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| INTRODUCTION |
| Sydney: Alternative Words to Refer to a Friend |
| Sydney: Hi everyone, and welcome back to BulgarianPod101.com. I'm Sydney. |
| Petar: And I'm Petar! |
| Sydney: This is Must-Know Bulgarian Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 1. In this lesson, you'll learn alternative words to refer to a friend. |
| Sydney: You can refer to friends in various ways. Here are some words a man might use to refer to his friends. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| Sydney: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Petar: пич (pich) |
| Petar: френд (frend) |
| Petar: авер (aver) |
| Petar: копче (kopche) |
| Sydney: Petar, what's our first expression? |
| Petar: пич (pich) |
| Sydney: It doesn’t have a literal meaning. But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "dude." |
| Petar: [SLOW] пич [NORMAL] пич |
| Sydney: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Petar: пич |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sydney: Use this slang expression when you either want to call the attention of a friend, or when you mean that someone is a really cool guy. |
| Sydney: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Здрасти, пич! Как си? [SLOW] Здрасти, пич! Как си? |
| Sydney: "Hey, dude! How are you?" |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Здрасти, пич! Как си? |
| Sydney: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Petar: френд (frend) |
| Sydney: literally meaning "a friend." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "friend." |
| Petar: [SLOW] френд [NORMAL] френд |
| Sydney: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Petar: френд |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sydney: Use this slang expression when you want to show you have an informal friendly relationship to someone. |
| Sydney: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Хей, френд, ела насам. [SLOW] Хей, френд, ела насам. |
| Sydney: "Hey, friend, come here." |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Хей, френд, ела насам. |
| Sydney: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Petar: авер (aver) |
| Sydney: It doesn’t have a literal meaning. But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "buddy." |
| Petar: [SLOW] авер [NORMAL] авер |
| Sydney: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Petar: авер |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sydney: Use this slang expression when you are a guy and refer to a male friend of yours in an informal conversation. |
| Sydney: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Petar: [NORMAL] С него станахме големи авери. [SLOW] С него станахме големи авери. |
| Sydney: "We became great buddies with him." |
| Petar: [NORMAL] С него станахме големи авери. |
| Sydney: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Petar: копче (kopche) |
| Sydney: literally meaning "a button." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "pal." |
| Petar: [SLOW] копче [NORMAL] копче |
| Sydney: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Petar: копче |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sydney: Use this slang expression when you refer to a friend of yours. |
| Sydney: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Копче, кажи какво става тука. [SLOW] Копче, кажи какво става тука. |
| Sydney: "Pal, tell me what's going on here." |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Копче, кажи какво става тука. |
| QUIZ |
| Sydney: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I will describe four situations, and you will choose the right expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
| Sydney: You and Charles have known one another since grade school. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Petar: френд |
| Sydney: "friend" |
| Sydney: A guy who you think is really cool. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Petar: пич |
| Sydney: "dude" |
| Sydney: Someone who is a great friend. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Petar: копче |
| Sydney: "pal" |
| Sydney: Male friends often call each other this nickname. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Petar: авер |
| Sydney: "buddy" |
Outro |
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| Sydney: There you have it; you have mastered four Bulgarian Slang Expressions! We have more vocab lists available at BulgarianPod101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! |
| Petar: До скоро! |
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