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| INTRODUCTION |
| Sydney: Words from English Used by Young People |
| Sydney: Hi everyone, and welcome back to BulgarianPod101.com. I'm Sydney. |
| Petar: And I'm Petar! |
| Sydney: This is Must-Know Bulgarian Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 6. In this lesson, you'll learn words from English used by young people. |
| Sydney: Sometimes it is difficult to translate words related to technology and versions of the English word become part of young people's vocabulary. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| Sydney: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Petar: бъгвам се (bagvam se) |
| Petar: регвам се (regvam se) |
| Petar: комп (komp) |
| Petar: КА (KA) |
| Sydney: Petar, what's our first expression? |
| Petar: бъгвам се (bagvam se) |
| Sydney: It means "to bug." |
| Petar: [SLOW] бъгвам се [NORMAL] бъгвам се |
| Sydney: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Petar: бъгвам се |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sydney: Use this slang expression when you mean something is not working. |
| Sydney: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Регистрацията спря, защото системата се бъгна. [SLOW] Регистрацията спря, защото системата се бъгна. |
| Sydney: "The registration stopped because the system got bugged." |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Регистрацията спря, защото системата се бъгна. |
| Sydney: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Petar: регвам се (regvam se) |
| Sydney: A shortened version of the loan-word, “to register,” literally meaning "to sign up." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to register." |
| Petar: [SLOW] регвам се [NORMAL] регвам се |
| Sydney: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Petar: регвам се |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sydney: Use this slang expression when you literally mean "to register," using the English word with an ending typical for a Bulgarian verb. |
| Sydney: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Чакай малко, регвам се и почваме. [SLOW] Чакай малко, регвам се и почваме. |
| Sydney: "Wait a minute, I am registering and then we can start." |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Чакай малко, регвам се и почваме. |
| Sydney: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Petar: комп (komp) |
| Sydney: literally meaning "computer." And when it's used as a slang expression, it also means "computer." |
| Petar: [SLOW] комп [NORMAL] комп |
| Sydney: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Petar: комп |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sydney: Use this slang expression when you mean a computer, but just shorten it. |
| Sydney: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Компа ми се бъгна нещо. [SLOW] Компа ми се бъгна нещо. |
| Sydney: "My computer got bugged somehow." |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Компа ми се бъгна нещо. |
| Sydney: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Petar: КА (KA) |
| Sydney: literally meaning "K is a thousand." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "thousand." |
| Petar: [SLOW] КА [NORMAL] КА |
| Sydney: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Petar: КА |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sydney: Use this slang expression when you mean a thousand. |
| Sydney: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Имаш ли 2 КА да ми да дадеш до утре? [SLOW] Имаш ли 2 КА да ми да дадеш до утре? |
| Sydney: "Do you have 2 K to loan me until tomorrow?" |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Имаш ли 2 КА да ми да дадеш до утре? |
| QUIZ |
| Sydney: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I will describe four situations, and you will choose the right expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
| Sydney: You need to find the sign up sheet for the field trip. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Petar: регвам се |
| Sydney: "to register" |
| Sydney: When something isn’t working. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Petar: бъгвам се |
| Sydney: "to bug" |
| Sydney: You want to explain how many kilobytes are in a megabyte. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Petar: КА |
| Sydney: "thousand" |
| Sydney: A shortened phrase for "computer". |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Petar: комп |
| Sydney: "computer" |
Outro |
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| Sydney: There you have it; you have mastered four Bulgarian Slang Expressions! We have more vocab lists available at BulgarianPod101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! |
| Petar: До скоро! |
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