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| INTRODUCTION |
| Здравейте (zdraveyte). Hello and welcome to BulgarianPod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Bulgaria. You will be surprised at how far a little Bulgarian will go. Now before we jump in, remember to stop by BulgarianPod101.com. And there, you’ll find the accompanying PDF, additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| Lesson 14 - Restaurant 3—Table Manners |
| Table manners are a must wherever you go! In this lesson, we'll cover some basic table etiquette when sitting down for a meal in Bulgaria. By and large, Bulgarians have a very egalitarian table etiquette both in terms of social hierarchy and gender roles. Sometimes the eldest person pays the bill. Sometimes children treat their parents, for example, after they have received their very first salary. Very often a group of friends would split the bill for the evening. In other words, flexibility is key. You can improvise based on the situation at hand or ask some of your Bulgarian friends for advice. |
| Before beginning a meal it is polite to say добър апетит (dobar apetit), which roughly translates to "enjoy your meal." |
| добър апетит (dobar apetit) |
| By syllable: добър апетит (dobar apetit) |
| добър апетит (dobar apetit) |
| The first word, добър (dobar), means "good." It's an adjective and as we already know, adjectives in Bulgarian have endings corresponding to the gender of the nouns that follow. In this case, добър (dobar) can be used only with singular nouns in the masculine. |
| Here’s a syllable break down: добър (dobar) |
| This is followed by апетит (apetit) whose English meaning, as you have already guessed, is "appetite." |
| апетит (apetit) |
| апетит (apetit) |
| And as Bulgaria is known for its great food, you are bound to enjoy quite a few culinary delights, and therefore will need the word for "delicious"! In Bulgarian, "this is delicious," is това е вкусно (tova e vkusno). |
| това е вкусно (tova e vkusno). |
| By syllable: това е вкусно (tova e vkusno). |
| това е вкусно (tova e vkusno). |
| The first word, това (tova), means "this." |
| By syllable, it’s това (tova) |
| това (tova) |
| Next is е (e), which is the third person singular form of the verb "be" and means "is." |
| Let's hear it once again: е (e) |
| This is followed by вкусно (vkusno), which is "delicious." |
| вкусно (vkusno) |
| вкусно (vkusno) |
| Let's expand this phrase by saying "this is very delicious." |
| The only new word here is "very," which in Bulgarian is много (mnogo). |
| много (mnogo) |
| много (mnogo) |
| Now, the recap of the whole phrase "This is very delicious!": това е много вкусно (tova e mnogo vkusno). |
| това е много вкусно (tova e mnogo vkusno). |
| това е много вкусно (tova e mnogo vkusno). |
| Now before the meal begins, and perhaps throughout, there may be a toast! The Bulgarian word for "Cheers!" is на здраве (na zdrave). |
| на здраве (na zdrave) |
| на здраве (na zdrave) |
| The first word на (na) is a preposition and can't be translated literally but here it can be interpreted as "to." |
| Let’s hear it again, на (na) |
| This is followed by здраве (zdrave), which means "health." |
| здраве (zdrave) |
| здраве (zdrave) |
| The whole phrase again: на здраве (na zdrave) |
Outro |
| Very well! To wrap up today's lesson, we’d like for you to practice what you just learned. I’ll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase, and you’re responsible for saying it out loud. You’ll have few seconds before I give you the answer. So, Успех! (Uspeh!) that means "Good luck!" in Bulgarian. Ok, here we go! |
| "Enjoy your meal. (non-literal translation)" - Dobyr apetit. |
| Dobyr apetit. |
| Dobyr apetit. |
| "This is delicious." - Tova e vkusno. |
| Tova e vkusno. |
| Tova e vkusno. |
| "This is very delicious." - Tova e mnogo vkusno. |
| Tova e mnogo vkusno. |
| Tova e mnogo vkusno. |
| "Cheers! (to your health!)" - Nazdrave! |
| Nazdrave! |
| Nazdrave! |
| All right. That’s going to do it for today. Remember to stop by BulgarianPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, make sure to leave a comment. Довиждане (dovizhdane)! |
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