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| INTRODUCTION |
| Jonathan: Top 25 Bulgarian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 17: What time is it? in Bulgarian. 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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| Jonathan: In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question "What time is it?" In Bulgarian this is |
| Iva: Колко е часът? |
| Jonathan: The first word in the question is |
| Iva: колко |
| Jonathan: meaning how much in English. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) колко |
| Jonathan: Listen again and repeat. |
| Iva: колко |
| {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 first two words of the question and repeat. |
| Iva: Колко е |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: The next word is |
| Iva: часът |
| Jonathan: meaning hour. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) часът |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: часът |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Now listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Iva: Колко е часът? |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Now master the following pattern and responses to the question What time is it?? |
| Iva: 12:00 (дванадесет) е. |
| Jonathan:It's twelve o'clock. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Iva: (Slow) 12 (дванадесет) е. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word |
| Iva: 12 (дванадесет) |
| Jonathan: meaning twelve. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) 12 (дванадесет) |
| Jonathan: Now repeat |
| Iva: 12 (дванадесет) |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: And after that |
| Iva: е |
| Jonathan: meaning is. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) е |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: е |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the speaker say, It's twelve o'clock., and then repeat. |
| Iva: 12 (дванадесет) е. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: To expand on the pattern, replace twelve with two. |
| Iva: 2 (два) |
| Jonathan: two |
| Iva: (slow) 2 (два) (regular) 2 (два) |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with two |
| Iva: 2 (два) е. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace twelve. Say It's two o’clock. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: 2 (два) е. |
| Jonathan: To expand on the pattern, replace two with four. |
| Iva: 4 (четири) |
| Jonathan: four |
| Iva: (slow) 4 (четири) (regular) 4 (четири) |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with four |
| Iva: 4 (четири) е. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for two. Say It's four o’clock. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: 4 (четири) е. |
| Jonathan: To use a different phrase, replace four with six. |
| Iva: 6 (шест) |
| Jonathan: six |
| Iva: (slow) 6 (шест) (regular) 6 (шест) |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with six |
| Iva: 6 (шест) е. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for four. Say It's six o’clock. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: 6 (шест) е. |
| QUIZ |
| Jonathan: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Bulgaria and someone asks you what time it is. It's twelve o'clock. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Колко е часът? (five seconds) 12:00 (дванадесет) е. |
| Jonathan: Now imagine it's two o'clock Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Колко е часът? (five seconds) 2:00 (два) е. |
| Jonathan: Imagine it's four o'clock . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Iva: Колко е часът? (five seconds) 4:00 (четири) е. |
| Jonathan: Imagine it's six o'clock. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Колко е часът? (five seconds) 6:00 (шест) е. |
| Jonathan: You want to ask someone what time it is. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Iva: Колко е часът? |
Outro |
| Jonathan: This is the end of Lesson 17 |
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