Fluent Fiction - Serbian: Coffee Stain Serendipity: A Chance Encounter
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Story Transcript:

Sr: U samom srcu Beograda, Knez Mihailova ulica je bila puna ljudi koji su uživali u prolećnom danu.
En: In the heart of Belgrade, Knez Mihailova Street was filled with people enjoying the spring day.

Sr: Milica, devojka sa kovrdžavom kosom, hodala je brzo, noseći u ruci papirnu šolju sa kafom.
En: Milica, a girl with curly hair, was walking fast, holding a paper cup of coffee in her hand.

Sr: Razmišljala je o svojim obavezama i nije gledala oko sebe.
En: She was thinking about her responsibilities and not paying attention to her surroundings.

Sr: Odjednom, ispred nje se pojavio Marko, muškarac koji je bio zaokupljen razgovorom na svom telefonu.
En: Suddenly, in front of her appeared Marko, a man who was engrossed in a conversation on his phone.

Sr: U trenutku nepažnje, Milica se sudarila s njim.
En: In a moment of distraction, Milica collided with him.

Sr: Kafa je završila na Markovoj beloj košulji. Izgledala je kao velika braon mrlja.
En: The coffee ended up on Marko's white shirt, leaving a large brown stain.

Sr: "Jao! Izvini, molim te" uzviknula je Milica, zgrožena svojom nespretnošću.
En: "Oops! I'm so sorry," exclaimed Milica, horrified by her clumsiness.

Sr: Marko je pogledao svoju mokru košulju i uzdahnuo.
En: Marko looked at his wet shirt and sighed.

Sr: "Nema veze, desi se," rekao je pokušavajući da ostane smiren.
En: "It's okay, it happens," he said, trying to stay calm.

Sr: U tom trenutku, Ana, koja je radila u obližnjem butiku, prišla je noseći salvete.
En: At that moment, Ana, who worked in a nearby boutique, approached carrying napkins.

Sr: "Hajde, da probamo da to očistimo," rekla je Ana dok je stala pored Marka i počela da tapka salvete po mrlji.
En: "Let's try to clean this up," Ana said as she stood next to Marko and began dabbing the napkins on the stain.

Sr: Ali, bez obzira na njene napore, mrlja je samo postajala sve veća i tamnija.
En: But despite her efforts, the stain only grew larger and darker.

Sr: "Oh, čini mi se da je sad još gore," Ana je izgledala zabrinuto.
En: "Oh, it seems to be even worse now," Ana looked worried.

Sr: Milica je osećala kako joj je sve neprijatnije.
En: Milica felt increasingly uncomfortable.

Sr: "Zaista mi je žao, mogu da vam platim hemijsko čišćenje," ponudila je Milica.
En: "I'm really sorry, I can pay for dry cleaning," Milica offered.

Sr: Marko, koji je sada već imao veliku tamnu fleku na košulji, promenio je ton.
En: Marko, who now had a large dark spot on his shirt, changed his tone.

Sr: "Nema potrebe, ipak je samo košulja," nasmešio se, pokušavajući da razreši situaciju.
En: "No need, it's just a shirt after all," he smiled, trying to resolve the situation.

Sr: Milica je iz torbe izvukla vizit kartu.
En: Milica pulled out her business card from her bag.

Sr: "Evo ti moj broj, javi se pa ćemo isplanirati kako da to sredimo," reče Milica, pružajući kartu Marku.
En: "Here's my number, give me a call and we can figure out how to fix this," said Milica, offering the card to Marko.

Sr: Marko je uzeo kartu, i dok su se njihove ruke dodirnule, oboje su osetili čudan osećaj.
En: Marko took the card, and as their hands touched, they both felt a strange sensation.

Sr: Ana je posmatrala i osmehnula se, shvativši da između njih postoji nešto više od mrlje na košulji.
En: Ana watched and smiled, realizing that there was something more between them than just a coffee stain on a shirt.

Sr: Nekoliko dana kasnije, Marko je pozvao Milicu.
En: A few days later, Marko called Milica.

Sr: Nisu pričali o košulji ili kafi.
En: They didn't talk about the shirt or the coffee.

Sr: Umesto toga, dogovorili su se da se nađu na istoj toj promenadi gde su se sudarili.
En: Instead, they arranged to meet on the same promenade where they had collided.

Sr: Ispostavilo se da je mrlja od kafe bila početak novog i neočekivanog prijateljstva, a potencijalno i nečega više.
En: It turned out that the coffee stain was the beginning of a new and unexpected friendship, and potentially something more.


Vocabulary Words:

• enjoying: uživajući
• spring: proleće
• curly: kovrdžava
• fast: brzo
• holding: noseći
• coffee: kafa
• thinking: razmišljala
• responsibilities: obaveze
• paying attention: gledajući
• suddenly: odjednom
• appeared: pojavio se
• engrossed: zaokupljen
• conversation: razgovor
• phone: telefon
• moment: trenutak
• distraction: nepažnja
• collided: sudarila
• ended up: završila
• shirt: košulju
• large: velika
• brown: braon
• stain: mrlja
• exclaimed: uzviknula
• horrified: zgrožena
• sighed: uzdahnuo
• calm: smiren
• approached: prišla
• carrying: noseći
• napkins: salvete
• clean: očistimo