Learn how to ask and answer the question "What do you do?"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Jonathan: Top 25 Bulgarian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 4: What do you do? 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 do you do?"" In Bulgarian this is |
| Iva: С какво се занимаваш? |
| Jonathan: The first word in the question is |
| Iva: с |
| Jonathan: meaning “with" in English. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) с |
| Jonathan: Listen again and repeat. |
| Iva: с |
| {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: какво |
| Jonathan: meaning what. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) какво |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: какво |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Iva: с какво |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: се |
| Jonathan: meaning something like oneself. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) се |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: се |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| Iva: с какво се |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: And after that |
| Iva: занимаваш |
| Jonathan: meaning (you) do. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) занимаваш |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: занимаваш |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Iva: с какво се занимаваш |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question What do you do? |
| Iva: Аз съм учител. |
| Jonathan: I'm a teacher.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Iva: (Slow) Аз съм учител. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Iva: аз |
| Jonathan: means I. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) аз |
| Jonathan: Now repeat |
| Iva: аз |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Next is |
| Iva: съм |
| Jonathan: meaning (I) am. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) съм |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: съм |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Next is |
| Iva: учител |
| Jonathan: meaning teacher. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) учител |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: учител |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the speaker say, I'm a teacher., and then repeat. |
| Iva: Аз съм учител. |
| {pause} |
| ★ Note that this is how you say “I’m a teacher” if you are a male person. If you are female person, you would say: |
| Iva: Аз съм учителка. |
| Jonathan: Please repeat. |
| Iva: Аз съм учителка. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: To make another phrase, replace teacher with painter. |
| Iva: художник |
| Jonathan: painter |
| Iva: (slow) художник (regular) художник |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with painter |
| Iva: Аз съм художник. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace teacher. Say I'm a painter. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: Аз съм художник. |
| Jonathan: This is how you say “I’m a painter” if you are male. If you are female, you would say: |
| Iva: [Аз съм художничка.] |
| Jonathan: To make another phrase, replace painter with doctor. |
| Iva: лекар |
| Jonathan: doctor |
| Iva: (slow) лекар (regular) лекар |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with doctor |
| Iva: Аз съм лекар. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for painter. Say I'm a doctor. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: Аз съм лекар. |
| Jonathan: This is how you say “I’m a doctor” if you are a male person. If you are female person, you would say: |
| Iva: [Аз съм лекарка.] |
| Jonathan: To expand on the pattern, replace doctor with athlete. |
| Iva: спортист |
| Jonathan: athlete |
| Iva: (slow) спортист (regular) спортист |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with athlete |
| Iva: Аз съм спортист. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for doctor. Say I'm a athlete. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: Аз съм спортист. |
| Jonathan: This is how you say “I’m a athlete” if you are a male person. If you are female person, you would say: |
| Iva: [Аз съм спортистка.] |
| QUIZ |
| Jonathan: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Bulgaria and someone asks what you do. You are a teacher. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: С какво се занимаваш? (five seconds) Аз съм учител. (male) [Аз съм учителка.] (female) |
| Jonathan: Imagine you are a painter Respond to the question. |
| Iva: С какво се занимаваш? (five seconds) Аз съм художник. (male) [Аз съм художничка.] (female) |
| Jonathan: Imagine you are a doctor. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Iva: С какво се занимаваш? (five seconds) Аз съм лекар. (male) [Аз съм лекарка.] (female) |
| Jonathan: Imagine you're an athlete. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: С какво се занимаваш? (five seconds) Аз съм спортист. (male) [Аз съм спортистка.] (female) |
| Jonathan: Now you want to ask that person what they do. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Iva: С какво се занимаваш? |
Outro |
| Jonathan: This is the end of Lesson 4 |
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