Learn an essential phrase when traveling in Bulgaria
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Здравейте (zdraveyte). Hello and welcome to Bulgarian Survival Phrases, brought to you by 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 2 - Please (This please) |
| This lesson's phrase will help you take matters into your own hands! In today's lesson we'll take a look at "please," as in asking for something. |
| In Bulgarian, "please" is моля (molya). |
| моля (molya) |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: моля (molya) |
| моля (molya) |
| The most rudimentary way of using "please" is pointing at something while saying molya, but let's try and build this up a bit, shall we? |
| Let's start with the expression, "this please," which in Bulgarian is Това, моля (Tova, molya). |
| In English, "this" comes before "please." In Bulgarian, this word order is the same. |
| In Bulgarian, the word for "this," precedes molya. |
| Let's take a look at the word for "this." |
| "This" in Bulgarian is това (tova). |
| това (tova) |
| това (tova) |
| Looking at the word for "this" warrants a look at the word for "that" which is онова (onova). |
| онова (onova) |
| онова (onova) |
| The phrase "that please" is Онова, моля (Onova, molya). |
| Онова, моля (Onova, molya) |
| Онова, моля (Onova, molya) |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Онова, моля (Onova, molya) |
| Cultural Insights |
| Unlike English nouns, Bulgarian nouns that refer to inanimate objects have different genders. For instance, a "table", маса (masa), in Bulgarian is a "she" (feminine) while "chair", стол (stol) in Bulgarian is a "he" (masculine). Under these linguistic circumstances, tova and "onova," the Bulgarian equivalents of "this" and "that" should be used when you want to express something along the lines of "this thing" or "that thing" where the gender is neutral in Bulgarian and you will not have to worry about achieving gender agreement between "this"—your indicator word—and the noun you are indicating. |
| In other words, if you don't know what gender "pizza," пица (pizza), is in Bulgarian, just say: tova, molya or onova, molya while pointing at it. Saying tova pizza molya is grammatically incorrect as "pizza" is a "she" in Bulgarian and requires the indicator tazi before a noun in the feminine: тази пица, моля (tazi pizza, molya) is the correct expression in this case. |
| Here it is once again: тази пица, моля (tazi pizza, molya) |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this 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! |
| "Please." - Molya. |
| Molya. |
| Molya. |
| "This, please." - Tova, molya. |
| Tova, molya. |
| Tova, molya. |
| "That, please." - Onova, molya. |
| Onova, molya. |
| Onova, molya. |
| 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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