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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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| Have you ever been in a city you don't know at all, and you are desperately looking for something you need and cannot find it? It has happened to me so many times! I wandered around without knowing where to go to find, for example, a bar, a phone, or a restroom! But don't worry! Thanks to our Survival Phrases, if you go to Bulgaria you will always be able to ask for information and help. |
| Today, we would like to introduce you to a phrase that will help you track down that specific something you're looking for. "Where can I find..." in Bulgarian is Къде мога да намеря...? (Kyde moga da namerya...?) Then you add the name of the specific thing you are looking for. |
| In this sentence, you can use a basic structure in any situation in which you will need to get something. This structure is made up of the adverb kyde, meaning "where," followed by the verb moga, meaning "can," and then you add da namerya, meaning "to find." After that, you can add the place or thing you're looking for. |
| Now let's see what kinds of things you might need if you're traveling abroad. Let's imagine you're walking around in Sofia, it's very hot, and you need to get something to drink. Let's go and ask where you can find a bar! "Where can I find a bar?" in Bulgarian is Къде мога да намеря заведение? (Kyde moga da namerya zavedenie?) In Bulgaria, the answer is: around every corner. |
| As you can easily see, you have the structure you have just seen, Kyde moga da namerya..?, followed by the thing you are looking for, zavedenie, which is "a bar." |
| With this form, you can go anywhere you need and ask for anything you are looking for. You could use another form if you wanted to be more polite and wanted to use a different expression. Let's imagine you are looking for a phone this time. "Excuse me, could you tell me where I can find a phone?" Извинете, може ли да ми кажете къде има телефон? (Izvinete, moje li da mi kajete kyde ima telefon?) Don't you think this is more formal? Of course it is! So what do we have here? We have izvinete, meaning "excuse me," then the construction moje li da mi kajete, which means "could you tell me." There is really no reason to break this construction down any more. Just remember, moje li da mi kajete plus what you want to know is a polite way to ask for some information. After we have said Izvinete, moje li da mi kajete ("Excuse me, could you tell me"), we have to add what we want to be told! In this case, we want to find a phone, which is kyde ima telefon? It is very similar to our previous sentence, this time the object is telefon, meaning "telephone." |
| To ask for any other item, we can just replace zavedenie or telefon with any other word, and the phrase works brilliantly! Let's try it with "tobacco shop," which in Bulgarian is budka za cigari. "Excuse me, could you tell me where I can find a tobacco shop" in Bulgarian is Извинете, може ли да ми кажете къде има будка за цигари? (Izvinete, moje li da mi kajete kyde ima budka za cigari?) |
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! |
| "Where can I find...?" - Kyde moga da namerya..? |
| Kyde moga da namerya..? |
| Kyde moga da namerya..? |
| "Where can I find a bar?" - Kyde moga da namerya zavedenie? |
| Kyde moga da namerya zavedenie? |
| Kyde moga da namerya zavedenie? |
| "Excuse me, could you tell me where I can find a phone?" - Izvinete, moje li da mi kajete kyde ima telefon? |
| Izvinete, moje li da mi kajete kyde ima telefon? |
| Izvinete, moje li da mi kajete kyde ima telefon? |
| "Excuse me, could you tell me where I can find a tobacco shop?" - Izvinete, moje li da mi kajete kyde ima budka za cigari? |
| Izvinete, moje li da mi kajete kyde ima budka za cigari? |
| Izvinete, moje li da mi kajete kyde ima budka za cigari? |
| 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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