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Intro

Jonathan: Hello and welcome to the Absolute Beginner series at BulgarianPod101.com. This is season 1, lesson 25, A Summer Holiday in Bulgaria. I’m Jonathan.
Iva: Hello. And I’m Iva!
Jonathan: In this last lesson of the series, we’ll review what we’ve learned.
Iva: This conversation takes place at a restaurant, where our characters are having dinner.
Jonathan: The conversation is between Martin, Irina and Peter.
Iva: And as usual, the speakers know each other so their speech is informal.
Jonathan: Let’s listen to the conversation.

Lesson conversation

Питър: Догодина ще ходя в Мексико.
Ирина: Защо?
Питър: По-малката ми сестра ще има сватба.
Мартин: Честито! Много хубаво! Кога ще ходиш?
Питър: През юни.
Ирина: Еха! Мария също ли ще ходи?
Питър: Да, ще вземем и Сара. И Шаро също.
Ирина: И Шаро ли? Леле!
Питър: След това ще ходим в България.
Мартин: Наистина ли? Уау!
Jonathan: Now let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. (slow speed, broken down by syllable)
Питър: Догодина ще ходя в Мексико.
Ирина: Защо?
Питър: По-малката ми сестра ще има сватба.
Мартин: Честито! Много хубаво! Кога ще ходиш?
Питър: През юни.
Ирина: Еха! Мария също ли ще ходи?
Питър: Да, ще вземем и Сара. И Шаро също.
Ирина: И Шаро ли? Леле!
Питър: След това ще ходим в България.
Мартин: Наистина ли? Уау!
Jonathan: And now with the English translation. [Only English needs to be read here]
Peter: I'm going to Mexico next year.
Irina: Why?
Peter: My little sister is getting married.
Martin: Congratulations. That's nice. When are you going?
Peter: In June.
Irina: Neat! Is Maria going too?
Peter: Yes! Sarah will also go. Sharo will go too.
Irina: Sharo too? Wow.
Peter: After that, we'll go to Bulgaria.
Martin: Really? Cool!
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Jonathan: OK, we have a very nice topic to introduce to you in this lesson’s cultural insight.
Iva: That’s right. We are going to talk about Bulgarian weddings!
Jonathan: As far as I know, you can have various ceremonies nowadays – from very traditional to very modern.
Iva: Well, it depends on the couple’s wishes and sometimes their parents’ wishes, because in most of the cases they foot the bill for the wedding party.
Jonathan: Today a lot of traditions from the past are forgotten, others are changed and updated. Still, there are some traditions that are typical for most weddings.
Iva: For example, most weddings in Bulgaria take place on Saturdays or Sundays and there are almost no weddings during the period of fasting before the big Christian holidays.
Jonathan: And remember that in Bulgaria, the guests of the party bring gifts.
Iva: Usually there is a church ceremony where all of the guests go to the church after the civil procedure.
Jonathan: After this, there is a wedding party which is usually held in a restaurant, where some rituals for the newlywed couple are held right when they enter.
Iva: During the party the new family goes around to the tables of the guests to say cheers, and then guests give them their presents.
Jonathan: The typical party has a lot of eating, drinking and dancing.
Iva: And the guests often yell “Горчиво!” (meaning “bitter”) and then the newly married couple kisses.
Jonathan: It all sounds like fun! Okay, now let’s move onto the vocab.
VOCAB LIST
Jonathan: Now let’s take a look at the vocabulary in this lesson. The first word we shall see is...
Iva: догодина
Jonathan: Next year
Iva: догодина (slow, broken down by syllable)
Iva: догодина
Iva: честито
Jonathan: congratulations
Iva: честито (slow, broken down by syllable)
Iva: честито
Iva: хубаво
Jonathan: nice
Iva: хубаво (slow, broken down by syllable)
Iva: хубаво
Iva: Мексико
Jonathan: Mexico
Iva: Мексико (slow, broken down by syllable)
Iva: Мексико
Iva: сестра
Jonathan: sister
Iva: сестра (slow, broken down by syllable)
Iva: сестра
Iva: по-малък
Jonathan: younger
Iva: по-малък (slow, broken down by syllable)
Iva: по-малък
Iva: сватба
Jonathan: Marriage; weddinge
Iva: сватба (slow, broken down by syllable)
Iva: сватба
Iva: юни
Jonathan: June
Iva: юни (slow, broken down by syllable)
Iva: юни
KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES
Jonathan: Let’s take a closer look at some of the words and phrases from this lesson. What’s first, Iva?
Iva: The first one is “Честито”.
Jonathan: And it means?
Iva: It is the Bulgarian expression used to say “Congratulations”.
Jonathan: You only use this one?
Iva: Another one, “поздравления” is also used a lot and means “congratulations” and “compliments” too.
Jonathan: Listeners, repeat both expressions after Iva.
Iva: “Честито”[pause]. “поздравления” [pause]
Actually they can be used like that, one after another.
Jonathan: OK, great!
Iva: At weddings, Bulgarians also say “Наздраве” which literally means “For (your) health”, but is used as “Cheers” and also “Bless you” when sneezing.
Jonathan: Ok, what’s next?
Iva: The next word is “Хубаво”.
Jonathan: Can you tell us more about it?
Iva: It’s a Bulgarian expression that can be translated as “Good” or “Nice” or just “OK” and is used in the same situations as in English.
Jonathan: “Хубаво”.
Iva: Actually, it’s an adverb similar to the adjective “хубав” which means “nice” but also “pretty”.
Jonathan: And what’s our last word?
Iva: “Юни” - the Bulgarian word for the month “June”.
Jonathan: Can you tell us all the names of the months?
Iva: Sure, but let me first say that in Bulgarian months are written in lower case.
Jonathan: OK, listeners, remember that and repeat after Iva.
Iva: [pause after each one] “януари, февруари, март, април, май, юни, юли, август, септември, октомври, ноември, декември.”
Jonathan: They sound quite similar, don’t they?
Iva: They sure do! Make sure you check them again in the lesson notes so that you can memorize them.
Jonathan: OK, now to the grammar.

Lesson focus

Jonathan: In this lesson, we’re going to review the grammar points from previous lessons.
Iva: First, we’re going to see the different ways to ask or talk about doing actions in the future.
Jonathan: So asking “Will you do this?” in Bulgarian would be…
Iva: “Ще направиш ли това?” where “ще” means “will”; “направиш” means “do” and is the second person singular finite form of the verb; “ли” is the particle we use for making questions; and finally “това” means “this”.
Jonathan: OK, Iva, please repeat the whole sentence for the listeners.
Iva: “Ще направиш ли това?”
Jonathan: Actually we can use this kind of construction to create many different sentences.
Iva: Yep. Instead of “do this” we can put many other combinations like “go to the supermarket” or “marry me”.
Jonathan: How will these sound in Bulgarian?
Iva: “Ще отидеш ли до супермаркета?” which in English is “Will you go to the supermarket?”
Jonathan: And “Will you marry me?”
Iva: “Ще се ожениш/омъжиш ли за мен” which means “Will you marry me?”
Jonathan: Oh, it has different verb forms for the two genders, right?
Iva: Exactly. Men ask women with the verb “омъжиш” (second person singular form) and women ask men with the verb “ожениш” (second person singular form).
Jonathan: OK, we are on the wedding theme in this lesson.
Iva: Well, yes but when we ask about the “Will someone do something” type of form, you can also ask about the plans of people who are not present.
Jonathan: For example?
Iva: For example “Will your son graduate this year?” in Bulgarian is “Синът ти ще завърши ли тази година?”
Jonathan: Listeners, repeat this sentence after Iva.
Iva: “Синът ти ще завърши ли тази година?” [pause]
Jonathan: How do we know where to put the particle “ли”?
Iva: Actually, this is a very good question! In this example we emphasize the year of graduation.
Jonathan: Why is that?
Iva: Because the particle “ли” is next to the expression for time.
Jonathan: Are there any other options?
Iva: Well, we can say “Синът ти ли ще завърши тази година?” which emphasizes who is doing the action, in this case, the son.
Jonathan: OK, I think I got it but could you please repeat the two versions for our listeners, Iva.
Iva: OK. “Синът ти ще завърши ли тази година?” and “Синът ти ли ще завърши тази година?”
Jonathan: That’s pretty advanced Bulgarian already!
Iva: Well, I hope that our listeners have made progress from listening to this series!.
Jonathan: Yes, me too! Have you enjoyed this series, listeners?
Iva: We hope so!
Jonathan: Because we really enjoyed teaching it!
Iva: Yes, it’s been fun! See you all in the next series!
Jonathan: Bye everyone!
Iva: Bye!

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