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| INTRODUCTION |
| Jonathan: Top 25 Bulgarian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 5: Do you speak 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 "Do you speak Bulgarian?" In Bulgarian this is |
| Iva: Говориш ли български? |
| Jonathan: The first word in the question is |
| Iva: говориш |
| Jonathan: "meaning (you) speak" in English. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) говориш |
| Jonathan: Listen again and repeat. |
| Iva: говориш |
| {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: ли |
| Jonathan: meaning something like whether. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) ли |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: ли |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Iva: говориш ли |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: And after that |
| Iva: български |
| Jonathan: meaning Bulgarian. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) български |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: български |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Iva: говориш ли български |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question Do you speak Bulgarian?? |
| Iva: Да, говоря малко. |
| Jonathan: Yes, I speak a little.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Iva: (Slow) Да, говоря малко. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: To say "no", in a simple way, just say: |
| Iva: Не, не говоря. |
| Jonathan: Which is like saying No, I don't speak it. In English. Let's hear it one more time. |
| Iva: Не, не говоря. |
| Jonathan: Let's break down our original response from the beginning. The first word |
| Iva: да |
| Jonathan: meaning yes. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) да |
| Jonathan: Now repeat |
| Iva: да |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: говоря |
| Jonathan: meaning (I) speak. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) говоря |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: говоря |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: малко |
| Jonathan: meaning a little. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) малко |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: малко |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the speaker say, Yes, I speak a little., and then repeat. |
| Iva: Да, говоря малко. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: To use a different phrase, replace a little with perfectly. |
| Iva: отлично |
| Jonathan: perfectly |
| Iva: (slow) отлично (regular) отлично |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with perfectly |
| Iva: Да, говоря отлично. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace a little. Say Yes, I speak perfectly. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: Да, говоря отлично. |
| Jonathan: To expand on the pattern, replace perfectly with well. |
| Iva: добре |
| Jonathan: well |
| Iva: (slow) добре (regular) добре |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with well |
| Iva: Да, говоря добре. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for perfectly. Say Yes, I speak well. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: Да, говоря добре. |
| Jonathan: To expand on the pattern, replace well with very well. |
| Iva: много добре |
| Jonathan: very well |
| Iva: (slow) много добре |
| (regular) много добре |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with very well |
| Iva: Да, говоря много добре. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for well. Say Yes, I speak it very well. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: Да, говоря много добре. |
| . |
| QUIZ |
| Jonathan: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Bulgaria and someone asks you if you speak Bulgarian . You want to answer that you speak a little. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Говориш ли български? (five seconds) Да, говоря малко. |
| Jonathan: Now you want to answer that you speak it perfectly. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Говориш ли български? (five seconds) Да, говоря отлично. |
| Jonathan: You want to answer that you speak it well. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Iva: Говориш ли български? (five seconds) Да, говоря добре. |
| Jonathan: Now you want to answer that you speak it very well. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Говориш ли български? (five seconds) Да, говоря много добре. |
| . |
| Jonathan: Now you want to ask someone if they speak Bulgarian. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Iva: Говориш ли български? |
| {pause} |
Outro |
| Jonathan: This is the end of Lesson 5 |
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