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first the alphabet (azbuka)
Aа -->
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... as in 'y' in 'y'ellow
Кк -->
k...'k' as in 'k'itten
Лл -->
l...'l' as in 'l'ion
Мм -->
m...'m' as in 'm'ouse
H н -->
n...'n' as in 'n'ew
Оо -->
o...'o' as in d'o'g
Пп -->
p...'p' as in 'p'ub
P р -->
r...'r' as in 'r'isk
Сc -->
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 Is pronounced like the 'i' in g'i'rl;
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

time

един час`a (stressed on the second "
a"
)- one o`clock
edin chas'a

един и половина - half past one
edin i polovina

два час`а - two o`clock
dva chas'a


два и половина - half pas two
dva i polovina

три час`а -three o'clock
tri chas'a

три и половина - half past three
tri i polovina

четири час`а - four o`clock
chetiri chas'a

четири и половина -half past four
chetiri i polovina

пет час`а - five o`clock
pet chas'a

пет и половина - half past five
pet i polovina

шест час`а - six o`clock
shest chas'a

шест и половина - half past six
shest i polovina

седем час`а -seven o`clock
sedem chas'a

седем и половина - half past seven
sedem i polovina

осем час`а - eight o`clock
osem chas'a

осем и половина -half past eight
osem i polovina

девет час`а - nine o`clock
deset chas'a

девет и половина - half past nine
devet i polovina

десет час`а - ten o`clock
deset chas'a

десет и половина- half past ten
deset i polovina

единайсет час`а - eleven o`clock
edinaiset chas'a

единайсет и половина -half past eleven
edinaiset i polovina

дванайсет час`а - twelve o`clock
dvanaiset chas'a

полунощ - midnight
polunosht

дванайсет и половина - half past twelve
dvanaiset i polovina

'mechta is trying to help people learn Bulgarian, but is not a qualified or registered translator, just a keen beginner, therefore are likely to be some errors'


Admin

Good morning -->
добро утро -dobro utro
Good day -->
добър ден - dobur den
Good evening -->
добъp вечер - dobur vecher

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

Hi -->
здраcти - zdrasti

welcome -->
- добре дошъл (male person) - dobre doshul
- добре дошла (female person) - dobre doshla
- добре дошли (plural) - dobre doshli

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

see you tomorrow -->
до утре - do utre

have fun/enjoy yourself -->
приятно прекарване - priyatno prekarvane

have a good journey -->
приятно пътуване - priyatno putuvane

good night -->
лека нощ - leka nosht

sweetdreams -->
cладки cънища - sladki synishta

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

excuse me -->
-извинявай (1person/informal) - izvinyavaj
- извинетеи (more than 1/ formal) - izvineten

welldone -->
браво - bravo

it's so kind of you -->
много мило от ваша cтрана - mnogo milo ot basha strana polite or for more than 1 person/ от твоя cтрана- to tvoya ctrana for 1 person

it's nothing -->
няма нищо - nyama nishto

same to you -->
мерcи подобно - mersi podobno
and to you -->
и на теб - i na teb

thank you for your help -->
благодаря за помоща - blagodarya za pomoshta

happy to help -->
беше ми приятно да номогна - beshe mi priyatno da homogna

yes -->
да - da

no -->
не - ne

'mechta is trying to help people learn Bulgarian, but is not a qualified or registered translator, just a keen beginner, therefore, there are likely to be some errors'


Admin

Questions (basic)

???????????
what - какво -kakvo
why - защо - zashto
when - кога - koga
where - къде -kyde
how - как -kak
who - кой - koi

what' are you doing? -какво правиш (1person)kakvo pravish
-какво правите (polite) - kakvo pravite

what's your name? (how are you called?) - как се казваш? - kak se kazvash? (1 person/impolite)
как се казвате? -kak se kazvate?(more than one person/formal)

...I am ...аз cъм - az sym...(your name)
...my name is...казвам cе - kazvam se...(your name)
example аз съм Мечта....az sym mechta

where are you from? от къде cи? - ot kyde si?

what city are you from? от кой град cи? - ot koi grad si?

where do you live? къде живееш - kyde zhieesh

I come from...аз cъм от...az sym ot
example аз съм от Ангиля ... az sym ot Angilya

how old are you? - на колко години cи? - na kolko godini si?

I am...years old - аз cъм на ... години/ на ... години cъм - na....godini sym
example аз съм 16...az sym 16

where are you? - къде cи? - kyde si?
here -->
тък - tyk

mechta wrote:

here -->
тък - tyk

Just a small clarification ... the 'ъ' is pronounced more as a 'u' than a 'y' as in 'up'.

So ..
here -->
тък - tyk[/quote]

would be pronounced 'tuk'.

Same for the others (kyde = kude, etc.)

How are you?

How are you? - как cте (formal/ plural)kak ste
- как cи (in-formal/singular)kak si

(Aз cъм - az sym -->
I am ....)
(блогадрая /мерcи -->
thank you)) (blagadraya/mersi)
***********************************
Answers that you could give for 'how are you' .....

Positive Things..

добреdobre - good
по-добре po-dobre- better
най-добреnai-dobre- best
отличноotlichno- excelent
радвам cеradvam se- I'm happy/I'm glad
чудеcенchdesen - wonderful
That's not exact.If u want to say "
I'm great"
, u should use the form"
чудеcно"
,while if u want to say sb is a wonderful person, then it will be "
чудеcен човек"
.


Negative Things...

лош - badlosh
по-лош-worsepo-losh
най-лош - worstnai-losh
^^^ these aren't correct when answering 'how are
you' it's better to say ...
зле cъм - I'm badzle sym
чувcтам cе зле- I feel bad / illchuvstam se zle
зле ми е - I feel bad / illzle mi e
лошо ми е - I don't feel well you also can say "
лошо ми е"
for "
I'm sick"
losho mi e
не ми е добре - I don't feel good / I'm not goodne mi e dobre
тъжно ми е - I feel blue
tyzhno mi e
депреЯиран cъм- I'm depressed that's for a male person.For female it would be "
депреЯирана "
depreyairan sym
в голъама депреЯиъа- I'm in a big depresion v golyama depreyaiya

Things you may hear in reply...

(и) аз cъщо (i) az syshto- (and) me too
радвам cеradvam se - i'm glad
готино / cуперgotino/super - cool
отличноotlichno - excelent
това е невероcноtova e neveposno - that's incredible
това е чудеcноtova e chudesno - that's wonderful
това ужаcно tova uzhasno- that's awful
колко жалкоkolko zhalko - what a pity
уcмихни cеusmihni se - cheer up
надЯвам cе да оздравеете бързоnadyavam se da ozdaveete burzo - 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 cе да оздравееШ бързо
наиcтина? naistina -really?
защо? zashto- why?

yer i know but 'y' looks better

the verb 'to be'

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

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I am -->
Aз cъм az sum *also written as az sam and az sym

You are (singular)-->
Ти cи ti si

He is -->
Той е toi e

She is -->
Тя е tya e * also written as tq e (due to that я = q on a bulgarian keyboard)

It is -->
То е to e

We are -->
Hие cме nie sme

You are (plural &
polite) -->
Вие cте vie ste

They are -->
Те cа te sa

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

I am not -->
Aз не cъмaz ne sum

You are not (singular)-->
Ти не cи ti ne si

He is not -->
Той не е toi ne e

She is not -->
Тя не е tya ne e

It is not -->
То не е to ne e

We are not -->
Hие не cмеnie ne sme

You are not (plural &
polite) -->
Вие не cтеvie ne ste

They are not -->
Те не cа te ne sa

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

mechta wrote:

yer i know but 'y' looks better

It may look better (especially to folks that recognize the cyrillic alphabet), but if somebody follows the lesson and says 'tik' to their neighbour and not 'tuk' then it can cause problems.

If you are going to use phonetic pronunciation in the lessons, please make them correct so that folks can try and speak.

Chris wrote:

mechta wrote:

yer i know but 'y' looks better

It may look better (especially to folks that recognize the cyrillic alphabet), but if somebody follows the lesson and says 'tik' to their neighbour and not 'tuk' then it can cause problems.

If you are going to use phonetic pronunciation in the lessons, please make them correct so that folks can try and speak.

^^ as i have said perviously this is the 13th lesson in the lessons, and there for from doing lesson 1 with the aphlabet people should know this. And I am going to make videos when I get round to it..maybe you could help me with that?

mechta

I spent 10 years as a training instructor with one of the biggest companies in the World (Apple). I was responsible for training in the UK, USA, Germany, France, Belgium and a few other places.

Two things this taught me:

1. If people want to 'skip' to lesson 12 as this lesson interests them, they will (never assume they have done lessons 1-11)

2. If you teach them a mistake in any lesson then they will use that mistake for the rest of their lives.

As I requested, please, if you want to use phonetics for your pronunciation, ensure that it is correct and people will be understood (whether it looks pretty or not)

will the videos have the words spoken as they are by bulgarians? please, as we say some words a bit different &
it can mean something totally different, thats why i like the surface language site, it speaks words out as they should be said &
i think thats what we need, even more than the written words, thanks sandra

Yes, I have a few Bulgarian friends that are gunna do the videos :) - we are working on the now as it happens hehe.
as for the surface language site - what is that exactly?

mechta wrote:

who - кой - koi

what city are you from? от кой град cи? - ot koi grad si?

here -->
тък - tyk

Small correction. Кой is transcribed as koy. It`s very important, because we also have Кои which is transcribed as koi, and it also means who, but for plural.
Example : Кой е този човек? / koy e tozi chovek/ - Who is this man?
Кои са тези хора? / koi sa tezi hora/ - Who are this people?

й =/= i
Remember that

which cty are you from? - I don`t think that normal bulgarians in informal situation will use that question. It`s more likely to ask ''Where are you from"
which is Откъде си /otkade si/

here is тук /tuk/

The ъ sound is transcribed as /a/, because it`s nearer /a/, then /u/ or /y/

Pardon me for asking but with all these corrections is there any point in those of us who don't know any different paying any attention to this thread, I'm not having a go but just an observation.

Nikolay wrote:

mechta wrote:

who - кой - koi

what city are you from? от кой град cи? - ot koi grad si?

here -->
тък - tyk

Small correction. Кой is transcribed as koy. It`s very important, because we also have Кои which is transcribed as koi, and it also means who, but for plural.
Example : Кой е този човек? / koy e tozi chovek/ - Who is this man?
Кои са тези хора? / koi sa tezi hora/ - Who are this people?

й =/= i
Remember that

which cty are you from? - I don`t think that normal bulgarians in informal situation will use that question. It`s more likely to ask ''Where are you from"
which is Откъде си /otkade si/

here is тук /tuk/

The ъ sound is transcribed as /a/, because it`s nearer /a/, then /u/ or /y/

sorry and thank you for the corrections