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| Michael: Native English speaker |
| Tina: Native Bulgarian speaker |
Intro |
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| Michael: Hi, everyone, I’m Michael. |
| Tina: And I’m Tina! |
| Michael: And welcome to Culture Class: Essential Bulgarian Vocabulary, Lesson 16! In this lesson you'll learn 5 essential words related to recreation and leisure. These are five games and sports that are popular in Bulgaria. Hand picked. You can find a complete list of vocabulary at BulgarianPod101.com. |
| BODY |
| Michael: Tina, what’s our first word? |
| Tina: надбягване с каруци |
| Michael: peasant cart race |
| Tina: (slow) надбягване с каруци (regular) надбягване с каруци |
| Michael: Listeners, please repeat: |
| Tina: надбягване с каруци |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Michael: Peasant cart racing has never been an official sports activity in Bulgaria, but it is quite an interesting custom that takes place in Todorovden, the first Saturday of the Great Lent. Peasant carts in Bulgaria are usually four-wheel vehicles and are drawn by an ox, donkey, or horse. |
| Michael: Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Tina: (normal) По традиция, само каруци, теглени от коне, участват в надбягванията с каруци на Тодоровден. |
| Michael: Traditionally only horse-drawn carts can participate in the races on Todorovden. |
| Tina: (slow) По традиция, само каруци, теглени от коне, участват в надбягванията с каруци на Тодоровден. |
| Michael: Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Tina: футбол |
| Michael: soccer |
| Tina: (slow) футбол (regular) футбол |
| Michael: Listeners, please repeat: |
| Tina: футбол |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Michael: Soccer or football, is the most popular sport to watch or play in Bulgaria. It was introduced in the country at the end of the 19th century. In 1994, Bulgaria’s national soccer team managed to grab fourth place in the FIFA World Cup. |
| Michael: Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Tina: (normal) От 1956 до сега с изключение на само 3 години, български отбор винаги е участвал в Шампионската лига на Европа. |
| Michael: Except for only 3 years, there has always been a Bulgarian team in the UEFA Champions League since 1956. |
| Tina: (slow) От 1956 до сега с изключение на само 3 години, български отбор винаги е участвал в Шампионската лига на Европа. |
| Michael: Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Tina: игра на дама |
| Michael: hopscotch |
| Tina: (slow) игра на дама (regular) игра на дама |
| Michael: Listeners, please repeat: |
| Tina: игра на дама |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Michael: Hopscotch was a popular outdoor game, mostly for girls, before children started spending more time indoors in front of electronic devices. The most popular pattern of the diagram was with nine numbered sections. |
| Michael: Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Tina: (normal) Трябва да има поне двама участника, за да може да се играе на дама. |
| Michael: There should be at least two participants in order to start playing hopscotch. |
| Tina: (slow) Трябва да има поне двама участника, за да може да се играе на дама. |
| Michael: Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Tina: криеница |
| Michael: hide and seek |
| Tina: (slow) криеница (regular) криеница |
| Michael: Listeners, please repeat: |
| Tina: криеница |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Michael: Hide and seek also used to be a very popular outdoor game for all children. Often they waited till sunset to start playing, as it was more challenging to find players who were hiding after dusk. |
| Michael: Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Tina: (normal) Участниците в играта на криеница могат да си помагат чрез определени команди. |
| Michael: Participants in the hide and seek game can help each other with certain command-like hints. |
| Tina: (slow) Участниците в играта на криеница могат да си помагат чрез определени команди. |
| Michael: Okay, what’s the last word? |
| Tina: "Не се сърди, човече" |
| Michael: Ludo (the board game) |
| Tina: (slow) "Не се сърди, човече" (regular) "Не се сърди, човече" |
| Michael: Listeners, please repeat: |
| Tina: "Не се сърди, човече" |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Michael: In Bulgarian, the Ludo board game is literally called "Don't be angry, man." It is often played by children and adults, and there is always at least one loser in the game. The remaining player(s) calm down the losing one with the words, "Don't be angry, man!" |
| Michael: Now let's hear a sample sentence using this word. |
| Tina: (normal) "Не се сърди, човече" е вид игра на дъска и се играе само от двама, трима или четирима участника. |
| Michael: "Don't be angry, man!" is a type of board game played by two, three, or four players only. |
| Tina: (slow) "Не се сърди, човече" е вид игра на дъска и се играе само от двама, трима или четирима участника. |
| QUIZ |
| Michael: Okay, listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the words you just learned? Tina will give you the Bulgarian – please say the English meaning out loud! Are you ready? |
| Tina: надбягване с каруци |
| [pause]Michael: peasant cart race |
| Tina: футбол |
| [pause]Michael: soccer |
| Tina: игра на дама |
| [pause]Michael: hopscotch |
| Tina: криеница |
| [pause]Michael: hide and seek |
| Tina: "Не се сърди, човече" |
| [pause]Michael: Ludo (the board game) |
Outro |
| Michael: There you have it – five popular games and sports in Bulgaria! We have more vocab lists available at BulgarianPod101.com, so be sure to check them out. Thanks, everyone, see you next time! |
| Tina: До скоро! |
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