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| Introduction |
| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Bulgarian Season 1, Lesson 17 - Why? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question why in Bulgarian. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'Why are you late?' in Bulgarian. |
| Petar: [Normal] Защо закъсня? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'why' |
| Petar: [Normal] защо [Slow] защо (zashto) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'were late' |
| Petar: [Normal] закъсня [Slow] закъсня(zakasnya) |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'Why are you late?' |
| Petar: [Slow] Защо закъсня? [Normal] Защо закъсня? |
| Becky: Here's an informal way to respond with 'I missed the train.' |
| Petar: [Normal] Изпуснах влака. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'to miss' |
| Petar: [Normal] изпуснах [Slow] изпуснах (izpusnah) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'train' |
| Petar: [Normal] влака [Slow] влака(vlaka) |
| Becky: Listen again to the answer meaning 'I missed the train.' |
| Petar: [Slow] Изпуснах влака. [Normal] Изпуснах влака. |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning 'Why do you leave so early?' |
| Petar: [Normal] Защо си тръгвате толкова рано? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'why ' |
| Petar: [Normal] защо [Slow] защо(zashto) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'of oneself' |
| Petar: [Normal] си [Slow] си (si ) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'to leave' |
| Petar: [Normal] тръгвате [Slow] тръгвате(tragvate) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'so' |
| Petar: [Normal] толкова [Slow] толкова(tolkova) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'early' |
| Petar: [Normal] рано [Slow] рано(rano) |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'Why do you leave so early?' |
| Petar: [Slow] Защо си тръгвате толкова рано? [Normal] Защо си тръгвате толкова рано? |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'To not miss the train.' |
| Petar: [Normal] За да не изпуснем влака. |
| Becky: First is a phrase meaning 'so that ' |
| Petar: [Normal] за да [Slow] за да(za da) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'not' |
| Petar: [Normal] не [Slow] не (ne ) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'to miss' |
| Petar: [Normal] изпуснем [Slow] изпуснем (izpusnem ) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'train' |
| Petar: [Normal] влака [Slow] влака(vlaka) |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'To not miss the train.' |
| Petar: [Slow] За да не изпуснем влака. [Normal] За да не изпуснем влака. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Petar: A well-known expression in Bulgaria is Защо не? which means "Why not?" You can use it to accept a proposition that was not planned in advance. For example, if a friend asks you suddenly "Do you want to go to the cinema tonight?", you can say Защо не? which means "Why not?" |
Outro |
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| 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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