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Здрасти, аз се казвам Ива. Hi everybody! I’m Iva.
Welcome to BulgarianPod101.com’s “Български в три минути”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Bulgarian.
In the last lesson we learned how to count in Bulgarian. I hope you spent some time practicing the numbers, because they will come in handy in this lesson. We’re going to learn how to go shopping in Bulgaria!
Before we go, you need to know how to say “How much is this?”
Колко струва това?
[slowly] Колко струва това?
Are you ready to go shopping in Bulgaria? Let’s go!
You see something you like and want to ask the shop clerk how much it costs. The first thing to say to a shop clerk is…извинете, do you remember what that means? "Excuse me!"
Извинете, колко струва?
[slowly] Извинете, колко струва?
If we want to be more specific when asking "how much is this?" and refer to a certain type of object, we first need to drop the word for “this” in Bulgarian. Also, we need to know if the object is a masculine, feminine or neuter object. If it is masculine add този when referring to it, тази for a feminine object and това for a neuter one. And then say the noun.
For example, "pants" is a masculine. Панталон.
Извинете, колко струва този панталон? "Excuse me, how much are these pants?"
[slowly] Извинете, колко струва този панталон?
And “skirt” is a feminine noun. Пола.
Извинете, колко струва тази пола?
"Excuse me, how much is this skirt?"
[slowly] Извинете, колко струва тази пола?
And “bicycle” is a neuter noun. Колело.
Извинете, колко струва това колело?
"Excuse me, how much is this bicycle?"
[slowly] Извинете, колко струва това колело?
At this point the shop clerk can answer by saying-
Струва …
Това е…
or just the price plus the word е…
which simply means “is”
For example-
Струва двадесет и един лева!
Това е двадесет и един лева!
or
Двадесет и един лева е!
What number is двадесет и един? I’m not telling you! Okay, okay, it’s "twenty-one"! "It costs twenty-one leva."
Now it’s time for Iva’s Insights.
A quicker way to ask “How much?” is Колко е? Which literally means “How much?” For example when you want to order a coffee you can ask the waiter Едно кафе, моля; колко е? “One coffee please, how much is it?”
At this point, can you count the Bulgarian currency leva in Bulgarian? We are going to learn how to do this and much more in the next lesson!
I’ll be waiting for you in our next Български в три минути lesson.
До скоро!

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