere despite the icy air. Avui al punda truvada ra
Speaker 1: a lucal a la turl Today the meeting point was
Speaker 1: the voting hall nonumes parbutta see no tam ve par
Speaker 1: gaudi duna truvada kumulitaria, not only for voting, but also
Speaker 1: to enjoy a community gathering. Julia umbalsumbrura vitual esparaba caa
Speaker 1: gheeddill a pultez armunia a la seba familia. Julia, with
Speaker 1: her usual smile, hoped that this day would bring harmony
Speaker 1: to her family Lia gradaba bruffita gesta zugaziunes. She liked
Speaker 1: to take advantage of these occasions. Martis Nuria al sl
Speaker 1: Germans the Nia Nuna Ra la sieu tnsa barculpa dunda
Speaker 1: za corde de laan barset Martia Nuria. Her siblings had
Speaker 1: a tense relationship due to a disagreement from last year.
Speaker 1: Julia estaba da sidida a fe alguna corza Barabruparlus. Julian
Speaker 1: was determined to do something to bring them closer together.
Speaker 1: La salla estaba Plena d vades. The hall was full
Speaker 1: of neighbors ya Via Taulasa Manuel tats musica, tradal sunan
Speaker 1: anundraco ishukulatato. There were tables with crafts, traditional music playing
Speaker 1: in a corner, and hot chocolate for everyone. Julia Bavela,
Speaker 1: Marti parlanam balgunza meeks Inuria Mirava altras daros nends, Julia
Speaker 1: Somerti talking with some friends and Nuria looking at the
Speaker 1: children's art projects. Ba Gustarsa al germans I am bantuziasma
Speaker 1: bauza una tivitada group. She approached her siblings and enthusiastically
Speaker 1: proposed a group activity ya unkunkurs da kunstruxis. There's a
Speaker 1: nativity scene, building contest, gu sembla munaki. How about we
Speaker 1: form a team al zawadi amba zuz brillianes de Mussieu.
Speaker 1: She said, her eyes shining with excitement. Doesprice dun moment
Speaker 1: the sapticizma Martis Nuria van axepta. After a moment of skepticism,
Speaker 1: Marti and Nuria agreed travalla June's barrakari paciencia e creativitet.
Speaker 1: Working together required patience and creativity. Julia up servan al
Speaker 1: selgermanskula bura bassanika lambien treeser Relaxava. Julia, observing her siblings collaborate,
Speaker 1: felt that the atmosphere between them was relaxing. Am basfort
Speaker 1: skumpartit al pasebra bana prenenforma. With shared effort, the nativity
Speaker 1: scene gradually took shape. Rakurden las historias, the kuanera neens
Speaker 1: l real sunavenna pravda las des siziuns kaprenian juns. They
Speaker 1: recalled stories from their childhood, laughter resonating alongside the decisions
Speaker 1: they made together. Mintral kunkurza revav a al silfinal asba
Speaker 1: senti la veldavora nuncian al silpasevra comunds as the contest
Speaker 1: came to an end. The organizer's voice was heard announcing
Speaker 1: their Nativity scene as one of the winners. La sulpresa
Speaker 1: baffeka Martis Nurias mir sin e en al silzuz asban
Speaker 1: sindra una lunda kumplicitet. The surprise made Marti and Nuria
Speaker 1: look at each other, and a light of complicity ignited
Speaker 1: in their eyes. The sprece sinceca ninguu sparees Marti bajirase Capauria. Then, unexpectedly,
Speaker 1: Marti turned to Nuria, but se em astat mass t
Speaker 1: this thence yet badi ambunt since maybe we've spent too
Speaker 1: much time apart, he said, sincerely, Nuria vas and tiltaminh.
Speaker 1: Nuria nodded slowly. See zora da da sha andreda tota
Speaker 1: sha baraspondre. Yes, it's time to move past all this,
Speaker 1: she replied. Julia Vasundria Setisveta. Julia smiled with satisfaction. A
Speaker 1: via viast comlcassam lava in pussip la kuman Sava cambilla.
Speaker 1: She had witnessed how it had seemed impossible began to
Speaker 1: change annakee patit lu cal a la turl kumbartit anaspaiderratrubamin
Speaker 1: iya la grilla la siva familia kuman sava sanafaridas antikas.
Speaker 1: In that small voting hall turned space of reunion and joy,
Speaker 1: her family began to heal old wounds tal coma villa
Speaker 1: da zijet aldia noa kabat an sols ambots kumpets sinam
Speaker 1: laesus familiarra fororcet. Just as she had hoped, the day
Speaker 1: ended not only with counted votes, but with strengthened family ties.
Speaker 1: Juan al sulkum and Saba maarsa i al zultims bahin
Speaker 1: surltiend lucal Julia zbaca da fora gaudin dau silensi the
Speaker 1: la setis faxio da vero nit la seva familia and
Speaker 1: senen una novasparanza am la kalidza calfred da lii vern
Speaker 1: no pudiya para. As the sun began to set and
Speaker 1: the last neighbors left the hall, Julia stayed outside, enjoying
Speaker 1: the silence and the satisfaction of having brought her family together,
Speaker 1: kindling a new hope with a warmth that the winter
Speaker 1: cold could not extinguish.
Speaker 3: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 3: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Carolan, then in English.
Speaker 1: Lagebra, lagebra, lazgebra, the frost, lad mus verra, lad mus veverra,
Speaker 1: lad mus vedra, the atmosphere, khalida, khalida, khalida, cozy, la trubada, latrubada,
Speaker 1: la trubada, the gathering al Germans, al Germans, als Germans,
Speaker 1: the siblings al da zacort alda za court, aldres a court,
Speaker 1: the disagreement, agustarsa, agustarsa, agustarsa to approach ambantusiasma, ambantusiasma, ambantusiasma, enthusiastically, alcuncurse, alcuncurse, alcuncurse,
Speaker 1: the contest, lass aptisisma, lass aptisisma, lascepticisma, the skepticism record,
Speaker 1: recree the recary to require La pasciensia lapaciensia, la passiensia,
Speaker 1: the patience, la creativitat, la creativitad, la creativitad, the creativity
Speaker 1: relax arsa, relax arsa, relax arsa, to relax as far scumpartite,
Speaker 1: as far scompartite, as force coumpartit shared effort ancendra ancentdra
Speaker 1: and cendra to ignite complicit, that complicit, that complicit, that complicity.
Speaker 1: Ambun dos ince ambun dos ince a wounds since sincerely
Speaker 1: acent ti asenti assent to nod testimonia, testimonia, testimunia, to
Speaker 1: witness Senna sena sena, to hear las faridas las faridas
Speaker 1: ls faridas, the wounds, Rafusa, rafusa rafsa. To strengthen the Jesus,
Speaker 1: the Jesus Yesus tis a magarsa a magarsa, a magarsa
Speaker 1: to set Gaudi Gaudi Gaudi, to enjoy Alcilenci, Alcilenzi, al
Speaker 1: cie lenzi, the silence, last is faxio, last is faxio,
Speaker 1: las set is foxio, the satisfaction. And sendra, and sendra,
Speaker 1: and sendra to kindle khalideza, khalideza, kalideza warmth.
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