Learn how to ask about someone's age
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| Introduction |
| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Bulgarian Season 1, Lesson 8 - Talking About Your Age. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask someone's age and to say yours in Bulgarian. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'How old are you?' in Bulgarian. |
| Petar: [Normal] На колко години си? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'of' |
| Petar: [Normal] на [Slow] на (na) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'how many' |
| Petar: [Normal] колко [Slow] колко(kolko) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'years' |
| Petar: [Normal] години [Slow] години(godini) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning '(you) are' |
| Petar: [Normal] си [Slow] си(si) |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'How old are you?' |
| Petar: [Slow] На колко години си? [Normal] На колко години си? |
| Becky: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'How old are you?' |
| Petar: [Normal] На каква възраст сте? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'of' |
| Petar: [Normal] на [Slow] на (na) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'what' |
| Petar: [Normal] каква [Slow] каква(kakva) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'age' |
| Petar: [Normal] възраст [Slow] възраст(vazrast) |
| Becky: Last is the formal word meaning ‘you are’ |
| Petar: [Normal] сте [Slow] сте(ste) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal question meaning 'How old are you?' |
| Petar: [Slow] На каква възраст сте? [Normal] На каква възраст сте? |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning 'I am 17.' |
| Petar: [Normal] Аз съм на 17. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Petar: [Normal] аз [Slow] аз(az) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning '(I) am' |
| Petar: [Normal] съм [Slow] съм(sym) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'of' |
| Petar: [Normal] на [Slow] на (na) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'seventeen' |
| Petar: [Normal] седемнадесет [Slow] седемнадесет(sedemnadeset) |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'I am 17.' |
| Petar: [Slow] Аз съм на 17. [Normal] Аз съм на 17. |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'I prefer not to say.' |
| Petar: [Normal] Предпочитам да не казвам. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'to prefer' |
| Petar: [Normal] предпочитам [Slow] предпочитам(predpochitam) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'to' |
| Petar: [Normal] да [Slow] да(da) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'no, not' |
| Petar: [Normal] не [Slow] не(ne) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'to say' |
| Petar: [Normal] казвам [Slow] казвам(kazvam) |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'I prefer not to say.' |
| Petar: [Slow] Предпочитам да не казвам. [Normal] Предпочитам да не казвам. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Petar: If people were born before the year 2000, then they usually say the last two digits of the number. If they were born in 1985, they would say, Роден съм 85-та, "I was born in '85". Were you born in the year 2000? Sorry, you can’t say that you are ‘of zero-zero’. You have to say the entire year. Роден съм през две хилядната година. |
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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