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INTRODUCTION
Matt: Hello and welcome back to BulgarianPod101.com. This is Beginner, season 1, lesson 25 - Wishing You a Happy New Year in Bulgaria! I’m Matt.
Tina: Hello. And I’m Tina!
Matt: In this final lesson of the series, you'll learn how to wish something to someone.
Tina: The conversation takes place in a restaurant, where the participants are celebrating the New Year.
Matt: So the conversation is between Milena, Veronika, Kiril and their friends.
Tina: Because they’re friends, they’ll be using informal language.
Matt: Okay, let’s listen to the conversation.

Lesson conversation
Кирил: Хайде, остава една минута!
Милена: Да приготвим чашите!
Вероника: А, къде ми е телефонът, искам да снимам...
Кирил: Ето го на масата.
Милена: Готови ли сте?
Всички: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...Честита Нова година!!!
Matt: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly.
Кирил: Хайде, остава една минута!
Милена: Да приготвим чашите!
Вероника: А, къде ми е телефонът, искам да снимам...
Кирил: Ето го на масата.
Милена: Готови ли сте?
Всички: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...Честита Нова година!!!
Matt: Now let’s hear it with the English translation.
Кирил: Хайде, остава една минута!
Matt: Come on, one minute left!
Милена: Да приготвим чашите!
Matt: Let's prepare the glasses!
Вероника: А, къде ми е телефонът, искам да снимам...
Matt: Ah, where's my phone, I want to take pictures…
Кирил: Ето го на масата.
Matt: Here it is on the table.
Милена: Готови ли сте?
Matt: Are you ready?
Всички: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...Честита Нова година!!!
Matt: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...Happy New Year!!!
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Matt: This dialogue ends in a very exciting way...
Tina: But one of them was searching for her phone to take photos.
Matt: It’s something very typical nowadays. Almost everything is shared via social media!
Tina: Talking about social media, why don't we discuss what phones are popular in Bulgaria and what Bulgarians do with them?
Matt: That sounds good! What are the major mobile operators in Bulgaria?
Tina: There are three, Globul, Mtel and VIVACOM. They offer a variety of phones, smartphones, tablets and other accessories.
Matt: It seems like each generation uses their phones differently!
Tina: Like in other countries, Bulgarians use their phones mainly to talk to other people, but the younger generations prefer texting and surfing the net.
Matt: Or listening to music...
Tina: Definitely!
Matt: Well, we’re not sure if Veronika actually intended to take a photo of the cheers and her friends...
Tina: ...or she could’ve been taking a selfie, which is “селфи” in Bulgarian.
Matt: I wouldn't be surprised! 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: оставам [natural native speed]
Matt: to remain, to be left
Tina: оставам [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Tina: оставам [natural native speed]
Matt: Next:
Tina: минута [natural native speed]
Matt: minute
Tina: минута [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Tina: минута [natural native speed]
Matt: Next:
Tina: чаша [natural native speed]
Matt: glass, cup
Tina: чаша [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Tina: чаша [natural native speed]
Matt: Next:
Tina: приготвям [natural native speed]
Matt: prepare, to prepare
Tina: приготвям [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Tina: приготвям [natural native speed]
Matt: Next:
Tina: телефон [natural native speed]
Matt: phone
Tina: телефон [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Tina: телефон [natural native speed]
Matt: Next:
Tina: снимам [natural native speed]
Matt: to take a photo, to shoot
Tina: снимам [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Tina: снимам [natural native speed]
Matt: Next:
Tina: маса [natural native speed]
Matt: table
Tina: маса [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Tina: маса [natural native speed]
Matt: Next:
Tina: готов [natural native speed]
Matt: ready
Tina: готов [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Tina: готов [natural native speed]
Matt: And Last:
Tina: искам [natural native speed]
Matt: to want
Tina: искам [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Tina: искам [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 “Ето”.
Matt: This is an adverb meaning “here”. We've talked about this word before, but in the dialogue, it was used with a different meaning. That’s because it changes its meaning depending on what word it’s used with.
Tina: Right. For example, “ето така” meaning “like this”, “ето на” meaning “there”, “ето защо” meaning “that is why” and so on.
Matt: Okay, what’s the next one?
Tina: “Хайде”
Matt: This is an interjection meaning “Come on!”, “Go ahead!” and “Here we go!”
Tina: Yes, it has quite a broad meaning. It’s usually used when cheering people on.
Matt: Like when you’re at a soccer game?
Tina: That’s right. In that case, the fans would say “Хайде наш’те”
Matt: Which means something like “Come on, boys!”
Tina: Yeah. You can hear that a lot during football games.
Matt: Ok. And what’s the next word?
Tina: “Къде”
Matt: This adverb basically means “where”.
Tina: When you add “-то” to the end of the word “Къде”, it becomes “където”, which is a conjunction.
Matt: And this conjunction can often be used to form complex sentences.
Tina: Yes. For example, “Тя спря на мястото, където пътят свършваше”
Matt: Which means “She stopped at the place where the road ended”.
Tina: The word “където” was used at the beginning of the second part of this sentence. Listeners, please note that when we write, we always use a comma before “където”.
Matt: That’s good to know! Now onto the grammar.

Lesson focus
Matt: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to wish someone something for an occasion.
Tina: In this dialogue, they celebrated the New Year with their friends at a restaurant party.
Matt: So let’s learn how we can say this in Bulgarian and some similar expressions for this occasion and other holidays in Bulgaria.
Tina: The most common way people greet each other on New Year’s Eve is “Честита Нова година”,
Matt: which means “Happy New Year.”
Tina: Yes. We sometimes say it with the year, for example, “Честита Нова 2015 година”.
Matt: Which means “Happy New 2015.” or literally “Happy new year, the year of 2015.” Can you break down this expression, Tina?
Tina: Sure! It’s formed by the adjective “честит”, meaning “happy”, in its feminine form “честита”;
Matt: And then?
Tina: Then we have a second adjective, again in feminine, “нова”, meaning “new”.
Matt: Ah, what is the masculine form then?
Tina: The dictionary form “нов” is the masculine. And finally, the noun related to those two adjectives, “година” in feminine, determining their gender.
Matt: and this word means “year”?
Tina: Yes, so altogether, “Честита Нова година”.
Matt: “Happy new year”. What if you are congratulating someone for his or her birthday?
Tina: You would use a similar expression, “Честит рожден ден”
Matt: Which is “Happy birthday”.
Tina: Yes. Again we have the adjective “честит”, this time in masculine, since “birthday” in Bulgarian is in masculine.
Matt: I noticed that the Bulgarian translation of birthday is composed of two separate words, “birth” and “day”.
Tina: That’s right. “рожден” meaning “birth” and “ден” meaning “day.”
Matt: Ok, so now we know how to congratulate people for two of the most important celebrations in life!
Tina: Of course, we have many more examples in the lesson notes too, listeners.

Outro
Matt: Well that’s all for this lesson, and for this series. We hope you enjoyed it and found it useful. If you have any questions or comments, please leave us a message at BulgarianPod101.com
Tina: We’re happy to help!
Matt: In the meantime, thanks for listening, and we’ll see you in another series. Bye for now!
Tina: До скоро!

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