Breaking Language Barriers with a Cold Beer

Fluent Fiction - Catalan: Breaking Language Barriers with a Cold Beer<br /> Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:<br />fluentfiction.org/breaking-language-barriers-with-a-cold-beer<br /><br /> Story Transcript:<br /><br />Ca: Era una tarda assolellada a Barcelona i Marc tenia molta set.<br />En: It was a sunny afternoon in Barcelona and Marc was very thirsty.<br /><br />Ca: Va decidir anar a un bar a prop per demanar una cervesa ben fresca.<br />En: He decided to go to a nearby bar to order a cold beer.<br /><br />Ca: Quan va entrar al bar, va notar que estava ple de gent.<br />En: When he entered the bar, he noticed that it was full of people.<br /><br />Ca: S'havia de donar una mica de pressa per trobar un lloc on seure.<br />En: You had to hurry to find a place to sit.<br /><br />Ca: Marc es va acostar a la barra i va saludar el cambrer.<br />En: Marc walked up to the bar and greeted the bartender.<br /><br />Ca: Però, quan el va escoltar parlar en castellà, va saber que hi hauria un petit problema.<br />En: But when she heard him speak in Spanish, she knew there was going to be a little problem.<br /><br />Ca: El fort accent de Marc feia difícil que el cambrer català comprengués la seva petició.<br />En: Marc's strong accent made it difficult for the Catalan waiter to understand his request.<br /><br />Ca: "-Una cervesa, si us plau", va dir Marc amb el seu accent català tan marcat.<br />En: "-A beer, please," said Marc in his strong Catalan accent.<br /><br />Ca: El cambrer, confós, va respondre en castellà: "¿Una cerveza?<br />En: The waiter, confused, replied in Spanish: "A beer?<br /><br />Ca: Sí, claro, ahora mismo".<br />En: Yes, claro, ahora mismo."<br /><br />Ca: Marc no es va donar per vençut.<br />En: Marc did not give up.<br /><br />Ca: Va provar de nuevo, però aquesta vegada en castellà: "A beer, please".<br />En: He tried de nuevo, but this time in Spanish: "A beer, please."<br /><br />Ca: El cambrer va somriure, tot i que encara no entenia completament.<br />En: The waiter smiled, though he still didn't fully understand.<br /><br />Ca: Va respondre: "Sure thing, mate.<br />En: He replied: "Sure thing, mate.<br /><br />Ca: One beer, coming right up".<br />En: One beer, coming right up."<br /><br />Ca: La gent del bar havia estat observant aquesta escena divertida i ràpidament es van unir al joc lingüístic.<br />En: The people at the bar had been watching this amusing scene and quickly joined in the language game.<br /><br />Ca: Van animar a Marc i el cambrer a continuar intentant comunicar-se en les dues llengües, fent riure a tots els presents.<br />En: They encouraged Marc and the waiter to continue trying to communicate in both languages, making everyone present laugh.<br /><br />Ca: Marc va intentar dir: "Una cervesa ben freda, si us plau".<br />En: Marc tried to say, "A cold beer, please."<br /><br />Ca: El cambrer va respondre: "A very cold beer?<br />En: The bartender replied, "A very cold beer?<br /><br />Ca: Got it.<br />En: Got it.<br /><br />Ca: You're gonna love it".<br />En: You're gonna love it."<br /><br />Ca: Van seguir jugant amb aquesta interacció amistosa durant una estona.<br />En: They continued to play with this friendly interaction for a while.<br /><br />Ca: Marc va aprendre algunes paraules en castellà i el cambrer va intentar pronunciar algunes paraules en català.<br />En: Marc learned some words in Spanish and the waiter tried to pronounce some words in Catalan.<br /><br />Ca: Tot i això, el més important era que havien aconseguit comprendre's el suficient com perquè Marc obtingués la seva cervesa ben freda.<br />En: However, the most important thing was that they had managed to understand each other enough for Marc to get his beer cold.<br /><br />Ca: Quan la cervesa arribava a les seves mans, tot el bar va aplaudir