Learn to ask, "How are you?"
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| Introduction |
| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Bulgarian Season 1, Lesson 4 - Asking How Someone Is. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question How are you? in Bulgarian. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'How are you?' in Bulgarian. |
| Petar: [Normal] Как си? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'how' |
| Petar: [Normal] как [Slow] как (kak) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning '(you) are' |
| Petar: [Normal] си [Slow] си(si) |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'How are you?' |
| Petar: [Slow] Как си? [Normal] Как си? |
| Becky: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'How are you?' |
| Petar: [Normal] Как сте? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'how' |
| Petar: [Normal] как [Slow] как (kak) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning '(you) are ' |
| Petar: [Normal] сте [Slow] сте(ste) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal question meaning 'How are you?' |
| Petar: [Slow] Как сте? [Normal] Как сте? |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning 'I'm fine. Thank you.' |
| Petar: [Normal] Добре съм, благодаря. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'well' |
| Petar: [Normal] добре [Slow] добре(dobre) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'to be' |
| Petar: [Normal] съм [Slow] съм(sam) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'thank you' |
| Petar: [Normal] благодаря [Slow] благодаря(blagodarya) |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'I'm fine. Thank you.' |
| Petar: [Slow] Добре съм, благодаря. [Normal] Добре съм, благодаря. |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'Not so well.' |
| Petar: [Normal] Не съвсем добре. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'not' |
| Petar: [Normal] не [Slow] не(ne) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'quite' |
| Petar: [Normal] съвсем [Slow] съвсем(savsem) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'well' |
| Petar: [Normal] добре [Slow] добре(dobre) |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'Not so well.' |
| Petar: [Slow] Не съвсем добре. [Normal] Не съвсем добре. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Petar: Please remember that in Bulgaria, if you accidentally bump into someone, you don't say "I am sorry," съжалявам; instead you say извинете, "Excuse me" or прощавайте, "Forgive me." |
Outro |
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| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Petar: До скоро! |
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