Learn how to ask and answer the question, "What's wrong?"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Jonathan: Top 25 Bulgarian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 19: What's wrong? 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's wrong?" In Bulgarian this is |
| Iva: Какво има? |
| 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: има |
| Jonathan: meaning something like there is. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) има |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: има |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Iva: какво има |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Now master the following pattern and responses to the question What's wrong?? |
| Iva: Уморен съм. |
| Jonathan: I'm tired. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Iva: (Slow) Уморен съм. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word |
| Iva: уморен |
| Jonathan: meaning tired. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) уморен |
| Jonathan: Now repeat |
| Iva: уморен |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: съм |
| Jonathan: meaning I am. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) съм |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: съм |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the speaker say, I'm tired., and then repeat. |
| Iva: Уморен съм. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: ★ Note that this is how you say “I’m tired” if you are a male person. If you are a female person, you would say |
| Iva: [Уморена съм.] |
| Jonathan: Please repeat. |
| Iva: [Уморена съм.] |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: To use a different phrase, replace tired with worried. |
| Iva: разтревожен |
| Jonathan: worried |
| Iva: (slow) разтревожен (regular) разтревожен |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with worried |
| Iva: разтревожен съм. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace tired. Say I'm worried. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: разтревожен съм. |
| Jonathan: This is how you say “I’m worried” if you are a male person. If you are female person, you would say |
| Iva: [разтревожена] |
| Jonathan: To use a different phrase, replace worried with hungry. |
| Iva: гладен |
| Jonathan: hungry |
| Iva: (slow) гладен (regular) гладен |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with hungry |
| Iva: гладен съм. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for worried. Say I'm hungry. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: гладен съм. |
| Jonathan: This is how you say “I’m hungry” if you are a male person. If you are female person, you would say |
| Iva: [гладна] |
| Jonathan: To use a different phrase, replace hungry with sick. |
| Iva: болен |
| Jonathan: sick |
| Iva: (slow) болен (regular) болен |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with sick |
| Iva: болен съм. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for hungry. Say I'm sick. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: болен съм. |
| Jonathan: This is how you say “I’m sick” if you are a male person. If you are female person, you would say |
| Iva: [болна] |
| QUIZ |
| Jonathan: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Bulgaria and someone asks you what's wrong. You want to answer I'm tired. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Какво има? (five seconds) Уморен съм. (male) [Уморена съм.] (female) |
| Jonathan: Now you want to say I'm worried. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Какво има? (five seconds) разтревожен съм. (male) [Разтревожена съм.] (female) |
| Jonathan: You want to say I'm hungry.. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Iva: Какво има? (five seconds) гладен съм. (male) [Гладна съм.] (female) |
| Jonathan: Imagine you're sick. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Какво има? (five seconds) болен съм. (male) [Болна съм.] (female) |
| Jonathan: Now you want to ask someone what's wrong. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Iva: Какво има? |
Outro |
| Jonathan: This is the end of Lesson 19 |
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