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| INTRODUCTION |
| Jonathan: Top 25 Bulgarian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 7: Where did you learn 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 "Where did you learn Bulgarian?" In Bulgarian this is |
| Iva: Къде научи български? |
| Jonathan: The first word in the question is |
| Iva: къде |
| Jonathan: ""meaning where"" in English. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) къде |
| Jonathan: Listen again and repeat. |
| Iva: къде |
| {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: научи |
| Jonathan: meaning (you) learned. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) научи |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: научи |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Iva: къде научи |
| {pause} |
| And next |
| Iva: български |
| Jonathan: meaning Bulgarian. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) български |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: български |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Iva: къде научи български |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question Where did you learn Bulgarian? |
| Iva: Научих го в училище. |
| Jonathan: ""I learned it in school.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Iva: (Slow) Научих го в училище. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Iva: научих |
| Jonathan: means (I) learned. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) научих |
| Jonathan: Now repeat |
| Iva: научих |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: го |
| Jonathan: meaning something like it. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) го |
| A:Now repeat. |
| Iva: го |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: And next |
| Iva: в |
| Jonathan: meaning in. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) в |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: в |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Next is |
| Iva: училище |
| Jonathan: meaning school. |
| Iva: (Slow, by syllable) училище |
| Jonathan: Now repeat. |
| Iva: училище |
| {Pause} |
| Jonathan: Listen to the speaker say, I learned it in school., Jonathan: and then repeat. |
| Iva: Научих го в училище. |
| {pause} |
| Jonathan: To use a different phrase, replace in school with at university. |
| Iva: в университета |
| Jonathan: at university |
| Iva: (slow) в университета (regular) в университета |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with at university |
| Iva: Научих го в университета. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace in school. Say I learned it at university. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: Научих го в университета. |
| Jonathan: To expand on the pattern, replace at university with in a course. |
| Iva: на курс |
| Jonathan: in a course |
| Iva: (slow) на курс (regular) на курс |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with in a course |
| Iva: Научих го на курс. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for at university. Say I learned it in a course. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: Научих го на курс. |
| Jonathan: To expand on the pattern, replace in a course with from my partner. |
| Iva: от партньора ми |
| Jonathan: from my partner |
| Iva: (slow) от партньора ми (regular) от партньора ми |
| Jonathan: Listen to the phrase again, this time with from my partner |
| Iva: Научих го от партньора ми. |
| Jonathan: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for in a course. Say I learned it from my partner. |
| {pause} |
| Iva: Научих го от партньора ми. |
| QUIZ |
| Jonathan: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Bulgaria and someone asks you where you learned Bulgarian. You learned Bulgarian in school. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Къде научи български? (five seconds) Научих го в училище. |
| Jonathan: Now, imagine you learned it at university Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Къде научи български? (five seconds) Научих го в университета. |
| Jonathan: Imagine you learned it in a course. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Iva: Къде научи български? (five seconds) Научих го на курс. |
| Jonathan: Imagine you learned it from my partner. Respond to the question. |
| Iva: Къде научи български? (five seconds) Научих го от партньора ми. |
| Jonathan: Now you want to ask someone where they learned Bulgarian. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Iva: Къде научи български? |
| {pause} |
Outro |
| Jonathan: This is the end of Lesson 7 |
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