Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Vineyards & Storms: Embracing Change in Kaapse Wynlande
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Story Transcript:

Af: Die wind het koud oor die wingerde gewaai.
En: The wind blew cold over the vineyards.

Af: In die Kaapse Wynlande het die druifstokkies trots gestaan, hul groen loof blinkend in die lente son.
En: In the Kaapse Wynlande, the grapevines stood proudly, their green foliage gleaming in the spring sun.

Af: Die lug was eintlik onverwags onheilspellend.
En: The sky was actually unexpectedly ominous.

Af: Daar was donderweer oppad.
En: There was a thunderstorm on the way.

Af: Vir Pieter was elke seisoen 'n uitdaging, maar hierdie keer was dinge anders.
En: For Pieter, every season was a challenge, but this time things were different.

Af: Annelie het stresvol gestaan by haar pa.
En: Annelie stood stressfully by her father.

Af: Sy het na die donker wolke gekyk wat vinnig nader gekom het.
En: She looked at the dark clouds that were quickly approaching.

Af: "Pa, ons moet iets doen.
En: "Dad, we have to do something.

Af: Die haelstorm kan alles ruïneer," het sy gesê.
En: The hailstorm can ruin everything," she said.

Af: Haar stem het dringend geklink.
En: Her voice sounded urgent.

Af: Pieter het diep asem gehaal.
En: Pieter took a deep breath.

Af: Sy het hom al lankal probeer oorreed.
En: She had been trying to persuade him for a long time.

Af: "Ek is nie seker of ons jou nuwe planne kan vertrou nie.
En: "I'm not sure if we can trust your new plans.

Af: Ons het altyd die tradisionele manier gebruik," het hy geantwoord.
En: We've always used the traditional method," he replied.

Af: Net toe het Kobus van langsaan na hulle toe gestap.
En: Just then, Kobus from next door walked over to them.

Af: Sy loop was vinnig, sy voorkop gefronst.
En: His stride was quick, his forehead furrowed.

Af: "Ek het gehoor van die storm," het hy begin.
En: "I heard about the storm," he began.

Af: "Ek het nette wat ons kan gebruik om die wingerde te bedek.
En: "I have nets we can use to cover the vineyards."

Af: "Pieter het geaarzel.
En: Pieter hesitated.

Af: Hy en Kobus was ou vriende, maar hy het Kobus se ambisie geken.
En: He and Kobus were old friends, but he knew Kobus's ambition.

Af: Hy wou nie skuld wees aan Kobus nie.
En: He didn’t want to be indebted to Kobus.

Af: "Dankie, ou maat," het Pieter bewerig terug gesê, "maar ons moet eers ons eie besluite neem.
En: "Thank you, old friend," Pieter said nervously, "but we need to make our own decisions first."

Af: "Annelie het weer haar pleidooi gelewer.
En: Annelie pleaded again.

Af: "Ons kan die nette gebruik, Pa.
En: "We can use the nets, Dad.

Af: Dit is 'n nuwe tegniek, maar dit kan werk.
En: It's a new technique, but it can work."

Af: "Die begin van reën het begin val, die eerste druppels hard op die wingerd tafel getik.
En: The rain began to fall, the first drops hitting the vineyard table hard.

Af: Pieter het opgespring.
En: Pieter jumped up.

Af: Van ouderdom in sy bene, maar vastbeslote om sy plaas te red.
En: The age in his legs was evident, but he was determined to save his farm.

Af: Hy moes nou 'n besluit neem.
En: He needed to make a decision now.

Af: "Sit die nette op!
En: "Put up the nets!"

Af: " het hy uiteindelik uitgeroep.
En: he finally exclaimed.

Af: Annelie het vinnig eerster met die voorbereidngs begin, Pieter ook saam.
En: Annelie quickly started with the preparations, Pieter joining her.

Af: Kobus het gehelp terwyl die wind sterk gewaai het.
En: Kobus helped as the wind blew strongly.

Af: Die storm was hewig.
En: The storm was fierce.

Af: Swart wolke het die son verswelg.
En: Black clouds engulfed the sun.

Af: Maar die nette het gewerk.
En: But the nets worked.

Af: Daar was 'n paar takkies wat leid besering gehad het, maar die meeste van die wingerde was ongeskonde.
En: There were a few branches that suffered damage, but most of the vineyards were unscathed.

Af: Nadat die storm bedaar het, het Pieter diep asem gehaal en na Annelie gekyk.
En: After the storm subsided, Pieter took a deep breath and looked at Annelie.

Af: Sy het gesmile, bewend en vol hoop.
En: She smiled, shaky but full of hope.

Af: "Dankie, my kind," het hy sag gesê.
En: "Thank you, my child," he said softly.

Af: Hy het besef dis dalk tyd om die verlede met die hede te meng, om die ou met die nuwe te verbind.
En: He realized it might be time to blend the past with the present, to connect the old with the new.

Af: Pieter het Annelie se hand vasgehou.
En: Pieter held Annelie's hand.

Af: "Ek dink jy het die wysheid van beide wêrelde," het hy gesê.
En: "I think you have the wisdom of both worlds," he said.

Af: Sy het in sy oë gekyk en geweet sy het sy vertroue gewen.
En: She looked into his eyes and knew she had earned his trust.

Af: Die wingerde het veilig gebly, en die toekoms van die plaas het skielik helder gelyk.
En: The vineyards remained safe, and the future of the farm suddenly seemed bright.

Af: Daar, tussen die ranke van die wingerde, het Pieter en Annelie saam gestaan.
En: There, among the rows of the vineyards, Pieter and Annelie stood together.

Af: 'n Nuwe era het aangebreek in die Kaapse Wynlande - een waar tradisie en vernuwing hand aan hand gestap het.
En: A new era had dawned in the Kaapse Wynlande—one where tradition and innovation walked hand in hand.


Vocabulary Words:

• vineyards: wingerde
• grapevines: druifstokkies
• foliage: loof
• gleaming: blinkend
• ominous: onheilspellend
• thunderstorm: donderweer
• hailstorm: haelstorm
• persuade: oorreed
• urgent: dringend
• ambition: ambisie
• indebted: skuld
• preparations: voorbereidngs
• unscathed: ongeskonde
• engulfed: verswelg
• subsided: bedaar
• shaky: bewend
• wisdom: wysheid
• blend: meng
• connect: bind
• era: era
• innovation: vernuwing
• challenge: uitdaging
• furrowed: gefronst
• nets: nette
• stride: loop
• suffered: leid
• stood: gestaan
• whims: wimpe
• determinant: dissipuleer
• subsequently: wesentlik