Learn how to ask, "How much is this?"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Jonathan: Top 25 Bulgarian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 25: How much is 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 "How much is this?" In Bulgarian this is |
| Iva: Колко струва това? |
| Jonathan: The first word in the question is |
| Iva: колко |
| Jonathan: meaning how much in English. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) колко |
| Jonathan: Listen again and repeat. |
| Iva: колко |
| {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: струва |
| Jonathan: meaning costs. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) струва |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: струва |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Iva: колко струва |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: And after that |
| 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: колко струва това |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Now, master the following pattern and responses to the question How much is this? |
| Iva: Два лева е. |
| Jonathan: It's 2 leva. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Iva: (Slow) Два лева е. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word |
| Iva: два |
| Jonathan: means two. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) два |
| Jonathan: Now repeat |
| Iva: два |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: лева |
| Jonathan: which is the word levas, the Bulgarian currency. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) лева |
| A:Now repeat. |
| Iva: лева |
| {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 2 leva., and then repeat. |
| Iva: Два лева е. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: To use a different phrase, replace 2 leva with five leva. |
| Iva: пет лева |
| Jonathan: five leva |
| Iva: (slow) пет лева (regular) пет лева |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with five leva |
| Iva: пет лева е. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace 2 leva. Say It's five leva. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: пет лева е. |
| Jonathan: To use a different phrase, replace five leva with twenty leva. |
| Iva: двадесет лева |
| Jonathan: twenty leva |
| Iva: (slow) двадесет лева (regular) двадесет лева |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with twenty leva |
| Iva: двадесет лева е. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for five leva. Say It's twenty leva. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: двадесет лева е. |
| Jonathan: To expand on the pattern, replace twenty leva with one leva. |
| Iva: един лев |
| Jonathan: one leva |
| Iva: (slow) един лев (regular) един лев |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with one leva |
| Iva: един лев е. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for twenty leva. Say It's one leva. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: един лев е. |
| QUIZ |
| Jonathan: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Bulgaria and someone asks you how much something is. It is 2 leva. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Колко струва това? (five seconds) Два лева е. |
| Jonathan: Now imagine it's five leva Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Колко струва това? (five seconds) пет лева е. |
| Jonathan: Imagine it's twenty leva. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Iva: Колко струва това? (five seconds) двадесет лева е. |
| Jonathan: Now imagine it's one leva. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Колко струва това? (five seconds) един лев е. |
| Jonathan: You want to learn how much something is. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Iva: Колко струва това? |
Outro |
| Jonathan: This is the end of Lesson 25 |
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