Learn how to exchange telephone numbers
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Becky: Hello and welcome back to BulgarianPod101.com. This is Lower Beginner, season 1, lesson 8 - What’s Your Bulgarian Phone Number? I’m Becky. |
| Iva: Zdravei And I’m Iva! |
| Becky: In this lesson you'll learn how to exchange telephone numbers with someone. |
| Iva: The conversation takes place at the airport. |
| Becky: Again, it’s between Maria and James. They’re getting to know each other, so they’re using informal language. |
| Iva: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Becky: Let’s talk about telephone numbers and especially mobile phone numbers in Bulgaria. |
| Iva: Ok, firstly let’s talk about how to dial Bulgarian numbers from outside the country. |
| Becky: First of all, Bulgaria’s country code is 359. |
| Iva: This will allow you to call Bulgaria from any other country. |
| Becky: If you are dialing a non-mobile number in the capital Sofia, you have to add 2 after 359. |
| Iva: There are other area city codes with 1 to 2 digits, and you can find these in dialing code directories, or on the Internet. |
| Becky: The dialing format for calls to a cell phone is like this + 359 + XX, and then the number. |
| Iva: The XX digits can be: 87, 88, 89, 98 and you omit the initial 0 before these numbers, like in the dialogue. |
| Becky: So it’s pretty easy to remember phone numbers! |
| Iva: All fixed line domestic phone numbers, including the area code, should have 8 digits. |
| Becky: So remember, it’s 8 for domestic, and 10 for mobile. |
| Iva: Exactly |
| Becky: Ok, now let’s move onto the vocab. |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Becky: Let’s take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Iva: We’ll take a look at 3 of them this time. The first one is “Значи”. |
| Becky: Listeners, repeat after Iva. |
| Iva: “Значи”. |
| Becky: Hmm, what can you tell us about this one? |
| Iva: It’s a Bulgarian phrase that’s used a lot in informal speech. |
| Becky: OK, but what does it mean? |
| Iva: It’s usually at the beginning of the sentence, and means something like the English “Soo,…”.“Значи”, |
| Becky: It comes from the verb “to mean” or “to denote”... |
| Iva: Which in Bulgarian is “знача”. |
| Becky: OK, what’s next? |
| Iva: “До утре”. |
| Becky: This is a Bulgarian phrase used when people are parting, and expect to see each other the next day. It literally means “Until tomorrow”. |
| Becky: You can use other words in different cases, like “Until Saturday”, “Until next week”, |
| Iva: In Bulgarian these are “До събота” and “До другата седмица”. |
| Becky: OK. Now, our third item is… |
| Iva: “За всеки случай” |
| Becky: This is a Bulgarian phrase that means “Just in case”, and it’s used in similar situations. |
| Iva: It might mean “only if something happens”, but like in the dialogue here, it’s used in situations when you want to use it as a reason to do something. |
| Becky: Oh, I see. Now onto the grammar. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| Becky: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to exchange telephone numbers. |
| Iva: But first, let’s review the numbers from 1 to 10 in Bulgarian! |
| Becky: OK! So one is... |
| Iva: едно... |
| Becky: And two is ... |
| Iva: две...Then 3, 4, 5, and 6 are три, четири, пет, and шест respectively. 7, 8, 9, and 10 are седем, осем, девет, and десет respectively. |
| Becky: That was quick! |
| Iva: Yes, just like counting from one to ten in English. In Bulgarian, when people exchange telephone numbers, they use several expressions. |
| Becky: I’m guessing you have to pronounce the number sequence in a specific way, and this usually differs in each country. |
| Iva: Yeah. Bulgarian mobile phone numbers usually have 10 digits, where the first one is always 0. |
| Becky: Then three digits follow it. They usually contain 7, 8, or 9, and denote which mobile operator you use. |
| Iva: Then come the last six digits; they are your unique number. |
| Becky: So that’s how people will usually say the telephone number. |
| Iva: Yep. The number from our lesson’s dialogue, “0899 933101”, in Bulgarian will be read “нула осем девет девет [pause] девет три три [shorter pause] едно нула едно”. |
| Becky: Ok, and how can you ask about someone’s phone number? |
| Iva: If you directly ask someone, you simply say “Какъв е телефонния ти номер?” which means “What is your telephone number?” |
| Becky: This is a correct and semi-formal way to ask people about telephone numbers. |
| Iva: It is semi-formal because the pronoun for “you”, “ти”, is in the singular, not the plural. |
| Becky: Still, the form is quite polite |
| Iva: In a more informal and everyday situation, you might hear people say “Кой е телефона ти” which literally means “Who (what, which) is your phone?” and has the same general meaning. |
| Becky: Can you repeat both for our listeners? |
| Iva: Sure. “Какъв е телефонния ти номер?” and “Кой е телефона ти” |
| Becky: It’s better to start off using the more polite one, mostly because you’re asking about private information anyway. |
| Iva: Yes. The answer is usually this: “Моят номер е~ (number)” or just “Номерът ми е~ (number).” |
| Becky: This means “My number is~ (number).” |
| Iva: Then you just add the digits as we explained. |
| Becky: You don’t need to say the word “telephone” when saying “telephone number”, because it’s understood. |
| Iva: Finally, the most formal way to ask about telephone numbers is a sentence similar to “Какъв е телефонния ти номер?” where we should change “ти” with “Ви”, which is the pronoun “you” in plural. |
| Becky: How does this sound when it’s put together? Listeners, repeat after Iva. |
| Iva: That is “Какъв е телефонният Ви номер?” [pause] |
| Becky: Listeners, make sure you check the lesson notes for some more examples, and to reinforce what you’ve learned in this lesson. |
| Iva: Yes, please do! |
| Becky: And that’s all we have for this lesson. |
Outro |
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| Iva: So bye-bye! |
| Becky: Thanks for listening, and see you next time! |
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