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Introduction
Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Bulgarian Season 1, Lesson 11 - How to Read Prices. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to read prices in Bulgarian.
Body
Becky: Here's the way to say 'One Lev.' in Bulgarian.
Petar: [Normal] Един лев.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'one'
Petar: [Normal] един [Slow] един (edin)
Becky: Last is the word meaning ‘Lev.’ This is a unit of Bulgarian currency equal to 100 stotinki.
Petar: [Normal] лев [Slow] лев(lev)
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'One Lev.'
Petar: [Slow] Един лев. [Normal] Един лев.
Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at the way to say 'Ten Euro.'
Petar: [Normal] Десет евро.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'ten'
Petar: [Normal] десет [Slow] десет (deset)
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'euro'
Petar: [Normal] евро [Slow] евро(evro)
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Ten Euro.'
Petar: [Slow] Десет евро. [Normal] Десет евро.
Becky: Next up is the way to say 'Fifty-five Lev and one stotinka.'
Petar: [Normal] Петдесет и пет лева и една стотинка.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'fifty-five'
Petar: [Normal] петдесет и пет [Slow] петдесет и пет(petdeset i pet)
Becky: Next is the plural word meaning 'Lev'
Petar: [Normal] лева [Slow] лева (leva )
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'and'
Petar: [Normal] и [Slow] и(i)
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'one'
Petar: [Normal] една [Slow] една(edna)
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'stotinka'
Petar: [Normal] стотинка [Slow] стотинка(stotinka)
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Fifty-five Lev and one stotinka.'
Petar: [Slow] Петдесет и пет лева и една стотинка. [Normal] Петдесет и пет лева и една стотинка.
Becky: Finally, here is a way to say 'Twenty-six Lev and seventy stotinki.'
Petar: [Normal] Двадесет и шест лева и седемдесет стотинки.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'twenty-six'
Petar: [Normal] двадесет и шест [Slow] двадесет и шест(dvadeset i shest)
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'Lev in plural'
Petar: [Normal] лева [Slow] лева(leva)
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'and'
Petar: [Normal] и [Slow] и(i)
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'seventy'
Petar: [Normal] седемдесет [Slow] седемдесет(sedemdeset)
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'stotinki'
Petar: [Normal] стотинки [Slow] стотинки(stotinki)
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Twenty-six Lev and seventy stotinki.'
Petar: [Slow] Двадесет и шест лева и седемдесет стотинки. [Normal] Двадесет и шест лева и седемдесет стотинки.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Petar: One last tricky part. In spoken language, Bulgarian people use -йсе or -десе instead of the word for “ten,” десет, when they pronounce the numbers from 11 to 90. For example, единайсе or осемдесе which are 11 and 80. Or instead of Двадесет и шест лева и седемдесет стотинки, you can say Двайсе и шес лева и седемдесе стотинки. It is easier to pronounce them this way, but the formal and written language require the full form.

Outro

Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Petar: До скоро!

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