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Language Information
Bulgarian alphabet
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Pronunciation
Most letters in the Bulgarian alphabet stand for just one specific sound. Three letters stand for
the single expression of combinations of sounds, namely щ (sht), ю (yu), and я (ya). Two
sounds do not correspond to separate letters, but are expressed as the combination of two
letters, namely дж (like j in Jack) and дз (dz). The letter ь is not pronounced, but it softens
(palatalizes) any preceding consonant before the letter о.
Grammar
Gender
There are three grammatical genders in Bulgarian: masculine, feminine and neuter. Thegender of the noun can largely be determined according to its ending. The vast majority of
Bulgarian nouns ending in a consonant (zero ending) are masculine (for example, град
―city‖). Feminine nouns include almost all nouns that have the endings –а/–я (жена
―woman‖), a large group of nouns with zero ending expressing quality, degree or an
abstraction, including all nouns ending on –ост/ –ест (прелест "loveliness"), and another,
much smaller group of irregular nouns with zero ending which define tangible objects or
concepts (вечер ―evening‖). Nouns ending in –е, –о are almost exclusively neuter (дете
―child‖). The same regards a limited number of loan words ending in –и, –у, and –ю (меню
"menu"). The plural forms of the nouns do not express their gender clearly, although theending –и is more likely to be used with a masculine or feminine noun (факти "facts"), while
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one in –а/–я belongs more often to a neuter noun (езера "lak es"). Also, plural ending –ове
occurs only in masculine nouns.
Number
Two numbers are distinguished in Bulgarian - singular and plural. A variety of pluralsuffixes is used, and the choice between them is partly determined by their ending in singular,
partly influenced by gender and partly impredictible due to the commonness of exceptions,
irregular declension and alternative plural forms. Words ending in –а/ –я (which are usually
feminine) generally have the plural ending –и, upon dropping of the singular ending. Of
nouns ending in a consonant, the feminine ones also use –и, whereas the masculine ones
usually have –и for polysyllables and –ове for monosyllables (however, exceptions are
especially common in this group). Nouns ending in –о/ –е (most of which are neuter) use the
suffixes –а, – я (both of which require the dropping of the singular endings) and –та.
With cardinal numbers and related words such as няколко ("several"), masculine nouns use
a separate count form in –а/ –я, which stems from the proto-Slavonic dual: двама/трима ученика (two/three students) versus тези ученици (these students); cf. feminine
две/три/тези жени (two/three/these women) and neuter две/три/тези деца
(two/three/these children). However, a recently developed language norm requires that count
forms should only be used with masculine nouns that do not denote persons. Thus,
двама/трима ученици is perceived as more correct than двама/трима ученика, while the
distinction is retained in cases such as два/три молива (two/three pencils) versus тези
моливи (these pencils).
Case
The complex proto-Slavonic case system is almost completely dissolved in modernBulgarian. Vestiges are well preserved only in the personal pronouns and the masculine
personal interrogative pronoun кой (―who‖), which have nominative, accusative and dative
forms. Vocative forms are still in use for masculine and feminine nouns (however, not for
neuter ones), but endings in masculine nouns are determined solely according to the stem-
final consonant of the noun. In all other cases, except for a number of phraseological units
and sayings, the proto-Slavonic case system has been replaced by prepositional and other
syntactic constructions.
Definiteness (article)
In modern Bulgarian, definiteness is expressed by a definite article which is postfixed to the
noun (indefinite: човек, ―man‖; definite: човекът, ―the man‖) or the first nominalconstituent of definite noun phrases (indefinite: добър човек, ―a good man‖; definite:
добрият човек, ―the good man‖), much like in the Scandinavian languages or Romanian.
There are four singular definite articles. Again, the choice between them is largely
determined by the noun's ending in the singular. Nouns that end in a consonant and are
masculine use –ът/ –ят, when they are grammatical subjects, and –а/ –я, when they are
grammatical objects. Nouns that end in a consonant and are feminine, as well as nouns that
end in –а/ –я (most of which are feminine, too) use –та. Nouns that end in –е/ –о use –то.
The plural definite article is –те for all nouns except for those, whose plural form ends in –
а/ –я; these get –тa instead. When postfixed to adjectives the definite articles are –ят/ –я for
masculine gender, –та for feminine gender, –то for neuter gender, and –те for plural.
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Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets
Glagolitic # Cyrillic # Sound Name
ⰰ 1 а 1 a az
ⰰ 2 б – b buki ⰰ 3 в 2 v vede
ⰰ 4 г 3 g glagoli
ⰰ 5 д 4 d dobro
ⰰ 6 е 5 e yest
ⰰ 7 ж – ʒ zhivete
ⰰ 8 ѕ 6 ʣ dzelo
ⰰ 9 з 7 z zemlya
ⰰ 10 i,ї 10 j –
ⰰ 20 и 8 ɩ izhe
ⰰ 30 (ћ) – g ʲ gjerv
ⰰ 40 к 20 k kako
ⰰ 50 л 30 l lyudye
ⰰ 60 м 40 m myslite
ⰰ 70 н 50 n nash
ⰰ 80 о 70 ɔ оn
ⰰ 90 п 80 p pokoi
ⰰ 100 р 100 r rətsi
ⰰ 200 с 200 s slovo
ⰰ 300 т 300 t tvrədo
ⰰ 400 ѹ,оу 400 u uk
ⰰ 500 ф 500 f frət,fert
ⰰ (500) ѳ 9 θ fita
ⰰ 600 х 600 х her
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Glagolitic # Cyrillic # Sound Name
ⰰ 700 ѿ 800 o ot
ⰰ 800 щ – ʃ t shta
ⰰ 900 ц 900 ʦ tsi
ⰰ 100 ч 90 ʧ tsha,tshrə v
ⰰ – ш – ʃ sha
ⰰ – ъ – ə,ɤ big er
ⰰⰰ – – ə,ɨ ery
ⰰ – ь – ʲ small er
ⰰ (800?) ѣ – ê,eª yat
ⰰ – ю – ju –
ⰰ – я – ja –
— – ѥ – je –
ⰰ – ѧ 900 ę small yus
ⰰ – ѫ – ą big yus
ⰰ – ѩ – ję yes
ⰰ – ѭ – ją y əs
— – ѯ 60 ks ksi
— – ѱ 700 ps psi
ⰰ – ѵ 400 y izhitsa
Useful Phrases
I. Greetings
Zdravey/Zdrasti Hello!/Hi!
Dobro utro Good morning!
Dobar den Good afternoon!
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Dobar vecher Good evening!
Leka nosht Good night!
Dovizhdane/Sbogom (pronounced [ Zbogom]) Goodbye!/Farewell!
Priyatno mi e It is nice to meet you.
Kak si How are you?
Dobre Good/Well
Zle/Losho Bad/Ill
Gore-dolu So-so
II. Basic Conversation
Da Yes.
Ne No.
Kak se kazvash What is your name?
Ako obichate Please
Blagodarya Thank you.
Molya You are welcome.
Izvinete/Izvinyavayte Excuse me. (formal)
III. Do You Speak...
Ne razbiram I do not understand.
Kak shte kazhesh tova na bulgarski How would you say
this in Bulgarian?.
Govorish li Do you speak...
Angliyski English
Frenski French
Nemski German
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Ispanski Spanish
Kitayski Chinese
IV. Personal Pronouns
Az (pronounced [as]) I
Ti You (singular informal)
Nie We
Vie You (singular formal or plural)
Te They
VI. Numbers
1 - edno 2 - dve 3 - tree 4 - chetyry 5 - pet 6 - shest
7 - sedem 8 - osem
9 - devet 10 - deset 11-edynayeset 12 - dvanayset
13 - trynayset 14 - chetyrynayset 15 - petnayset 16 - shestnayset 17 - sedemnayset 18 - osemnayset 19 - devetnayset 20 - dvayset 30 - tryiset 40 - chetyrset 50 - petdeset 60 - sheyset 70 - sedemdest 80 - osemdeset 90 - devetdest 100 - sto 200 - dvesta 300 - trysta 400 - chetiristotin 500 - petstotin 600 - shestotin 700 - sedemstotin 800 - osemstotin
900 - devetstotin
1,000 - hiliyada 2,000 - dve-hiliyadi
5,000 - pet-hiliyadi 10,000 - deset-hiliyadi 20,000 - dvayset-hiliyadi 50,000 - petdeset-hiliyadi
100,000 - sto-hiliyadi 1,000,000 - (edin) million
V. Family
Mayka Mother
Bashta Father
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Sin Son
Dushterya Daughter
Supruga Wife
Suprug (pronounced [ supruk ]) Husband
Priyatel Friend (male)
English Phrases Bulgarian Phrases
English Greetings Bulgarian Greetings:
Hi! Sdrawei!
Good morning! Dobro utro!
Good evening! Dobar wecher!
Welcome! (to greet someone) Dobre doshal!
How are you? Kak si?
I'm fine, thanks! Dobre,mersi!
And you? A ti?
Good/ So-So. Dobre./ Biva.
Thank you (very much)! Mnogo blagodaria!
You're welcome! (for "thank you") Ti si dobre doshal! (Blagodaria)
Hey! Friend! Sdrasti!Priiatel!
I missed you so much! Lipswash mi mnogo!
What's new? Neshto nowo?
Nothing much Ne mnogo.
Good night! Leka nosht!
See you later! Do po-kasno.
Good bye! Chao.
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English Phrases Bulgarian Phrases
Asking for Help and Directions
I'm lost Sagubih se
Can I help you? Moje li da Vi pomogna?
Can you help me? Moje li da mi pomognete?
Where is the (bathroom/ pharmacy)? Kade e (baniata/aptekata)?
Go straight! then turn left/ right! Varvete napravo!Posle savivate na liavo/diasno!
I'm looking for john. Tarsia John.
One moment please! Edin moment,molia.
Hold on please! (phone) Pochakaite molia.
How much is this? Kolko struva tova?
Excuse me ...! (to ask for something) Isvinete...
Excuse me! ( to pass by) Isvinete moje li...
Come with me! Ela s men.
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How to Introduce Yourself
Do you speak (English/ Bulgarian)? Govorite li (angliiski/ balgarski)?
Just a little. Malko.
What's your name? Kaks se kaswate?
My name is ... as se kasvam...
Mr.../ Mrs.…/ Miss… Gospodin/ gospoja/ gospojitsa
Nice to meet you! Priatno mi e da se saposnaem!
You're very kind! Vie ste mnogo mil/liubesen!
Where are you from? Ot kade ste?
I'm from (the U.S/ Bulgaria) AS sam ot (Amerika/ Balgaria).
I'm (American) As sam amerikanets.
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How to Introduce Yourself
Where do you live? Kade jiweete?
I live in (the U.S/ Balgaria) As jiweia w (Amerika/ Balgaria).
Did you like it here? Hareswa li wi tuka?
Bulgaria is a wonderful country Balgaria e welikolepna strana.
What do you do for a living? Kakwo rabotite?
I work as a (translator/ businessman) As sam (prewodach/ bisnesmen)
I like Bulgarian As hareswam balgarskiiat.
I've been learning Bulgarian for 1 month As ucha balgarski ot edin mesets.
Oh! That's good! O tova e dobre.
How old are you? Na kolko godini ste?
I'm (twenty, thirty...) years old. As sam na (dwadeset, trideset...) godini.
I have to go Triabva da tragwam.
I will be right back! Ste se warna.
Wish Someone Something
Good luck! Uspeh!
Happy birthday! Chestit rojden den!
Happy new year! Chestita nova godina!
Merry Christmas! Vesela Koleda!
Congratulations! Posdrawlenia!
Enjoy! (for meals...) Da vi e vkusno!
I'd like to visit Bulgaria one day Edin den iskam da posetia Balgaria.
Say hi to John for me Posdravi John ot men.
Bless you (when sneezing) Nasdrave.
Good night and sweet dreams! Leka nosht i sladki sanishta.
Solving a Misunderstanding
I'm Sorry! (if you don't hear something) Sa sajelenie ne vi chuh.
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How to Introduce Yourself
Sorry (for a mistake) Sajaliavam.
No Problem! Niama nikakav problem.
Can You Say It Again? Moje li da go povtorite.
Can You Speak Slowly? Moje li da govorite po-bavno.
Write It Down Please! Molia sapishete.
I Don't Understand! Nishto ne rasbrah.
I Don't Know! Ne snam
I Have No Idea. Niamam nikakva predstava.
What's That Called In Bulgarian? Kak e tova na balgarski?
What Does "gato" Mean In English? Kakvo osnachava "dobre" na angliiski?
How Do You Say "Please" In Bulgarian? Kak e "please" na balgarski?
What Is This? Kakvo e tova?
My Bulgarian is bad. Balgarskiiat mi e losh.
I need to practice my Bulgarian Triabva poveche da si uprajniavam balgaskiiat.
Don't worry! Ne se trevoji.
Bulgarian Expressions and Words
Good/ Bad/ So-So. Dobar/ losh/ taka i taka
Big/ Small Goliam/malak
Today/ Now Dnes/ sega
Tomorrow/ Yesterday Utre/ vchera
Yes/ No Da/ ne
Here you go! (when giving something) Sapoviadai.
Do you like it? Haresvali vi?
I really like it! Naistina mi haresva.
I'm hungry/ thirsty. Gladen sam./ Jaden sam.
In The Morning/ Evening/ At Night. Sutrin/ Vecher/ Pres nochta.
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How to Introduce Yourself
This/ That. Here/There Tova/ Onova. Tuk/ Tam
Me/ You. Him/ Her. Men/ Ti. Nego/ Neia
Really! Naistina li?
Look! Vij!
Hurry up! Pobarsai.
What? Where? Kakvo?Kade?
What time is it? Kolko e chasat?
It's 10 o'clock. 07:30pm. Deset chasa e. Sedem i polovina e.
Give me this! Dai mi tova.
I love you! Obicham te.
I feel sick. Bolen sam.
I need a doctor Triabva, mi, lekar.
One, Two, Three edno, dve, tri
Four, Five, Six chetiri, pet, shest
Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten sedem,osem,devet,deset
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