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Holidays & traditions

A2Unit 6

Holidays & traditions

Christmas, Baba Marta, Easter, name days and weddings

6 lessons74 min84 words

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Lessons

  1. 1

    Christmas & New Year

    About 13 minutes · 65 steps

    Start
  2. 2

    Baba Marta & the martenitsa

    About 13 minutes · 59 steps

  3. 3

    Easter

    About 13 minutes · 60 steps

  4. 4

    Name days

    About 10 minutes · 51 steps

  5. 5

    3 March & 24 May

    About 12 minutes · 57 steps

  6. 6

    Weddings & birthdays

    About 13 minutes · 63 steps

  7. Unit test

    15 questions · Pass mark: 80%

1 star: complete the lesson. 2 stars: at least 85% accuracy. 3 stars: at least 98%.

What you’ll learn

  1. You'll talk about how Bulgarians celebrate Christmas and New Year — and how you celebrated as a child.
  2. You'll give 1 March greetings and explain what to do with a martenitsa.
  3. You'll exchange Easter greetings and talk about dyed eggs and kozunak.
  4. You'll congratulate people on their name day, make wishes and learn who treats whom.
  5. You'll understand two key Bulgarian holidays — Liberation Day and the day of the Cyrillic alphabet.
  6. You'll give birthday and wedding wishes.

New words

празник

holiday

празнувам

celebrate

като дете

as a child

КоледаКоледа

Christmas

Весела Коледа!

Merry Christmas!

Бъдни вечер

Christmas Eve

постен

meatless

питка

round festive loaf