Learn "How much is this?" in Bulgarian in addition to some more Bulgarian phrases useful for shopping
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Здравейте (zdraveyte). Hello and welcome to BulgarianPod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Bulgaria. You will be surprised at how far a little Bulgarian will go. Now before we jump in, remember to stop by BulgarianPod101.com. And there, you’ll find the accompanying PDF, additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| Lesson 3 - How much? |
| This lesson's phrase is something for all of you shoppers out there. The phrase is "how much." In Bulgarian, "how much" is колко (kolko). |
| колко (kolko) |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: колко (kolko) |
| Let's hear it once again: колко (kolko) |
| Shopping at the market, at a cafeteria, or wherever depending on your spending habits, this may be an extremely high frequency phrase! |
| The most rudimentary way of using "how much" is pointing at something while saying kolko, but let's try and build this up, shall we? |
| Let's start with the expression "how much is this" which in Bulgarian is колко струва това (kolko struva tova). |
| The first word kolko means "how much." |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: колко (kolko) |
| колко (kolko) |
| This is followed by струва (struva), which is the Bulgarian equivalent of the verb "cost." |
| струва (struva) |
| струва (struva) |
| The third word in the expression is това (tova) and means "this." |
| In slow tempo: това (tova) |
| това (tova) |
| Looking at the word for "this" warrants a look at the word for "that" which is онова (onova). |
| онова (onova) |
| онова (onova) |
| The phrase "how much is that" is колко струва онова (kolko struva onova). |
| колко струва онова (kolko struva onova) |
| колко струва онова (kolko struva onova) |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: колко струва онова (kolko struva onova) |
| Here it is once again: колко струва онова (kolko struva onova) |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we’d like for you to practice what you just learned. I’ll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase, and you’re responsible for saying it out loud. You’ll have few seconds before I give you the answer. So, Успех! (Uspeh!) that means "Good luck!" in Bulgarian. Ok, here we go! |
| "How much?" - Kolko? |
| Kolko? |
| Kolko? |
| "How much is this?" - Kolko struva tova? |
| Kolko struva tova? |
| Kolko struva tova? |
| "How much is that?" - Kolko struva onova? |
| Kolko struva onova? |
| Kolko struva onova? |
| All right. That’s going to do it for today. Remember to stop by BulgarianPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, make sure to leave a comment. Довиждане (dovizhdane)! |
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