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Introduction
Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Bulgarian Season 1, Lesson 22 - Ordering at a Restaurant. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to order at a restaurant or coffee shop in Bulgarian.
Body
Becky: Here's the formal way to say 'Can I see the menu?' in Bulgarian.
Petar: [Normal] Може ли да видя менюто?
Becky: First is a word meaning 'can'
Petar: [Normal] може [Slow] може (mozhe)
Becky: Next is a question marking particle.
Petar: [Normal] ли [Slow] ли(li)
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'to'
Petar: [Normal] да [Slow] да(da)
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'to see'
Petar: [Normal] видя [Slow] видя(vidya)
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'menu'
Petar: [Normal] менюто [Slow] менюто(menyuto)
Becky: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Can I see the menu?'
Petar: [Slow] Може ли да видя менюто? [Normal] Може ли да видя менюто?
Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at the informal way to say 'What do you recommend?'
Petar: [Normal] Какво ще препоръчаш?(Kakvo shte preporachash?)
Becky: First is a word meaning 'what'
Petar: [Normal] какво [Slow] какво (kakvo)
Becky: Next is a word meaning “will.”
Petar: [Normal] ще [Slow] ще(shte)
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'to recommend'
Petar: [Normal] препоръчаш [Slow] препоръчаш(preporachash)
Becky: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'What do you recommend?'
Petar: [Slow] Какво ще препоръчаш? [Normal] Какво ще препоръчаш?
Becky: Next up is the way to say 'A coffee for me.'
Petar: [Normal] Едно кафе за мен.(Edno kafe za men.)
Becky: First is a word meaning 'one'
Petar: [Normal] едно [Slow] едно(edno)
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'coffee'
Petar: [Normal] кафе [Slow] кафе(kafe)
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'for'
Petar: [Normal] за [Slow] за(za)
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'me'
Petar: [Normal] мен [Slow] мен(men)
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'A coffee for me.'
Petar: [Slow] Едно кафе за мен. [Normal] Едно кафе за мен.
Becky: Finally is a formal way to say 'I would like a cup of tea.'
Petar: [Normal] Аз бих желал един чай.(Az bih zhelal edin chay.)
Becky: First is a word meaning 'I'
Petar: [Normal] аз [Slow] аз (az )
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'would'
Petar: [Normal] бих [Slow] бих(bih)
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'like'
Petar: [Normal] желал [Slow] желал(zhelal)
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'one'
Petar: [Normal] един [Slow] един(edin)
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'tea'
Petar: [Normal] чай [Slow] чай(chay)
Becky: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'I would like a cup of tea.'
Petar: [Slow] Аз бих желал един чай. [Normal] Аз бих желал един чай.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Petar: If you have a menu with pictures, ordering is quite simple. Just point at what you want and say Това, моля (Tova, molya.), which means "This, please"

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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