Learn how to ask and answer the question "How is the food?"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Jonathan: Top 25 Bulgarian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 10: How is the Bulgarian food? In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Bulgarian learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations. |
Lesson focus |
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| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question "How is the food?" In Bulgarian this is |
| Iva: Как е храната? |
| Jonathan: The first word in the question is |
| Iva: как |
| Jonathan: "meaning how" in English. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) как |
| Jonathan: Listen again and repeat. |
| Iva: как |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Iva: е |
| Jonathan: meaning is. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) е |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: е |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Iva: как е |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: храната |
| Jonathan: meaning “the food”. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) храната |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: храната |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Iva: как е храната |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question How is it the (food)? |
| Iva: Вкусна е. |
| Jonathan: It's delicious. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Iva: (Slow) Вкусна е. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Iva: вкусна |
| Jonathan: meaning delicious. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) вкусна |
| Jonathan: Now repeat |
| Iva: вкусна |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Next is |
| Iva: е |
| Jonathan: meaning is. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) е |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: е |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the speaker say, It's delicious, and then repeat. |
| Iva: Вкусна е. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: To expand on the pattern, replace delicious with refreshing. |
| Iva: освежаваща |
| Jonathan: refreshing |
| Iva: (slow) освежаваща (regular) освежаваща |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with refreshing |
| Iva: освежаваща е. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace delicious. Say It's refreshing |
| {pause} |
| Iva: освежаваща е. |
| Jonathan: To expand on the pattern, replace refreshing with light. |
| Iva: лека |
| Jonathan: light |
| Iva: (slow) лека (regular) лека |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with light |
| Iva: лека е. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for refreshing. Say It's light |
| {pause} |
| Iva: лека е. |
| Jonathan: To use a different phrase, replace light with hot. |
| Iva: лютива |
| Jonathan: hot |
| Iva: (slow) лютива (regular) лютива |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with hot |
| Iva: лютива е. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the Bulgarian for light. Say It's hot |
| {pause} |
| Iva: лютива е. |
| QUIZ |
| Jonathan: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Bulgaria and someone asks you your opinion on the food you're eating. You want to say it's delicious. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Как е храната? (five seconds) Вкусна е. |
| Jonathan: Now, you want to say it's refreshing Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Как е храната? (five seconds) освежаваща е. |
| Jonathan: you want to say it's light. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Iva: Как е храната? (five seconds) лека е. |
| Jonathan: You want to say it's hot. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Как е храната? (five seconds) лютива е. |
| Jonathan: Now you want to know what -that- person thinks of the meal. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Iva: Как е храната? (храната) |
| {pause} |
Outro |
| Jonathan: This is the end of Lesson 10 |
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