Learn how to buy tickets and reserve seats
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Matt: Hello and welcome back to BulgarianPod101.com. This is Beginner, season 1, lesson 18 - Reserving Train Tickets in Bulgaria. My name is Matt. |
| Tina: Hello. And I’m Tina! |
| Matt: In this lesson, you'll learn how to buy tickets and reserve seats in Bulgaria. |
| Tina: The conversation takes place at a big station. |
| Matt: It’s between Milena, Veronika, and a male station clerk. |
| Tina: They use formal speech because they are purchasing items. |
| Matt: Okay, let’s listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Милена: Добър ден, искаме да си купим билети за автобус до град Кюстендил. |
| Чиновник: Със запазени места ли? |
| Вероника: Да, разбира се. |
| Чиновник: За коя дата? |
| Милена: 20 декември. Два билета със запазени места до Кюстендил за 20 декември. |
| Чиновник: Еднопосочни? |
| Вероника: Отиване и връщане. |
| Милена: Значи, два двупосочни билета със запазени места до Кюстендил. Отиване 20 декември и връщане 22 декември. |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Милена: Добър ден, искаме да си купим билети за автобус до град Кюстендил. |
| Чиновник: Със запазени места ли? |
| Вероника: Да, разбира се. |
| Чиновник: За коя дата? |
| Милена: 20 декември. Два билета със запазени места до Кюстендил за 20 декември. |
| Чиновник: Еднопосочни? |
| Вероника: Отиване и връщане. |
| Милена: Значи, два двупосочни билета със запазени места до Кюстендил. Отиване 20 декември и връщане 22 декември. |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Милена: Добър ден, искаме да си купим билети за автобус до град Кюстендил. |
| Matt: Hello, we want to buy bus tickets to the city of Kyustendil. |
| Чиновник: Със запазени места ли? |
| Matt: With reserved seats? |
| Вероника: Да, разбира се. |
| Matt: Yes, of course. |
| Чиновник: За коя дата? |
| Matt: Which date? |
| Милена: 20 декември. Два билета със запазени места до Кюстендил за 20 декември. |
| Matt: December 20. Two tickets with reserved seats to Kyustendil for December 20. |
| Чиновник: Еднопосочни? |
| Matt: One way? |
| Вероника: Отиване и връщане. |
| Matt: Round trip. |
| Милена: Значи, два двупосочни билета със запазени места до Кюстендил. Отиване 20 декември и връщане 22 декември. |
| Matt: So, two round-trip tickets with reserved seats to Kyustendil. Going on December 20 and coming back on December 22. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Matt: So they were buying bus tickets for their winter vacation. |
| Tina: Let’s talk a little about how you can get around various places in Bulgaria. |
| Matt: I know that Bulgaria has many types of transportation to travel to different spots, including car, train, bus, and minibus. |
| Tina: That’s right. For example, if you want to go from the capital to the seaside, you could use a rental car, but it’s not actually a very popular option. |
| Matt: You could buy a train ticket too, but that might be quite an experience since many young people enjoy having fun on those trains. |
| Matt: And you could take a bus, right? |
| Tina: Yes, and actually, that is probably the fastest and most reasonable way. |
| Matt: Ok. I know that there are also daily flights from Sofia to the Black Sea main resorts, right? |
| Tina: That's true. If you are going to the mountains though, you might prefer reaching some of the lower altitude places by car or a bus. |
| Matt: Quite often, there are local or private minibuses and vans that take tourists to their huts. |
| Tina: Finally, you can also enjoy cycling trips around the country – this is becoming more and more popular in recent years! |
| Matt: It sounds like there are a lot of options! Okay, now let’s move on to the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Matt: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| : The first word we shall see is: |
| Tina: купувам [natural native speed] |
| Matt: to buy |
| Tina: купувам [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: купувам [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Tina: град [natural native speed] |
| Matt: city |
| Tina: град [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: град [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Tina: запазен [natural native speed] |
| Matt: reserved |
| Tina: запазен [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: запазен [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Tina: място [natural native speed] |
| Matt: seat, place |
| Tina: място [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: място [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Tina: дата [natural native speed] |
| Matt: date |
| Tina: дата [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: дата [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Tina: еднопосочен [natural native speed] |
| Matt: one way, one-way |
| Tina: еднопосочен [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: еднопосочен [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Tina: отиване [natural native speed] |
| Matt: going, out-bound |
| Tina: отиване [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: отиване [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Tina: връщане [natural native speed] |
| Matt: return, way back |
| Tina: връщане [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: връщане [natural native speed] |
| : And Last: |
| Tina: двупосочен [natural native speed] |
| Matt: two-way, round-trip |
| Tina: двупосочен [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: двупосочен [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Matt: Let’s take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Tina: The first one is "Билет". |
| Matt: This noun means "ticket." It’s used for any kind of ticket issued for transportation or events. |
| Tina: Sometimes Bulgarians use a diminutive form in neuter, "билетче," to describe the transportation tickets for buses, trolleys, and trams in the capital. |
| Matt: Okay. What’s the next word? |
| Tina: "Автобус". |
| Matt: This is a noun meaning "bus." |
| Tina: Yes. But remember that when someone says "бус" only, it can also mean “a larger car”, like a van and so on. |
| Matt: Ok, that's good to keep in mind. |
| Tina: Buses are one of the main transportation options in the capital and the other main cities. And Bulgarian people prefer buses for travelling in the country too, rather than taking slower trains. |
| Matt: I see. What’s the next word? |
| Tina: "Значи" |
| Matt: This is a conjunction meaning "then" or "so." |
| Tina: You can use it at the beginning of the sentence. Note that it’s quite informal. |
| Matt: How could you use it? |
| Tina: You could say "Значи, какво да кажа.” |
| Matt: It literally means “So what should I say?” or something like “I don't know what to say." |
| Tina: By the way, there is a verb, meaning "to denote," which is related to that word – "знача." |
| Matt: Hmm, it sounds quite similar. |
| Tina: "Значи" and "знача." So make sure you don’t get confused between the word “Значи” meaning “then” or “so”.. and the other word “знача” meaning “to denote.” |
| Matt: Okay, now onto the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
| Matt: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to buy tickets and reserve seats in Bulgarian. |
| Tina: We’ll take a look at the expressions that Milena and Veronika used when they were buying bus tickets from a major transportation hub in the dialogue. |
| Matt: So let’s see what information we can provide and what we need to say when we buy reserved seat tickets in advance. |
| Tina: At the beginning of the dialogue, Milena said "Добър ден, искаме да си купим билети за автобус до град Кюстендил." |
| Matt: meaning “Hello, we want to buy bus tickets to the city of Kyustendil.” |
| Tina: It’s natural to say what you intend to do without specifying the date and other details, since this is probably the place where many types of tickets are bought for different destinations. |
| Matt: So if we have to summarize a basic way to do this, we will say, "I want to buy [ticket name such as bus ticket, train ticket] to [destination.]” right? |
| Tina: But in Bulgarian, this will have several variations, depending on the amount of tickets and their type. |
| Matt: What do you mean? |
| Tina: For example, you could say “Искам да купя автобусен билет до then the destination," |
| Matt: It means “I want to buy a bus ticket to” |
| Tina: Or if you want to talk about “bus tickets”, you can say.. "Искам да купя автбусни билети до, then the destination. |
| Matt: “I want to buy bus tickets to” |
| Tina: If you want to buy a train ticket, you can say.. "Искам да купя билет за влак до, then the destination. |
| Matt: I want to buy a train ticket to” |
| Tina: Or if you want to buy train tickets for a group of people or multiple tickets, you can say "Искам да купя билети за влак до, then the destination. |
| Matt: “I want to buy train tickets to..” |
| Tina: Also, you can add "еднопосочен" meaning “one-way” or "двупосочен" meaning “round-trip” before the word ticket, to specify the type of ticket. |
| Matt: Also, you can say the dates for departure and arrival like this: |
| Tina: "Отиване 20 декември и връщане 22 декември." |
| Matt: which means “Going on December 20 and coming back on December 22.” |
Outro |
| Matt: Well listeners, that’s all we have for this lesson. As always, don’t forget to check the lesson notes. Thanks for listening, and we’ll see you next time. Bye! |
| Tina: “Чао-чао!” |
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