Learn slang verbs to describe everyday actions
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Sydney: Everyday Action Slang Verbs |
| 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 16. In this lesson, you'll learn everyday action slang verbs. |
| Sydney: These are alternative slang verbs to describe some actions when you're having a very informal conversation. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| Sydney: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Petar: плямпам (plyampam) |
| Petar: цъкам (tsakam) |
| Petar: скивам (skivam) |
| Petar: поркам (porkam) |
| Sydney: Petar, what's our first expression? |
| Petar: плямпам (plyampam) |
| Sydney: It doesn’t have a literal meaning. But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "talk too much." |
| Petar: [SLOW] плямпам [NORMAL] плямпам |
| Sydney: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Petar: плямпам |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sydney: Use this slang expression when you want to say that someone is prattling without making too much sense, or are speaking out of context. |
| Sydney: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Стига си плямпала, вземи свърши малко работа. [SLOW] Стига си плямпала, вземи свърши малко работа. |
| Sydney: "Stop talking, get some work done." |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Стига си плямпала, вземи свърши малко работа. |
| Sydney: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Petar: цъкам (tsakam) |
| Sydney: literally meaning "to click." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to click a keyboard or a mouse." |
| Petar: [SLOW] цъкам [NORMAL] цъкам |
| Sydney: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Petar: цъкам |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sydney: Use this slang expression when you mean that you are working on a computer or playing a game, both related to clicking intensively on the mouse. |
| Sydney: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Той седи на едно място и цъка по цял ден. [SLOW] Той седи на едно място и цъка по цял ден. |
| Sydney: "He sits in one place and works on a computer all day." |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Той седи на едно място и цъка по цял ден. |
| Sydney: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Petar: скивам (skivam) |
| Sydney: It doesn’t have a literal meaning. But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to see, to take a look at." |
| Petar: [SLOW] скивам [NORMAL] скивам |
| Sydney: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Petar: скивам |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sydney: Use this slang expression when you mean that you see or want to draw the attention of someone else to look at something. |
| Sydney: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Скиваш ли какво прави кризата с тъпаците. [SLOW] Скиваш ли какво прави кризата с тъпаците. |
| Sydney: "Do you see what the crisis is doing to the fools." |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Скиваш ли какво прави кризата с тъпаците. |
| Sydney: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Petar: поркам (porkam) |
| Sydney: It doesn’t have a literal meaning. But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to drink too much." |
| Petar: [SLOW] поркам [NORMAL] поркам |
| Sydney: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Petar: поркам |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Sydney: Use this slang expression when you mean that someone is overindulging in alcohol. |
| Sydney: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Остави го, порка от сутринта. [SLOW] Остави го, порка от сутринта. |
| Sydney: "Leave him alone, he's been drinking since the morning." |
| Petar: [NORMAL] Остави го, порка от сутринта. |
| 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: The intense clicking coming from his room told his mom that he was in the middle of a game. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Petar: цъкам |
| Sydney: "to click a keyboard or a mouse" |
| Sydney: They are just talking to hear themselves speak. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Petar: плямпам |
| Sydney: "talk too much" |
| Sydney: If you start to vomit after a night of carousing, you’ve gone a bit too far. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Petar: поркам |
| Sydney: "to drink too much" |
| Sydney: You want to show your friend a really cute cat video. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Petar: скивам |
| Sydney: "to see, to take a look at" |
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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