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| INTRODUCTION |
| Jonathan: Top 25 Bulgarian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 20: What's the weather like? 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 "What's the weather like in Sofia?" In Bulgarian this is |
| Iva: Какво е времето в София? |
| Jonathan: The first word in the question is |
| Iva: какво |
| Jonathan: meaning what in English. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) какво |
| Jonathan: Listen again and repeat. |
| Iva: какво |
| {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: какво е |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: времето |
| Jonathan: meaning the weather. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) времето |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: времето |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| Iva: какво е времето |
| {pause} |
| And next |
| Iva: в |
| Jonathan: meaning in. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) в |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: в |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the the first 4 words of the question and repeat. |
| Iva: какво е времето в |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: And after that |
| Iva: София |
| Jonathan: which is Sofia. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) София |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: София |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Iva: какво е времето в София |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Now master the following pattern and responses to the question What's the weather like in Sofia? |
| Iva: Слънчево е. |
| Jonathan: It's sunny. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Iva: (Slow) Слънчево е. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word |
| Iva: слънчево |
| Jonathan: means sunny. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) слънчево |
| Jonathan: Now repeat |
| Iva: слънчево |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: е |
| Jonathan: meaning is. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) е |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: е |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the speaker say, It's sunny, and then repeat. |
| Iva: Слънчево е. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: To expand on the pattern, replace sunny with cloudy. |
| Iva: облачно |
| Jonathan: cloudy |
| Iva: (slow) облачно (regular) облачно |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with cloudy |
| Iva: облачно е. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace sunny. Say It's cloudy. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: облачно е. |
| Jonathan: To use a different phrase, replace cloudy with warm. |
| Iva: топло |
| Jonathan: warm |
| Iva: (slow) топло (regular) топло |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with warm |
| Iva: топло е. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for cloudy. Say It's warm. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: топло е. |
| Jonathan: To make another phrase, replace warm with rainy. |
| Iva: дъждовно |
| Jonathan: rainy |
| Iva: (slow) дъждовно (regular) дъждовно |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with rainy |
| Iva: дъждовно е. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for warm. Say It's rainy. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: дъждовно е. |
| QUIZ |
| Jonathan: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Bulgaria and someone asks you What's the weather like in Sofia?. You want to say it's sunny. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Какво е времето в София? (five seconds) Слънчево е. |
| Jonathan: Now you want to say it's cloudy Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Какво е времето в София? (five seconds) облачно е. |
| Jonathan: You want to say it's warm. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Iva: Какво е времето в София? (five seconds) топло е. |
| Jonathan: You want to say it's rainy. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Какво е времето в София? (five seconds) дъждовно е. |
| Jonathan: You want to ask someone what the weather is like in Sofia. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Iva: Какво е времето в София? |
Outro |
| Jonathan: This is the end of Lesson 20 |
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