Learn phrases to use at the Bulgarian post office
Now Playing: Lesson Audio
Get a breakdown of the dialogue and translations instantly with the Premium line-by-line Audio. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Get this lesson’s key vocab, their translations and pronunciations. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Unlock Lesson Notes and Transcripts for every single lesson. Sign Up for a Free Lifetime Account and Get 7 Days of Premium Access.
| 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 |
|---|
| All right, everyone, in this lesson we're going to take a trip to the post office. Now the post office in Bulgaria is poshta. It uses a yellow-and-black color scheme, and you can find the logo, which includes a kind of stylized trumpet and the typical Bulgarian symbol of a lion in it, outside the buildings. |
| In this lesson, we're going to work on getting your postcards, letters, and packages home. The expression we need to accomplish this is "I'd like to send this to" and then the desired destination. For this lesson, we'll use Italy. |
| In Bulgarian, "I would like to send this to Italy" is Bih iskal da izpratya tova do Italiya. Let's break it down by syllable. Bih is-kal da iz-pra-tya to-va do I-ta-li-ya. The first word, bih iskal, means "I would like." Let's break it down. Bih is-kal. Next, we have da izpratya, which means "to send" or "to mail." Then we have tova, which in English is "this." Finally, we have the name of the city you are sending it to following the word do, which means "to." Now, all together, we have Bih iskal da izpratya tova do Italiya. Literally, this means "I would like to send this to Italy." |
| Let's look at the other words. We were talking about packages, letters, and postcards, so let's try to send a postcard! "Postcard" in Bulgarian is kartichka. Let's break it down by syllable. Kar-tich-ka. "I would like to send this postcard to Italy" in Bulgarian is Bih iskal da izpratya tazi kartichka do Italiya. Let's break it down by syllable. Bih is-kal da iz-pra-tya ta-zi kar-tich-ka do I-ta-li-ya. Notice the position of tazi kartichka, which means "this postcard." |
| Now let's try "letter," which in Bulgarian is pismo. "I would like to send this letter to Italy" in Bulgarian is Bih iskal da izpratya tova pismo do Italiya. As you can see, we substitute the word for "card" (kartichka) with the word for "letter" (pismo), which is a neutral noun. |
| Now let's try to send a package. In Bulgarian, "I would like to send this package to Italy" is Bih iskal da izpratya tozi kolet do Italiya. "Package" in Bulgarian is kolet. Let's break it down by syllable. Ko-let. So all together, we have Bih iskal da izpratya tozi kolet do Italiya. |
| Now the package requires a closer look, which we'll do in the next lesson. |
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! |
| "I would like to send this to Italy." - Bih iskal da izpratya tova do Italiya. |
| Bih iskal da izpratya tova do Italiya. |
| Bih iskal da izpratya tova do Italiya. |
| "I would like to send this postcard to Italy." - Bih iskal da izpratya tazi kartichka do Italiya. |
| Bih iskal da izpratya tazi kartichka do Italiya. |
| Bih iskal da izpratya tazi kartichka do Italiya. |
| "I would like to send this letter to Italy." - Bih iskal da izpratya tova pismo do Italiya. |
| Bih iskal da izpratya tova pismo do Italiya. |
| Bih iskal da izpratya tova pismo do Italiya. |
| "I would like to send this package to Italy." - Bih iskal da izpratya tozi kolet do Italiya. |
| Bih iskal da izpratya tozi kolet do Italiya. |
| Bih iskal da izpratya tozi kolet do Italiya. |
| 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)! |
Comments
Hide