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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll walk the cobblestone streets of Catalonia
Speaker 3: to witness a heartfelt dialogue between two friends striving to
Speaker 3: balance tradition and transformation in their beloved village.
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Speaker 1: Alsalda la prima veda, ascalfa suo men la patita vill
Speaker 1: la catalana, alzuseescantan men trajior di camina pals carees de l'ambordas,
Speaker 1: the regence kapala ural azuna, defici historic pleadar records ya
Speaker 1: lara plada, futur las bancartas, the coulos alegran lantrada, mentral
Speaker 1: suta dans as disposaabudha da van la porta, jordi, trava
Speaker 1: marce la sva miga, the tot lavida marcees, tara man
Speaker 1: andlceu mobil a munjesting kid is umbru leo meen and
Speaker 1: bea jordi el satura un sagon's suspiran sabka questa, truvada
Speaker 1: pur una, kumbersa, intensa, bondia marse diu jordi in tantana
Speaker 1: montani alta alegra bondia jordi rasponelia am balmat sumbrida fursat
Speaker 1: avui a zundiya impurtan no see necessitem kambi pradambstaad kumenta
Speaker 1: jordi am lamirada kappalas personas krani surtan the local marcees
Speaker 1: mussega lavi perguntani la sevas paraulas no pudma vansas and
Speaker 1: secambia jordi es parashaw castika ki jordia santees antennenal punda
Speaker 1: vista dea marsell protambesantine la seva propia, cuvixio, marseille, sempre va, lurat,
Speaker 1: commandment in uta questa vila last tradition's maintain and la
Speaker 1: astrid an tiitat elia axala profundamen frustrata no put them
Speaker 1: bura numes del passat jordi almna cambiat eu md fatambe
Speaker 1: al silenci as fadens entrals dosa mix jordi thea sidesh
Speaker 1: parlad al supara unomacavilla luitad permantanila terra ila sevaensia almelo
Speaker 1: para predella calcambi a villa, the sea consideracio irrespecta parral
Speaker 1: catanim marse, mira jordi, bayen lomas cassa, kumbartit jordi la
Speaker 1: neva passio percambiaro todd beda, vule umfuturmilio, perls nostras fields
Speaker 1: paratutam la cumbersas intensivika i marcefin al men questiona creus
Speaker 1: calaostram is, tad pods of rabura a tota sha jordi
Speaker 1: ambalcoora umpun diu marse emptingud masa record junes no pudem
Speaker 1: the shak shaw and SAPARi the spressu, momenter re flexio,
Speaker 1: mars umbrio, amlava calideesa vitual turnana flura catal citra valem
Speaker 1: juns an un projecta, kummunitari put sepudem una manera du
Speaker 1: ni al miliod al pasad i alfutur jordi allaujatt respond
Speaker 1: see maghraderia, mool marseilles put se a cast these al
Speaker 1: cam vi canasa, sitem asmiera al zuilz ambranuvada as paranza
Speaker 1: al surtid al lu call a lactural camena and gustata
Speaker 1: gustad am la promesa de mantanila, seva mistad parsovradlas diferencius politicas,
Speaker 1: alsol brilliamesfort you know, san tita kumprumese fluracian tras come
Speaker 1: las flosda prima vera.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: Alsolda la prima vera as calpha suaumen la patita vila catalana.
Speaker 3: The spring sun gently warms the small cattle in a village.
Speaker 1: Alzuses cant and mintra jord camina, pals cares de l'am
Speaker 1: bordas the regin sakapluca la lactural.
Speaker 3: Birds sing as Jordi walks along the cobblestone streets, heading
Speaker 3: toward the polling station.
Speaker 1: Azuna de fisi stori ple the records ya laura ple
Speaker 1: the futur.
Speaker 3: It is a historic building, full of memories, but also
Speaker 3: full of the future.
Speaker 1: Las bancartes, the culos alegran lantrada, mintral suta, dans as
Speaker 1: disporza navuta.
Speaker 3: Colorful banners brighten the entrance as citizens prepare to vote.
Speaker 1: Davan la porta, jordi troba marseille la seva migha the
Speaker 1: tota la vida.
Speaker 3: In front of the door, Jordi finds Marseilla, his lifelong friend.
Speaker 1: Marceeres tramanano sumabil a munzestingkid isumbrulieu men am beua Giordi.
Speaker 3: Marcell is fiddling with her phone with an anxious gesture,
Speaker 3: and she smiles slightly upon seeing Giordi.
Speaker 1: Is setua unsecons souspian.
Speaker 3: He pauses for a few seconds, sighing.
Speaker 1: Sabca guesta truvada pourtra una kumberse intense.
Speaker 3: He knows this encounter will lead to an intense conversation.
Speaker 1: Bondia Marseille diu Giordi intantan manteni al dolegre.
Speaker 3: Good morning, marce says Giorgi, trying to keep a cheerful tone.
Speaker 1: Bondia, Jordi, Rasponelia ambal mates Sumbria fursat.
Speaker 3: Good morning, Giorgiu. She replies with the same forced smile.
Speaker 1: Avui zundi impurtan.
Speaker 3: No, today is an important day, isn't it?
Speaker 1: See necessitem kambi bra damberta wilitat kumente Jordi am la
Speaker 1: mireda kapalas parsonas kintre nissurt the local.
Speaker 3: Yes, we need change, but also stability, comments Jurdu, looking
Speaker 3: at the people coming in and out of the polling station.
Speaker 1: Marcees Museegal Levi barguntanila sevas Paraulas.
Speaker 3: Marsell bites her lip to hold back her words.
Speaker 1: No pudem a vansas sin secambia, Jordi, we.
Speaker 3: Can't move forward without changing, Jordi.
Speaker 1: Is parasha castica ki.
Speaker 3: That's why I'm here.
Speaker 1: Jordi a santees antanen al bun da vista the Marseilles
Speaker 1: Protambi santine la sepia cumbiksioux.
Speaker 3: Jordi nods, understanding Marshas as point of view, but also
Speaker 3: feeling his own conviction.
Speaker 1: Marseilles sempre va lurat come man tingu ta questa vila.
Speaker 3: Marseill. I've always valued how we have maintained this village.
Speaker 1: Las tredciuns mantena la nostre dentitat traditions, keep our identity
Speaker 1: Elia xala prufunda min frustrada.
Speaker 3: She exhales, deeply frustrated.
Speaker 1: No pudm biura numes del parset Giordi.
Speaker 3: We can't live only from the past.
Speaker 1: Jurgi al mona cambiat euem de fetambe.
Speaker 3: The world has changed and we must too.
Speaker 1: Alcilensi asfadn's in tralsdoza miks.
Speaker 3: Silence becomes heavy between the two friends.
Speaker 1: Jordi the sidesh parla del supara unoma cavilla luitad per
Speaker 1: mantani la terra ila Sevaensi.
Speaker 3: Jordi decides to talk about his father, a man who
Speaker 3: had fought to preserve the land and his heritage.
Speaker 1: Al mio para sempred ya calcambill a villa the sem
Speaker 1: cuncid rasieu irrespecta parral catenim.
Speaker 3: My father always said that change had to be with
Speaker 3: consideration and respect for what we have.
Speaker 1: Marce Mira Giordi bayin lomas casa kumbartit.
Speaker 3: Marcel looks at Giordi, seeing the man he has become.
Speaker 1: Jordi lameva parsio percambieru tout beda voula umfutur millo parrals
Speaker 1: nostras fields para tutom.
Speaker 3: Giorgi. My passion for changing everything comes from wanting a
Speaker 3: better future for our children, for everyone.
Speaker 1: La cumberses intensifica imarcefinal men coustiona greus calnostra mistad podso
Speaker 1: braviura atota scha.
Speaker 3: The conversation intensifies, and Mercif finally questions, do you think
Speaker 3: our friendship can survive all this?
Speaker 1: Jordi ambalcora nunpun diu Marseilles em tingut mars recordunes.
Speaker 3: Jorgi with his heart in his throat, says Marseilles. We've
Speaker 3: had too many memories together.
Speaker 1: No pud'em the shac shon sabari.
Speaker 3: We can't let this separate us.
Speaker 1: The spres dun moumen der ra flexio, marsesumbrio am la
Speaker 1: seba calidesa vitual tournana flora.
Speaker 3: After a moment of reflection, Merces smiles her usual warmth resurfacing.
Speaker 1: Guetl citra vlem juns an un prugetta kumunitari.
Speaker 3: How about we work together on a community project.
Speaker 1: Bou sepudem truba una maneeda du ni al milliod al
Speaker 1: barsatill al futur.
Speaker 3: Maybe we can find a way to unite the best
Speaker 3: of the past and the future.
Speaker 1: Jordi alaogette respon see maghraderia mole Marseilljervi.
Speaker 3: Relieved replies, Yes, I would really like that merce.
Speaker 1: Buze caestse al came vicness sitem.
Speaker 3: Maybe that's the change we need.
Speaker 1: Asmir al zuls umbra nuva da speranza.
Speaker 3: They look each other in the eye with renewed hope.
Speaker 1: Al surtira lucal l la trual caminen coustata coustet am
Speaker 1: la prumesa de mantani la seba mistet parsova de las
Speaker 1: di ferentis puliticas.
Speaker 3: As they leave the polling station, they walk side by
Speaker 3: side with the promise to keep their friendship above political differences.
Speaker 1: Al salbrill messfort you know santid de coumprumise florescin trees
Speaker 1: come las flors de prima veda.
Speaker 3: The sun shines brighter, and a new sense of commitment
Speaker 3: blooms between them like the spring flowers.
Speaker 4: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 4: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Catalan, then in English.
Speaker 1: La prima vedra, la prima vera, la prima vera.
Speaker 3: The spring, la vila, la la la vila, the village.
Speaker 1: Al care al care, al care, the street a lucal
Speaker 1: la lactural a luc la lactural, al luca, la lactual,
Speaker 1: The polling station, La pancarta, la bancarta, la bangcarta, the
Speaker 1: banner alcutada, al sutada, al se ta da, the citizen,
Speaker 1: al jist, al jist, al jist, the gesture al yaby
Speaker 1: al yavy al laby, the whip all see lenzy, all
Speaker 1: see lenzy, al see lency, the silence, Let me stat,
Speaker 1: let me stat la mes tat the friendship.
Speaker 3: Almon al moon Almon, the world.
Speaker 1: Alcambi, alcambi, alcambi, the change, La tradicio, latradiicio, latradi seo,
Speaker 1: the tradition lae, then titat lay, then titat lie, than
Speaker 1: t tat the identity, all record, I'll record, all record,
Speaker 1: the memory Lrenzia, Larnzia, larentzia, the heritage, Alfutur, alfutur, alfutur,
Speaker 1: the future, La truebada, la truebada, la truebada, The encounter
Speaker 1: lacuncid racio, lacunci racio, lacunci da racio. The consideration al respecta,
Speaker 1: al respecta, al respecta, the respect La cumbersa, la cumbersa,
Speaker 1: la cumbersa, the conversation, alpara, alpara, alpara, the father, Alphil, Alphiel, Alfil,
Speaker 1: the child, lasparanza, La speranza, la sparanza, the hope. Alcumprumis, alcumprumis,
Speaker 1: al coum prumis, the commitment, alprujecta, al prujecta, al prugecta,
Speaker 1: the project, alpasset, alpasset, al pasat, the.
Speaker 3: Past, La flow, la flow, la flow, the flower.
Speaker 1: I'll combi, i'lcambi, I'll gambi, the change, La kalideza, La kalideza,
Speaker 1: la kalidza, the warmth.
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