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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
Whatever the reason for traveling to Bulgaria, you won't leave the country without having met people. Therefore, it's necessary to learn how to introduce yourself and how to respond to people introducing themselves.
The best way to introduce ourselves is maybe by reviewing the parts of a conversation. As you know, we have a polite version, the one where we use the formal level of speech, and another one in which we use the informal level.
Let's cover the formal version first.
In Bulgarian, "How do you do?" is Kak ste? The first word, kak, means "how." Next, we have ste, which in English literally means "you are." All together, we have Kak ste? This literally means "How do you do?"
After Kak ste, we will cover "My name is...," and we will use my name this time. Therefore, "My name is Maria" is Kazvam se Maria. Let's break it down. The first word, kazvam, means "say" or "call," and we follow it with se, which in English means "me" or "myself." To recap here, we have kazvam se, which literally means, "I call myself." Then you have the name, in this case "Maria." All together, we have Kazvam se Maria, which literally means, "I call myself Maria."
After that, we will cover "Nice to meet you," which in Bulgarian is Priyatno mi e da se zapoznaem. The first word, priyatno, literally means "pleasurable." Then you have mi e ("for me"), and finally you have da se zapoznnaem, which in English is "to meet" or "to know each other." All together, we have Priyatno mi e da se zapoznaem, which literally means "pleasure of knowing you."
Let's look over the informal level now. It's very straightforward because you need to change just a few things.
Kak ste ("How do you do?") becomes Kak si? since you are now using the second person singular in place of the second person plural of the formal level. The second part doesn't change at all. In fact, we also have Kazvam se Maria in the informal level, meaning "My name is Maria."
In place of Priyatno mi e da se zapoznaem ("nice to meet you") at the informal level, we instead have Mnogo mi e priyatno. Mnogo means "much"/"a lot." Mi e means "to me" or "for me." And priyatno, as we know, is "pleasurable." This is simple and useful! Mnogo mi e priyatno.

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 do you do? (formal)" - Kak ste?
Kak ste?
Kak ste?
"How do you do? (informal)" - Kak si?
Kak si?
Kak si?
"My name is..." - Kazvam se---
Kazvam se---
Kazvam se---
"Nice to meet you. (formal)" - Priyatno mi e da se zapoznaem.
Priyatno mi e da se zapoznaem.
Priyatno mi e da se zapoznaem.
"Nice to meet you. (informal)" - Mnogo mi e priyatno.
Mnogo mi e priyatno.
Mnogo mi e priyatno.
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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