Learn how to ask and answer the question, "What are you doing?"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Jonathan: Top 25 Bulgarian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 18: What are you doing? 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 are you doing?" In Bulgarian this is |
| Iva: Какво правиш? |
| Jonathan: The first word in the question is |
| Iva: какво |
| Jonathan: meaning what in English. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) какво |
| Jonathan: Listen again and repeat. |
| Iva: какво |
| {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: правиш |
| Jonathan: meaning (you) are doing. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) правиш |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: правиш |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Iva: какво правиш |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Now master the following pattern and responses to the question What are you doing? |
| Iva: Просто си мисля. |
| Jonathan: I'm just thinking. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Iva: (Slow) Просто си мисля. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word |
| Iva: просто |
| Jonathan: meaning just. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) просто |
| Jonathan: Now repeat |
| Iva: просто |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: си |
| Jonathan: meaning something like myself. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) си |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: си |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: And after that |
| Iva: мисля |
| Jonathan: meaning think. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) мисля |
| A:Now repeat. |
| Iva: мисля |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the speaker say, I'm just thinking., and then repeat. |
| Iva: Просто си мисля. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: To expand on the pattern, replace thinking with reading. |
| Iva: чета |
| Jonathan: reading |
| Iva: (slow) чета (regular) чета |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with reading |
| Iva: Просто си чета. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace thinking. Say I'm just reading. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: Просто си чета. |
| Jonathan: To use a different phrase, replace reading with watching TV. |
| Iva: гледам телевизия |
| Jonathan: watching TV |
| Iva: (slow) гледам телевизия (regular) гледам телевизия |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with watching TV |
| Iva: Просто си гледам телевизия. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the Bulgarian for reading. Say I'm just watching TV. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: Просто си гледам телевизия. |
| Jonathan: To make another phrase, replace watching TV with resting. |
| Iva: почивам |
| Jonathan: resting |
| Iva: (slow) почивам (regular) почивам |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with resting |
| Iva: Просто си почивам. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace watching TV with resting . Say I'm just resting. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: Просто си почивам. |
| QUIZ |
| Jonathan: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Bulgaria and someone asks you what you're doing. You want to answer that you are thinking. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Какво правиш? (five seconds) Просто си мисля. |
| Jonathan: Now imagine you are reading Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Какво правиш? (five seconds) Просто си чета. |
| Jonathan: Imagine you are watching TV. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Iva: Какво правиш? (five seconds) Просто си гледам телевизия. |
| Jonathan: Imagine you're resting. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Какво правиш? (five seconds) Просто си почивам. |
| Jonathan: You want to ask someone what they are is doing. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Iva: Какво правиш? |
| {pause} |
Outro |
| Jonathan: This is the end of Lesson 18 |
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