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STORYGLOT ORIGINALCafeneaua mică
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STORYGLOT ORIGINALCafeneaua mică
A1About 3 min preview

Cafeneaua mică

The Little Café

Ana arrives in Sibiu with one suitcase and a plan to sell, unlocks her late grandmother Ileana's tiny café near Podul Minciunilor, and wakes the next morning to find…

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A0Under 1 min preview

Mâncare

Food

He is eating pizza. It is tasty.

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Familia mea

My family

This is my family.

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Pot să fac multe lucruri.

I can do many things

I can cook.

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Ce fac ei?

What are they doing?

I am talking.

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Cumpărarea medicamentelor

Getting medicine

Tom has a toothache. His tooth hurts very much.

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Ce fel de muzică îți place?

What sort of music do you like?

Tulima loves music. She listens to it every day.

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A2Under 1 min preview

A cumpăra haine

Buying clothes

Ali’s shirt is old. He needs a new one.

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B1Under 1 min preview

Găsirea unui loc de muncă

Finding a job

Alisha needs to find a job because her family needs money for food and clothes.

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Povestea lui Malik

Malik’s story

My name is Malik and I am 39 years old. I was born in Afghanistan. My religion is different from the main religion in Afghanistan.

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B2Under 1 min preview

Povestea lui Agostino

Agostino’s story

My name is Agostino and I am 51 years old. My job is delivering food by bicycle. I have two daughters, but we hardly ever speak. Their mother and I no longer live…

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A da naștere

Giving birth

Selamawit is 29 years old. She gave birth to her first child in Eritrea. She and her family had a hard time there, so they decided to go to Italy.

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Vremea

The weather

It is sunny.

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Vorbind despre familie

Talking about family

“Do you have any family?”

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Vorbind despre vreme

Talking about the weather

“The days are starting to get cold. What is the temperature?”

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B1Under 1 min preview

A se remarca pentru un motiv bun

Standing out for the right reason

Edson was born in Angola, just after the country became independent. He was a very tall boy. Because of his height he stood out. The people who were giving weapons to…

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Sunetul păsărilor dimineața

The sound of birds in the morning

Yulia, her husband, and their little daughter lived in a small, quiet village in Ukraine. Yulia loved being woken every morning by the sound of birds. She never…

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Venirea în Norvegia

Coming to Norway

My two brothers and I came to Norway in December 2016. We wore summer clothes because we thought it would be as warm in Norway as it was in Somalia. However, when we…

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B2Under 1 min preview

Un bărbat bătrân ca soț

An old man as a husband

I thought Norwegian men were the best men in the world, but that is not true! Before I met the man who became my husband, I worked in a factory in Bangkok, and he…

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