Learn how to make reservations in Bulgarian
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Matt: Hello and welcome back to BulgarianPod101.com. This is Beginner, season 1, lesson 22 - Making Plans for a Delicious Bulgarian New Year. I’m Matt. |
| Tina: Hello. And I’m Tina! |
| Matt: In this lesson, you'll learn how to make reservations in Bulgarian. |
| Tina: The conversation takes place at Kiril’s house. Kiril is calling from his home phone to a restaurant. |
| Matt: So the conversation is between Kiril and a restaurant staff member. |
| Tina: They use formal language. |
| Matt: Okay, let’s listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Кирил: Добър ден! Искам да направя резервация за новогодишно парти в ресторанта. |
| Служителка: Благодаря. За колко човека става дума? |
| Кирил: Дванадесет. |
| Служителка: Имаме два вида куверти за деня в зависимост от броя на ястията за вечеря. |
| Кирил: Нека бъде пълен куверт. |
| Служителка: Това ще струва по 105 лева на човек. |
| Matt: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Кирил: Добър ден! Искам да направя резервация за новогодишно парти в ресторанта. |
| Служителка: Благодаря. За колко човека става дума? |
| Кирил: Дванадесет. |
| Служителка: Имаме два вида куверти за деня в зависимост от броя на ястията за вечеря. |
| Кирил: Нека бъде пълен куверт. |
| Служителка: Това ще струва по 105 лева на човек. |
| Matt: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Кирил: Добър ден! Искам да направя резервация за новогодишно парти в ресторанта. |
| Matt: Hello! I want to make a reservation for a New Year's party at the restaurant. |
| Служителка: Благодаря. За колко човека става дума? |
| Matt: Thank you. For how many people? |
| Кирил: Дванадесет. |
| Matt: Twelve. |
| Служителка: Имаме два вида куверти за деня в зависимост от броя на ястията за вечеря. |
| Matt: We have two types of courses for that day depending on the number of dishes served for dinner. |
| Кирил: Нека бъде пълен куверт. |
| Matt: Let it be a full course. |
| Служителка: Това ще струва по 105 лева на човек. |
| Matt: This will be 105 leva per person. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Matt: Tina, is it common to celebrate New Year’s in Bulgaria at a restaurant with friends? |
| Tina: Actually, yes. Bulgarians usually gather with friends and colleagues for New Year’s celebrations. They also have a traditional celebration with the family at home. |
| Matt: What kind of food do Bulgarians usually eat at New Years? |
| Tina: Well, homemade food usually includes the New Year banitsa - the traditional Bulgarian food, with lucky charms. |
| Matt: But it seems like people spend more than usual on New Year’s Eve dinner. |
| Tina: That’s true. The typical price for a New Year’s party at a restaurant varies between 60 and 100 Bulgarian lev, which is around 40-65 USD. |
| Matt: Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Matt: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| : The first word we shall see is: |
| Tina: Направя [natural native speed] |
| Matt: to make |
| Tina: Направя [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: Направя [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Tina: резервация [natural native speed] |
| Matt: reservation |
| Tina: резервация [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: резервация [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Tina: ресторант [natural native speed] |
| Matt: restaurant |
| Tina: ресторант [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: ресторант [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Tina: човек [natural native speed] |
| Matt: man, person |
| Tina: човек [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: човек [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Tina: куверт [natural native speed] |
| Matt: course meal reservation |
| Tina: куверт [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: куверт [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Tina: ястие [natural native speed] |
| Matt: meal |
| Tina: ястие [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: ястие [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Tina: пълен [natural native speed] |
| Matt: full |
| Tina: пълен [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: пълен [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Tina: лев [natural native speed] |
| Matt: Bulgarian currency lev |
| Tina: лев [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: лев [natural native speed] |
| : And Last: |
| Tina: струвам [natural native speed] |
| Matt: to cost |
| Tina: струвам [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Tina: струвам [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 word is… |
| Tina: “Вид” |
| Matt: This noun means “type” or “kind”. |
| Tina: Do you remember where it appeared in the dialogue? |
| Matt: In the dialogue, the sentence containing this word was about “two types” of course meals, right? |
| Tina: Yes, “два вида куверти”. Listeners, note that “вид” is a masculine word. |
| Matt: Okay. What’s the next word? |
| Tina: “Брой”. |
| Matt: This is a noun meaning “number” or “amount”. |
| Tina: We use it often in phrases like “брой на” then a noun. |
| Matt: which means “number of something” or “the amount of something.” It’s also a masculine word, so it needs the right form in the masculine when you use it in phrases like “big number” |
| Tina: Which in Bulgarian is – “голям брой”. |
| Matt: Okay, now onto the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
| Matt: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make reservations in Bulgarian |
| Tina: In the dialogue, Kiril calls to reserve a restaurant for a New Year’s party with his friends. |
| Matt: So the conversation includes some typical expressions that you can use when you’re talking over the phone or to someone in person. |
| Tina: That’s right. In the conversation, Kiril said “Искам да направя резервация за новогодишно парти в ресторанта.” |
| Matt: Meaning “I want to make reservation for a New Year's party at the restaurant.” Tina, can you break down this sentence? |
| Tina: Sure! It’s formed from the verbs “to want”, “искам” and “to make”, “направя”. This form needs a “да” before the verb “to make”. In other words, the verb forms after the verb “to want”, “искам” will be “да”-form verbs. |
| Matt: Ok, let’s explain this using an example like “I want to eat an ice cream”. |
| Tina: Okay. That would be “Искам да ям сладолед”. |
| Matt: Listeners, repeat after Tina. |
| Tina: “Искам да ям сладолед”. |
| Matt: Again, it means “I want to eat an ice cream.” |
| Tina: The example sentence from the dialogue ends with the direct object “reservation” or “резервация” in Bulgarian. After that, we have additional information for what kind of reservation, for example, “for a New Year's party at the restaurant”, “за Новогодишно парти в ресторанта”. |
| Matt: So we can add a lot of information in this type of sentence, right? |
| Tina: That’s right. |
| Matt: Is there anything else we should know about this? |
| Tina: Well, you can make more natural sentences for reserving things. For example, the Bulgarian sentence will be formed first by the verb “to want”, “искам” and then the “да”-form of the verb “to reserve” or “резервирам” in Bulgarian. |
| Matt: So the sentence in our dialogue would be..? |
| Tina: “Искам да резервирам ресторанта за Новогодишно парти” |
| Matt: Which means “I want to reserve the restaurant for a New Year's party”. |
| Tina: That’s right. But Bulgarian people usually say.. |
| Tina: “Искам да резервирам места” or “Искам да резервирам маса”. |
| Matt: Which means “I want to reserve seats” or “I want to reserve a table” |
| Tina: That’s right. Here, we left out some of the elements, which makes it sound more natural. |
Outro |
| Matt: Well, that’s all for this lesson. Thanks for listening, and we’ll see you next time. Bye! |
| Tina: “Чао-чао!” |
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