12-yo Girl Named a Hero for Running into Burning Home to Save Brothers
A bilingual Dutch story with sentence-by-sentence English translation. Level: BEGINNER (CEFR). Tap any word in the DuoBook reader for an instant translation.
Macy is twaalf jaar oud.
Macy is twelve years old.
Zij woont met haar familie in Georgia.
She lives with her family in Georgia.
Op een dag komt Macy thuis van school.
One day, Macy comes home from school.
Zij ziet rook bij haar huis.
She sees smoke near her house.
De garage staat in brand.
The garage is on fire.
Haar broers zijn nog binnen.
Her brothers are still inside.
Macy is erg dapper.
Macy is very brave.
Macy rent naar de voordeur.
Macy runs to the front door.
Zij roept naar haar broers.
She shouts to her brothers.
Het huis staat in brand, zegt zij.
The house is burning, she says.
Haar broers horen haar en worden wakker.
Her brothers hear her and wake up.
Zij rennen veilig het huis uit.
They run out of the house safely.
De familie is weer samen.
The family is together again.
Iedereen noemt Macy een held.
Everyone calls Macy a hero.
Vocabulary (Dutch)
- Twelve
- Twaalf
- Home
- Thuis
- Smoke
- Rook
- Fire
- Brand
- Inside
- Binnen
- Brave
- Dapper
- Runs
- Rent
- Shouts
- Roept
- Burning
- Brandend
- Wake up
- Worden wakker
- Safely
- Veilig
- Hero
- Held
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