Learn how to ask, "Do you speak English?"
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| Introduction |
| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Bulgarian Season 1, Lesson 7 - Do You Speak English? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question Do you speak English? in Bulgarian. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'Do you speak English?' in Bulgarian. |
| Petar: [Normal] Говориш ли английски? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'to speak' |
| Petar: [Normal] говориш [Slow] говориш (govorish) |
| Becky: Next is a question marking particle. |
| Petar: [Normal] ли [Slow] ли(li) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'English' |
| Petar: [Normal] английски [Slow] английски(angliyski) |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'Do you speak English?' |
| Petar: [Slow] Говориш ли английски? [Normal] Говориш ли английски? |
| Becky: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'Do you speak English?' |
| Petar: [Normal] Говорите ли английски език? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'to speak' |
| Petar: [Normal] говорите [Slow] говорите (govorite) |
| Becky: Next is a question marking particle. |
| Petar: [Normal] ли [Slow] ли(li) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'English' |
| Petar: [Normal] английски [Slow] английски(angliyski) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'language' |
| Petar: [Normal] език [Slow] език(ezik) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal question meaning 'Do you speak English?' |
| Petar: [Slow] Говорите ли английски език? [Normal] Говорите ли английски език? |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning 'Yes, I speak English.' |
| Petar: [Normal] Да, говоря английски. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'yes' |
| Petar: [Normal] да [Slow] да(da) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'to speak' |
| Petar: [Normal] говоря [Slow] говоря(govorya) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'English' |
| Petar: [Normal] английски [Slow] английски(angliyski) |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'Yes, I speak English.' |
| Petar: [Slow] Да, говоря английски. [Normal] Да, говоря английски. |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'No, I don't speak English.' |
| Petar: [Normal] Не, не говоря английски. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'no' |
| Petar: [Normal] не [Slow] не(ne) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'not speak' |
| Petar: [Normal] не говоря [Slow] не говоря(ne govorya) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'English' |
| Petar: [Normal] английски [Slow] английски(angliyski) |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'No, I don't speak English.' |
| Petar: [Slow] Не, не говоря английски. [Normal] Не, не говоря английски. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Petar: For those of you who are not just English speakers, you can obviously use this question with any language you need. Bulgarian people study other European languages at school, so maybe you will get lucky! Just substitute английски with… |
| руски for Russian. |
| немски for German. |
| италиански for Italian. |
| испански for Spanish. |
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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