Bulgarian WorkBook

Alphabet:

Аа --> a...'a' as in c'a't
Бб --> b...'b' as in 'b'us
Вв --> v...'v' as in 'v'illa
Гг --> g...'g' as in 'g'o
Дд --> d...'d' as in 'd'o
Ее --> e...'e' as in l'e'g
Жж--> zh...'zh' as in plea's'ure
Зз --> z...'z' as in 'z'oo
Ии --> i...'i' as in p'i'g
Йй --> j/y/short i...Is pronounced like the 'i' in g'i'rl
Кк --> k...'k' as in 'k'itten
Лл --> l...'l' as in 'l'ion
Мм --> m...'m' as in 'm'ouse
Нн --> n...'n' as in 'n'ew
Оо --> o...'o' as in d'o'g
Пп --> p...'p' as in 'p'ub
Рр --> r...'r' as in 'r'isk
Сс --> s...'s' as in 's'un
Тт --> t...'t' as in town
Уу --> u...'u' as in m'oo'n
Фф --> f...'f' as in 'f'un
Цц --> ts...'ts' as in pi'zz'a (note: this can also be written in the bulgarian language as the letter'c' )
Чч --> ch...'ch' as in 'ch'icken
Шш --> sh...'sh' as in 'sh'oe
Щщ --> sht...'sht' as in ru'shed'
Ъъ --> has no particular letter in Latin. But ir is pronounced like the 'u' in p'u'p; written as 'y' or 'a'.
ь --> no particular letter, no word can begin with it. It's just a sound softening letter.
Юю --> yu...'yu' as in 'yu'ppie
Яя --> ya...'ya' as in 'ya'nkie

Note: there are 6 vowels in the Bulgarian Language...а,ъ,о,у,е,и

Numbers:

0 --> нула
1 --> едно
2 --> две
3 --> три
4 --> четири
5 --> пет
6 --> шест
7 --> седем
8 --> осем
9 --> девет
10 --> десет
11 --> единадесет ( единайсет )
12 --> дванадесет ( дванайсет )
13 --> тринадесет (тринайсет)
14 --> четиранадесет (четиринайсет )
15 --> петнадесет ( петнайсет )
16 --> шестнадесет ( шестнайсет )
17 --> седемнадесет ( седемнайсет )
18 --> осемнадесет ( осемнайсет )
19 --> деветнадесет ( деветнайсет )
20 --> двадесет ( двайсет )

Note: The numbers 11 - 20 that aren't in brackets litrally mean one-on-ten(един-на-десет) , two-on-ten (два-на-десет) and so on. However these forms are not used anymore in the spoken Bulgarian language and the colloquial forms mentioned above (единайсет, дванайсет.....) are considered to be correct in both spoken and wrriten langauge.
__________________________________________________ ____________
Gender of numbers...

The number 1 n Bulgarian has forms for the genders masculine (един) , feminie (една) , neuter (едно) and also plural (едни) .
for example:

един мъж - masculine - a man

една жена - feminine - a woman

едно дете - neuter - a child

едни хора - plural - people

Colours

red --> червен
orange --> оранжев
yellow --> жълт
green --> зелен
blue --> син
pink --> розов
purple --> лилав
black --> черен
grey --> сив
white --> бял
brown --> кафяв

Originally Posted by LadyDiamond.дама диамант

Alphabet:

Аа --> a...'a' as in c'a't
Бб --> b...'b' as in 'b'us
Вв --> v...'v' as in 'v'illa
Гг --> g...'g' as in 'g'o
Дд --> d...'d' as in 'd'o
Ее --> e...'e' as in l'e'g
Жж--> zh...'zh' as in plea's'ure
Зз --> z...'z' as in 'z'oo
Ии --> i...'i' as in p'i'g
Йй --> j/y/short i...Is pronounced like the 'i' in g'i'rl
Кк --> k...'k' as in 'k'itten
Лл --> l...'l' as in 'l'ion
Мм --> m...'m' as in 'm'ouse
Нн --> n...'n' as in 'n'ew
Оо --> o...'o' as in d'o'g
Пп --> p...'p' as in 'p'ub
Рр --> r...'r' as in 'r'isk
Сс --> s...'s' as in 's'un
Тт --> t...'t' as in town
Уу --> u...'u' as in m'oo'n
Фф --> f...'f' as in 'f'un
Цц --> ts...'ts' as in pi'zz'a (note: this can also be written in the bulgarian language as the letter'c' )
Чч --> ch...'ch' as in 'ch'icken
Шш --> sh...'sh' as in 'sh'oe
Щщ --> sht...'sht' as in ru'shed'
Ъъ --> has no particular letter in Latin. But ir is pronounced like the 'u' in p'u'p; written as 'y' or 'a'.
ь --> no particular letter, no word can begin with it. It's just a sound softening letter.
Юю --> yu...'yu' as in 'yu'ppie
Яя --> ya...'ya' as in 'ya'nkie

Note: there are 6 vowels in the Bulgarian Language...а,ъ,о,у,е,и

Ии - sounds more like "ee" in word "feet"
Йй - sounds more like "y" in word "yesterday"

And as far as I know ю and я are also vowels

tofik, they are half-vowels, half-consonants.. at school we used to mark the vowels with red and the consonants with blue lol and for ю and я we marked them with both colours.

p.p. I can't agree a sounds like the sound in "cAt".. it's more like the sound in "mArk".

and Ъъ sound is more like "e" in the word "listen"

Greetings (basic)

Good morning --> добро утро
Good day --> добър ден
Good evening --> добъп вечер

Hello --> - здравей (1 person/informal)
- здравейте (more than 1/formal)

Hi --> здрасти

welcome --> - добре дошъл (male person)
- добре дошла (female person)
- добре дошли (plural)

Goodbye --> - чао (informal - most commanly used)
- довиждане (formal)

see you tomorrow --> до утре

have fun/enjoy yourself --> приятно прекарване

have a good journey --> приятно пътуване

good night --> лека нощ

sweetdreams --> сладки станисхта

please --> моля * моля has serval meanings (please, pardon, your welcome...)
sorry --> съжалявам

excuse me --> - извиябай (1person/informal)
- извинете (more than 1/ formal)

welldone --> браво

it's so kind of you --> много милоот/баша страна

it's nothing --> няама нищто

same to you --> мерси подобно
and to you --> и на теъ

thank you for your help --> благодаря за помощта

happy to help --> беше ми приятно да номогна

yes --> да

no --> не

Originally Posted by crazytofik

and Ъъ sound is more like "e" in the word "listen"

nope.it's clearly pronounced. like in the word "girl".

Originally Posted by tedinkyyy

tofik, they are half-vowels, half-consonants.. at school we used to mark the vowels with red and the consonants with blue lol and for ю and я we marked them with both colours.

p.p. I can't agree a sounds like the sound in "cAt".. it's more like the sound in "mArk".

i can't break up the word mark to hear the letter 'a'

Good evening --> добъп вечер ---> добъР вечер

сладки станисхта ----> сладки СЪНИЩА.

excuse me --> - извиябай ---> извиНЯВай

it's so kind of you --> много милоот/баша страна---> много мило от ваша страна polite or for more than 1 person/ от твоя страна for 1 person

it's nothing --> няама нищто ---> няма нищо


and to you --> и на теъ ---> и на теБ

Originally Posted by LadyDiamond.дама диамант

i can't break up the word mark to hear the letter 'a'

the "a" in cat and mark both sound exactly the same when i pronounce them.

and for me "i" from "girl" sounds totally different from "y" from "kyde"

това е,защото в къде ъ е неударена гласна
в бъчва примерно, ъ-то е много по-ясно изразено.

Questions (basic)

???????????
what - какво
why - защо
when - кога
where - къде
how - как
who - кой

what's your name? -какво правиш (1person)
-какво правите (polite)

what IS your name? - какво се казваш

...I am ...аз съм...(your name)
...my name is...казвам се...(your name)

where are you from? от къде си?

what city are you from? от кой град си?

where do you live? къде живееш

I come from...аз съм от...

how old are you? - на колко си години?

I am...years old - аз съм на ... години/ на ... години съм

where are you? - къде си?

what IS your name? - какво се казваш ---> that sentence in Bulgarian is senseless


how old are you? - на колко си години? ---> better: на колко години си?

How are you?

How are you? - как сте (formal/ plural)
- как си (in-formal/singular)

Аз съм --> I am ....
(блогадрая/мерси --> thank you)
***********************************
Answers that you could give for 'how are you' .....

Positive Things..

добре - good
по-добре- better
най-добре- best
отлично- excelent
радвам се- I'm happy/I'm glad
чудесен - wonderful


Negative Things...

лосш - bad
по-лосш-worse
най-лош - worst
^^^ these aren't correct when answering 'how are
you' it's better to say ...
зле съм - I'm bad
чувшам се зле- I feel bad / ill
зле ми е - I feel bad / ill
лосшо ми е - I don't feel well
не мие добре- I don't feel good / I'm not good
тъжно ми е - I feel blue
депресиран съм- I'm depressed
в голъама депресиъа- I'm in a big depresion

Things you may hear in reply...

(и) аз също - (and) me too
радвам се - i'm glad
готино / супер - cool
отлично - excelent
това е неверояно - that's incredible
това е чудсно - that's wonderful
това ужасно - that's awful
колко жалко - what a pity
усмихни се - cheer up
надявам се да оздравеете бързо - I hope you get better soon
наистина? - really?
засщо? - why?

the verb 'to be'

These are the affirmative forms! Bulgarian verbs have different forms for every person!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I am --> Аз съм

You are (singular)--> Ти си

He is --> Той е

She is --> Тя е

It is --> То е

We are --> Ние сме

You are (plural & polite) --> Вие сте

They are --> Те са
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To create the negative form, put 'не' (the Bulgarian for 'no') in
front of the verb 'to be'...

I am not --> Аз не съм

You are not (singular)--> Ти не си

He is not --> Той не е

She is not --> Тя не е

It is not --> То не е

We are not --> Ние не сме

You are not (plural & polite) --> Вие не сте

They are not --> Те не са

Note: notice that the negative article comes before the verb and NOT after like it does in English..so there for the forms ''аз съм не'', ''ти си не'' etc... are NOT correct!!!

чудесен - wonderful
That's not exact.If u want to say "I'm great", u should use the form" чудесно" ,while if u want to say sb is a wonderful person, then it will be "чудесен човек".

лосш - bad
по-лосш-worse
най-лош - worst
*it's written: ЛОШ

U also can say "лошо ми е" for "I'm sick"


чувшам се зле- I feel bad / ill
it is written: ЧУВСТВАМ

лосшо ми е - I don't feel well
*ЛОШО ми е

не мие добре- I don't feel good / I'm not good
* не ми е добре

депресиран съм- I'm depressed
that's for a male person.For female it would be "депресиранА"


в голъама депресиъа- I'm in a big depresion
*в голЯма депресиЯ

това е чудсно - that's wonderful
*чудЕсно

надявам се да оздравеете бързо - I hope you get better soon
that's only for polite form/more than 1 person
for only 1 person (usually a friend) it's better: надявам се да оздравееШ бързо

засщо? - why?
*ЗАЩО?

Names of countries...

Europe:

Bulgaria - България

Greece - Гърция

Turkey - Турция

Germany - германия

Italy - италия

Spain - Испания

Finland - Финландия

Norway - Норвегия

Poland - полися

England - англия

France - франсия

Russia - русия

Ukraine - Украйна

###########

Asia:

China - китай

Taiwan - тайван

Korea - кореа

India - индия

###########

America (north and south)

USA - САЩ

Canada - канада

Mexico - мексико

Brazil - бразилия

Argentina - аржентина

Peru - перу

Chile - чили

Colombia - колумбия

Venizuela - венесуела

Ecuador - еквадор

###################

africa:

egypt - египет

marocoo - мароко

nigeria - нигерия

ethiopia - етиопия

libya - либя

##########

australia -австралия

Originally Posted by tedinkyyy

чудесен - wonderful
That's not exact.If u want to say "I'm great", u should use the form" чудесно" ,while if u want to say sb is a wonderful person, then it will be "чудесен човек".

лосш - bad
по-лосш-worse
най-лош - worst
*it's written: ЛОШ

U also can say "лошо ми е" for "I'm sick"


чувшам се зле- I feel bad / ill
it is written: ЧУВСТВАМ

лосшо ми е - I don't feel well
*ЛОШО ми е

не мие добре- I don't feel good / I'm not good
* не ми е добре

депресиран съм- I'm depressed
that's for a male person.For female it would be "депресиранА"


в голъама депресиъа- I'm in a big depresion
*в голЯма депресиЯ

това е чудсно - that's wonderful
*чудЕсно

надявам се да оздравеете бързо - I hope you get better soon
that's only for polite form/more than 1 person
for only 1 person (usually a friend) it's better: надявам се да оздравееШ бързо

засщо? - why?
*ЗАЩО?

opps that went well..not