Building IKEA Furniture: Laughter, Mishaps, and Unbreakable Bonds

Fluent Fiction - Swedish: Building IKEA Furniture: Laughter, Mishaps, and Unbreakable Bonds Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/building-ikea-furniture-laughter-mishaps-and-unbreakable-bonds Story Transcript:Sv: Något magiskt hände i Stockholm en grå regnig söndag.En: Something magical happened in Stockholm on a grey rainy Sunday.Sv: Sofia, Emil och Astrid satt i Sofias lägenhet belägen i charmiga Södermalm.En: Sofia, Emil, and Astrid were sitting in Sofia's apartment located in charming Södermalm.Sv: De hade ett uppdrag.En: They had a mission.Sv: De ska montera ihop IKEA-möbler.En: They were supposed to assemble IKEA furniture.Sv: Det var mycket att göra.En: There was a lot to do.Sv: Det var bord, stolar, hyllor och mer.En: There were tables, chairs, shelves, and more.Sv: Både Sofia, Emil och Astrid var stolta över sina inköp, men nu var allt i kartonger.En: Both Sofia, Emil, and Astrid were proud of their purchases, but now everything was in boxes.Sv: Kartongerna var stora, tunga och de väntade tålmodigt på att bli öppnade.En: The boxes were big, heavy, and they patiently waited to be opened.Sv: Sofia öppnade första kartongen.En: Sofia opened the first box.Sv: En lång bordskiva kom fram, brun och blank.En: A long tabletop emerged, brown and glossy.Sv: Hon letade efter instruktionerna, men de var ingenstans att hitta.En: She looked for the instructions, but they were nowhere to be found.Sv: Emil och Astrid granskade de andra kartongerna.En: Emil and Astrid examined the other boxes.Sv: Inga instruktioner där heller.En: No instructions there either.Sv: "Där är de!En: "There they are!"Sv: " ropade Emil.En: Emil shouted.Sv: Han fann dem under en kartong.En: He found them under a box.Sv: Men instruktionerna var inte lätta.En: But the instructions were not easy.Sv: De var bilder utan ord, och de var svåra att förstå.En: They were pictures without words, and they were difficult to understand.Sv: De började med borden.En: They started with the tables.Sv: Sofia höll instruktionerna medan Emil och Astrid skruvade och svängde.En: Sofia held the instructions while Emil and Astrid screwed and turned.Sv: Efter en stund stod ett bord framför dem.En: After a while, a table stood in front of them.Sv: Men det var fel.En: But it was wrong.Sv: Bordet var snett!En: The table was crooked!Sv: De måste börja om.En: They had to start over.Sv: De skruvade och vred, försökte igen.En: They screwed and turned, tried again.Sv: Men bordet var fortfarande snett.En: But the table was still crooked.Sv: Sofia kikade på instruktionerna igen.En: Sofia looked at the instructions again.Sv: Nu förstod de.En: Now they understood.Sv: De hade gjort omvänt.En: They had done it backwards.Sv: Borden måste byggas uppifrån och ner, inte tvärtom.En: The tables had to be built from top to bottom, not the other way around.Sv: Skruva, vrida, försök igen.En: Screwing, turning, trying again.Sv: Äntligen stod ett rakt bord framför dem.En: Finally, a straight table stood in front of them.Sv: De skrattade, high-fived och kände sig nöjda.En: They laughed, high-fived, and felt satisfied.Sv: Men det var mer att göra.En: But there was more to do.

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