Learn how to ask and answer the question, "What is this?"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Jonathan: Top 25 Bulgarian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 22: What's this? 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 this?" In Bulgarian this is |
| Iva: Какво е това? |
| 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: e |
| Jonathan: meaning is. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) e |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: e |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Iva: какво e |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: това |
| Jonathan: meaning this. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) това |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: това |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Iva: какво e това |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Now master the following pattern and responses to the question What's this?? |
| Iva: Това е камера. |
| Jonathan: It's a camera. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Iva: (Slow) Това е камера. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word |
| Iva: това |
| Jonathan: means this. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) това |
| Jonathan: Now repeat |
| Iva: това |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: е |
| Jonathan: meaning is. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) е |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: е |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: камера |
| Jonathan: meaning camera. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) камера |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: камера |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the speaker say, It's a camera, and then repeat. |
| Iva: Това е камера. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: To expand on the pattern, replace camera with watch. |
| Iva: часовник |
| Jonathan: watch |
| Iva: (slow) часовник (regular) часовник |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with watch |
| Iva: Това е часовник. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace camera. Say It's a watch. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: Това е часовник. |
| Jonathan: To expand on the pattern, replace watch with glass of water. |
| Iva: чаша вода |
| Jonathan: glass of water |
| Iva: (slow) чаша вода (regular) чаша вода |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with glass of water |
| Iva: Това е чаша вода. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for watch. Say It's a glass of water. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: Това е чаша вода. |
| Jonathan: To use a different phrase, replace glass of water with mobile phone. |
| Iva: мобилен телефон |
| Jonathan: mobile phone |
| Iva: (slow) мобилен телефон (regular) мобилен телефон |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with mobile phone |
| Iva: Това е мобилен телефон. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for glass of water. Say It's a mobile phone. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: Това е мобилен телефон. |
| QUIZ |
| Jonathan: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Bulgaria and someone asks you what something is. It’s (a) camera. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Какво е това? (five seconds) Това е камера. |
| Jonathan: Now imagine that it's (a) watch Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Какво е това? (five seconds) Това е часовник. |
| Jonathan: Imagine that it's (a) glass of water. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Iva: Какво е това? (five seconds) Това е чаша вода. |
| Jonathan: Imagine that it's a mobile phone. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Какво е това? (five seconds) Това е мобилен телефон. |
| Jonathan: You want to ask someone what something is. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Iva: Какво е това? |
| {pause} |
Outro |
| Jonathan: This is the end of Lesson 22 |
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