Learn the essentials of numbers
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Yura: Basic Bootcamp, Lesson 4 - Counting from 1 to 100 in Bulgarian. Hi everyone. Yura here, and welcome to Basic Boot Camp series lesson 4. This is the fourth lesson in a five-part series that will help you ease your way into Bulgarian. |
| Iva: Здравейте. Аз съм Ива. I’m Iva. In this lesson, you will learn one of the essentials in Bulgarian - numbers. |
| Yura: So, everybody, pull out your abacus - just kidding. |
| Iva: At least we will try to make learning numbers as easy for you as possible. |
| Yura: Yes. We’ll start with the basics. In this conversation, you will count from 1 to 10. |
| Iva: And it takes place at the gym. |
| Yura: That’s right. It’s between Ivan and his coach, who will be counting his push ups. |
| Iva: Okay. Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| A: едно (1), |
| B: и |
| A: две (2) |
| B: и |
| A: три (3) |
| B: и |
| A: четири (4) |
| B: и |
| A: пет (5) |
| B: и |
| A: шест (6) |
| B: и |
| A: седем (7) |
| B: и |
| A: осем (8) |
| B: и |
| A: девет (9) |
| B: и |
| A: десет (10). |
| A: One, |
| B: and |
| A: two, |
| B: and |
| A: three, |
| B: and |
| A: four, |
| B: and |
| A: five, |
| B: and |
| A: six, |
| B: and |
| A: seven, |
| B: and |
| A: eight, |
| B: and |
| A: nine, |
| B: and |
| A: ten. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Yura: I feel like I have heard a lot of those words before somehow. |
| Iva: Very true. I think you can hear some like три in lot of English words. |
| Yura: Like a triangle. |
| Iva: Yes, you will find many examples where Greek has influenced English and Bulgarian in the same way, especially mathematics. |
| Yura: And once you learn the basics, you will be able to build larger numbers by putting together different parts of the words. |
| Iva: Just like bricks in building a house. |
| Yura: Comparing a number to building a house doesn’t sound easy to me. |
| Iva: Don’t worry. I know a trick to make it much easier than it sounds. |
| Yura: Great, please share it with us. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Iva: Okay. So, no matter where you are, whether you at home, on the subway or in your car, we want you to talk to yourself. Don’t worry, if people think you are crazy. |
| Yura: It’s for a good course. Basically, Iva is going to read out each number, and you have to repeat after her. |
| Iva: Okay. here we go. I will say it and give you time to repeat aloud after me. Eдно. |
| Yura: One. |
| Iva: едно, едно, |
| Iva: и |
| Yura: And. |
| Iva: и, и |
| Iva: две |
| Yura: Two. |
| Iva: две, две |
| Iva: три |
| Yura: Three. |
| Iva: три, три |
| Iva: четири |
| Yura: Four. |
| Iva: четири, четири |
| Iva: пет |
| Yura: Five. |
| Iva: пет, пет |
| Iva: шест |
| Yura: Six. |
| Iva: шест, шест |
| Iva: седем |
| Yura: Seven. |
| Iva: седем, седем |
| Iva: осем |
| Yura: Eight. |
| Iva: осем, осем |
| Iva: девет |
| Yura: Nine. |
| Iva: девет, девет |
| Iva: десет |
| Yura: Ten. |
| Iva: десет, десет |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Yura: Okay. So, we have more or less mastered the basic numbers 1 to 10. But how can we count above ten? |
| Iva: Well, other than 11 and 12, we form the numbers by simply adding надесет to the numbers 13 through 19. |
| Yura: Okay. So, Iva, please tell us the Bulgarian numbers from 11 to 20. |
| Iva: единадесет, дванадесет, тринадесет, четиринадесет, петнадесет, шестнадесет, седемнадесет, осемнадесет, деветнадесет, двадесет |
| Yura: So, what is this small exception you mentioned Eva? |
| Iva: Notice that 11 is единадесет and 12 is дванадесет. Notice the tiny variation before -надесет. |
| Yura: Right, but once you get used to it, you’ll have no problem. Listen and repeat everyone. |
| Iva: единадесет, дванадесет |
| Yura: Great. We’ve covered the most difficult part. Now, let’s take a look at the multiples of 10, which once you know 1 to 10, are really easy. |
| Iva: You just add десет as an ending to your number. So 50 would be петдесет. |
| Yura: Listen and repeat. |
| Iva: петдесет |
| Yura: So, as you might have noticed, the first part, пет is from пет number 5 and the second part десет indicates that it is a multiple of 10. Iva, could you please read out all the multiples of 10 from 20 to 90? |
| Iva: Of course, listeners repeat after me: двадесет, тридесет, четиридесет, петдесет, шестдесет, седемдесет, осемдесет, деветдесет |
| Yura: Okay, we are done with the multiples of 10, now I am going to venture into some other important number territory, but still not higher than 100. |
| Iva: Yes, no number overloading. This may be boot camp, but there is no torture employed here. |
| Yura: Okay. So, how old are you Iva? |
| Iva: I see where you are going with this. Okay. I am in the double digits - 25. |
| Yura: Okay. So, to make a number that is not denomination of 10, here is all you do. 20 we remember is двадесет. Well, now all you do is add on the rest. |
| Iva: двадесет и пет |
| Yura: Great, because пет is the number for 5. So, all you have to do is say 20 and 5. |
| Iva: Yes, so let’s try it with more numbers. How old are you, Yura? It’s Okay, they will believe whatever we say, they can’t see us. |
| Yura: So, what is 31 in Bulgarian? |
| Iva: тридесет и едно |
| Yura: Yes, because it is 30 plus едно which is the number for one. Okay, okay, let’s tell them our real ages. We are actually 68. How do we say that? |
| Iva: Well, the number for 60 remember is шестдесет, so we just add the 8 at the end. Шестдесет и осем |
Lesson focus |
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| Yura: Okay. Now, let’s take a look at today’s grammar point. How do we construct and use these numbers? |
| Iva: So, 1 to 10 are pretty easy, but there are things that need special attention here. Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. |
| Yura: These four numbers change according to the gender and the noun following them. So, here we go. Listeners, try to repeat after Iva whenever she says a new phrase. |
| Iva: една |
| Yura: One (feminine, singular, nominative). |
| Iva: един |
| Yura: One (masculine, singular, nominative). |
| Iva: едно |
| Yura: “One” (neuter, singular, nominative). Let’s try with the examples. |
| Iva: Eдна жена. |
| Yura: One woman. |
| Iva: Един мъж. |
| Yura: One man. |
| Iva: Едно дете. |
| Yura: One child. |
| Yura: жена, “woman”, is obviously feminine in gender and мъж, “man”, is masculine. And дете, “child”, in Bulgarian belongs to neuter gender. Here is one hint to help you remember Bulgarian genders. Feminine words usually end with vowels, mostly A or E. Most of the masculine words end with consonants, and neuter words with E or O. The endings and numbers end correspondingly. So, feminine една ends with ‘a’ with a masculine един ends with a consonant. |
| Iva: So, here we have една жена, един мъж and едно дете. |
| Yura: Now, number 2, 3, and 4 also change according to gender. But, lucky for us, feminine and neuter are the same, so only masculine form changes. |
| Iva: две |
| Yura: Two (feminine, plural, nominative). |
| Iva: двама |
| Yura: Two (masculine, plural, nominative). |
| Iva: две |
| Yura: Two (neuter, plural, nominative). Now, let’s say them with examples. |
| Iva: две жени |
| Yura: Two women. |
| Iva: двама мъже |
| Yura: Two men. |
| Iva: две деца |
| Yura: Two children. Now, let’s see the variation for number 3. |
| Iva: три |
| Yura: Three (feminine, plural, nominative). |
| Iva: трима |
| Yura: Three (masculine, plural, nominative). |
| Iva: три |
| Yura: Neuter, plural, nominative. Now, with the examples. |
| Iva: три жени |
| Yura: Three women. |
| Iva: трима мъже |
| Yura: Three men. |
| Iva: три деца |
| Yura: Three children. Finally, number four. |
| Iva: четири |
| Yura: Four (feminine, plural, normative). |
| Iva: четирима |
| Yura: Four (masculine, plural, nominative). |
| Iva: четири |
| Yura: Four (neuter, plural, nominative). Now, with the examples. |
| Iva: четири жени |
| Yura: Four women. |
| Iva: четирима мъже |
| Yura: Four men. |
| Iva: четири деца |
| Yura: Four children. |
Outro |
| Iva: Okay, listeners, you have got the idea, right? Now all you have to do is practice. |
| Yura: Right, remember practice makes perfect. That’s it for this lesson. Thanks for listening. See you in the next lesson. |
| Iva: Чао! |
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