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Introduction
Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Bulgarian Season 1, Lesson 4 - Asking How Someone Is. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question How are you? in Bulgarian.
Body
Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'How are you?' in Bulgarian.
Petar: [Normal] Как си?
Becky: First is a word meaning 'how'
Petar: [Normal] как [Slow] как (kak)
Becky: Last is the word meaning '(you) are'
Petar: [Normal] си [Slow] си(si)
Becky: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'How are you?'
Petar: [Slow] Как си? [Normal] Как си?
Becky: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'How are you?'
Petar: [Normal] Как сте?
Becky: First is a word meaning 'how'
Petar: [Normal] как [Slow] как (kak)
Becky: Last is the word meaning '(you) are '
Petar: [Normal] сте [Slow] сте(ste)
Becky: Listen again to the formal question meaning 'How are you?'
Petar: [Slow] Как сте? [Normal] Как сте?
Becky: Here's a response meaning 'I'm fine. Thank you.'
Petar: [Normal] Добре съм, благодаря.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'well'
Petar: [Normal] добре [Slow] добре(dobre)
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'to be'
Petar: [Normal] съм [Slow] съм(sam)
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'thank you'
Petar: [Normal] благодаря [Slow] благодаря(blagodarya)
Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'I'm fine. Thank you.'
Petar: [Slow] Добре съм, благодаря. [Normal] Добре съм, благодаря.
Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'Not so well.'
Petar: [Normal] Не съвсем добре.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'not'
Petar: [Normal] не [Slow] не(ne)
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'quite'
Petar: [Normal] съвсем [Slow] съвсем(savsem)
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'well'
Petar: [Normal] добре [Slow] добре(dobre)
Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'Not so well.'
Petar: [Slow] Не съвсем добре. [Normal] Не съвсем добре.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Petar: Please remember that in Bulgaria, if you accidentally bump into someone, you don't say "I am sorry," съжалявам; instead you say извинете, "Excuse me" or прощавайте, "Forgive me."

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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