Learning Bulgarian language

Yeah, i know the situation about "li", but i wasnt sure about "Nali or neli" I think it's Nali, but im not sure..

it says something about it in my bulgarian book, i'll have to check up on that!

Oh ok.

Do you know what Dali means?

Like, "Do you want to bla bla bla"... "Dali iskash da bla bla bla"

So, its in the "yes" way kinda

macorules, NELI is in Macedonian! Stop telling him wrong things..
li is a form of asking question Shte doidesh li?- Will u come?

nali is other. Ti si lekar,nali? Ur a doctor,rn't u?

Dali is a form like if/whether.. Chudq se dali da doida.I'm wondering whether to come.
Te ne znaqt dali sys sigurnost shte doidesh. They don't know if u'r really going to come.

In English, there's 'Tag questions'. Exactly that 'tag' is transleted into Bulgarian as 'nali'. For example:

You're american, aren't you? Ti si amerikanec, nali? Ти си американец, нали?
You don't know Spanish, do you? Ti ne znaesh Ispanski, nali? Ти не знаеш Испански, нали?

And so on ...This 'li' is a question word that we put it inside of the questions (not in the all questions), I mean that there's 'inversion' in English, but we have the both - 'inversion' and that 'li'. Let me give you some examples:

Is that so? Taka li? Така ли?
Is he coming? Shte dojde li? Ще дойде ли?
Are you ready? Gotovi li ste? Готови ли сте?

here other cases of using/usage:
I don't know if/whether he's coming. Ne znam shte dojde li. Не знам ще дойде ли.
either/whether today or tomorrow... dnes li, utre li ... днес ли, утре ли...
as soon as/when winter sets in... dojde li zimata... дойде ли зимата...
once he starts talking... pochne li da govori... почне ли да говори...
I wonder who/when/where... Chudya se koj/koga/kyde li... Чудя се кой/кога/къде ли...
He's singing for all he is worth (I mean "he's singing away"). Toj pee li, pee. Той пее ли, пее.

Here questions without 'li':
Where are you? Kyde si? Къде си?
Who is this man? Koj e tozi chovek? Кой е този човек?
What is she cooking? Kakvo gotvi tq? Какво готви тя?
What is your name? Kak se kazvash? Как се казваш?

And etc ...

I hope that I made myself clear to you and you understood the whole stuff. If you have any questions - ask us.

Само една поправка..защо wonder си го превел като"чудех се"? То си е сегашно време чудя се. wonder=чудя се; wondered=чудех се

Да, правилно! Съжалявам, от бързината съм допуснал грешка. Мерси, че ме поправи

Originally Posted by tedinkyyy

macorules, NELI is in Macedonian! Stop telling him wrong things..

Аз мисля, че той не трябва да се включва, защото нашия приятел PROPEL тотално ще се шашардиса и ще му е много по-трудно да научи български, защото разликата между български и македонски (който от филологична гледна точка не е език, а смесица между български език, македонски диалект и сръбски език с някакво подобие на българската и сръбската азбука) е тънка.

does someone want to translate what nylon boy said? it has my name in it, and im curious to know whats going on

Originally Posted by PROPEL

does someone want to translate what nylon boy said? it has my name in it, and im curious to know whats going on

I said that he`s confusing you, because he`s saying words in macedonian, and the line between macedonian and bulgarian is like a hair. And you`ll be confused. I know how difficult is to you, but with him it will be more difficult for you. That was my point

Originally Posted by tedinkyyy

Stop telling him wrong things..

I didn't tell him it is neli, i said i thought

and he knew it wasnt anyway

Originally Posted by NyLoN_BoY

I said that he`s confusing you, because he`s saying words in macedonian, and the line between macedonian and bulgarian is like a hair. And you`ll be confused. I know how difficult is to you, but with him it will be more difficult for you. That was my point

lol


and you also said that macedonian isnt a language, but a dialect of bulgarian and serbian.

Ok, I won't say macedonian things anymore

Originally Posted by macorules94

lol


and you also said that macedonian isnt a language, but a dialect of bulgarian and serbian.

Ok, I won't say macedonian things anymore

Sorry I wrote my phylological opinion (coz I`m a phylologist lol ) And I think yes, that you shouldn`t. Macedonians have their language. OK. I`m OK with that, I don`t deal with politics, but please don`t get macedonian things in a bulgarian thread, ecspecially in this thread, which is for bulgarian language and your bulgarian isn`t that good, so don`t confuse PROPEL and anybody who wants to learn our language

And I wrote "mixture of bulgarian language, macedonian bulgarian dialect and serbian language with some kind cyrilic bulgarian and serbian alphabet" to be exact

And I didn`t translate that to english, because I think our political differences are not for this thread, not for this forums, and not for nonslavic speakers.

Originally Posted by NyLoN_BoY

I said that he`s confusing you, because he`s saying words in macedonian, and the line between macedonian and bulgarian is like a hair. And you`ll be confused. I know how difficult is to you, but with him it will be more difficult for you. That was my point

Oh ok! thanks.

Yeah, Bulgarian and Macedonian are very very close, and anything at this point will mess me up!

like matt pokora, right? Nice to meet you!

Tedinkyyy I checked "byrkam" in my dictionary and it said it means "to puke" lol I don't think you meant that ... I think i need to change dictionary haha

byrkam is:
to make something wrong;
to get wrong;
to take someone for;
to mix someone with;
rummage in something;
meddle with something;
mess something about;
to stir;
to mix;
to mess up;

and etc.......

yea I thought it might means something like that not "to puke" haha btw how is "to puke" in blg ?

to puke, to vomit, to throw up, to regurgitate, to be sick - повръщам
to feel sick, to feel like vomiting, to retch, to be overcome with nausea - гади ми се
to feel sick/nauseated, to turn sick at, to retch - повдига ми се

mhmm interesting! i'll have to learn those

these verbs are disgusting, I'm such verbs. The last Englih unit (at school I mean) was for dead people, morgue, blood ... (puke) But if you don't study it, there's no way to know these words.

haha true. that is so true.