Learn how to ask and answer the question "When is your birthday?"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Jonathan: Top 25 Bulgarian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 12: When is your birthday? in Bulgarian In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Bulgarian learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations. |
Lesson focus |
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| Jonathan: In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question "When is your birthday?" In Bulgarian this is |
| Iva: Кога е рождения ти ден? |
| Jonathan: The first word in the question is |
| Iva: кога |
| Jonathan: "meaning when" in English. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) кога |
| Jonathan: Listen again and repeat. |
| Iva: кога |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Iva: е |
| Jonathan: meaning is. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) е |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: е |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Iva: кога е |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: рождения |
| Jonathan: meaning birthday. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) рождения |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: рождения |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| Iva: кога е рождения |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: ти |
| Jonathan: meaning your. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) ти |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: ти |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the the first 4 words of the question and repeat. |
| Iva: кога е рождения ти |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: ден |
| Jonathan: meaning day. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) ден |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: ден |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Iva: кога е рождения ти ден |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Now master the following pattern and responses to the question When is your birthday? |
| Iva: На 22 август. |
| Jonathan: It's August 22nd.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Iva: (Slow) На 22 август. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word |
| Iva: на |
| Jonathan: means on. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) на |
| Jonathan: Now repeat |
| Iva: на |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: And after that |
| Iva: 22 |
| Jonathan: meaning 22nd. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) 22 write out |
| A:Now repeat. |
| Iva: 22 |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: август |
| Jonathan: meaning August. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) август |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: август |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the speaker say, It's August 22nd., and then repeat. |
| Iva: На 22 август. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: To use a different phrase, replace August 22nd with January 1st. |
| Iva: първи януари |
| Jonathan: January 1st |
| Iva: (slow) първи януари (regular) първи януари |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with January 1st |
| Iva: На първи януари. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace August 22nd. Say It's January 1st. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: На първи януари. |
| Jonathan: To use a different phrase, replace January 1st with March 8th. |
| Iva: осми март |
| Jonathan: March 8th |
| Iva: (slow) осми март (regular) осми март |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with March 8th |
| Iva: На осми март. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for January 1st. Say It's March 8th. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: На осми март. |
| Jonathan: To expand on the pattern, replace March 8th with April 20th. |
| Iva: двадесети април |
| Jonathan: April 20th |
| Iva: (slow) двадесети април (regular) двадесети април |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with April 20th |
| Iva: На двадесети април. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for March 8th. Say It's April 20th. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: На двадесети април. |
| QUIZ |
| Jonathan: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Bulgaria and someone asks you when your birthday is. Your birthday is August 22. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Кога е рождения ти ден? (five seconds) На 22 август. |
| Jonathan: Imagine your birthday is January 1st Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Кога е рождения ти ден? (five seconds) На първи януари. |
| Jonathan: Now, imagine your birthday is March 8th. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Iva: Кога е рождения ти ден? (five seconds) На осми март. |
| Jonathan: Imagine your birthday is April 20th. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Кога е рождения ти ден? (five seconds) На двадесети април. |
| Jonathan: You want to ask someone when their birthday is. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Iva: Кога е рождения ти ден? |
| {pause} |
Outro |
| Jonathan: This is the end of Lesson 12 |
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