Learning Bulgarian language

"не вярвам" - I don't believe
"не мислим" - I don't think

thank you Citycat ><

Hello guys can anyone to write some slang words or sentences ??

For example: (In Romanian)
1."Ce dracu faci mah coaie?" =)) (What the hell are you doing testicles) The most used.
2."Ce beleşti" (What do you blow?)

Thx to NNA for life to ex

Hi,

What does "Kak sme" specifically means ?

How different is it from "Kak ci" ?


Thanks.

Как си? means How are you? (it's 2nd person singular) while Как сме? means How are we? (it's 1st person plural) ...hmm i don't know if have specifically means... I hope that this information helps you

Originally Posted by mariusmxm

Как си? means How are you? (it's 2nd person singular) while Как сме? means How are we? (it's 1st person plural) ...hmm i don't know if have specifically means... I hope that this information helps you

Как сме? means How are we? (it's 1st person plural)

It would sound a bit weird to say "How are we?" in English.
However, what would be the appropriate Bulgarian reply to "Kak sme?" ?

Originally Posted by pierr

Как сме? means How are we? (it's 1st person plural)

It would sound a bit weird to say "How are we?" in English.
However, what would be the appropriate Bulgarian reply to "Kak sme?" ?

Yes you're right...i don't knew what can i say in English ..)) hmm..i don't know bulgarian very good and i can't explain ...

Both you are right but we usually use it in the informal language as a greeting (between friends and etc.). Also, it's direct to a person (yeah literally and gramatically 'How are we?' is about more than 1 person but in slang the salute has the meaning of 'How are you?' (singular)). The frequent responses are these:

Thanks, fine/good. (And) you?/ What about you?
Blagodarya, dobre. (A) ti?/ Ami ti kak si?
Благодаря, добре. (А) ти?/ Ами ти как си?

Not so good. (And) you?/ What about you?
Ne mnogo dobre.(A) ti?/ Ami ti kak si?
Не много добре. (А) ти?/ Ами ти как си?

So-so. (And) you?/ What about you?
Gore-dolu. (A) ti?/ Ami ti kak si?
Горе-долу. (А) ти?/ Ами ти как си?

(Better) don't ask. (And) you?/ What about you?
(Po-dobre) ne pitaj. (A) ti?/ Ami ti kak si?
(По-добре) не питай. (А) ти?/ Ами ти как си?

Hope I was pretty clear. Having more questions, feel free to ask us. Enjoy the rest of the day!

I don't have any questions :d thanks .

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hey zdravei kak si ?

Hi guys i found on a CD some Bulgarian Lessons and i think that is very useful for begginers

Урок № 1 / Lesson 1: "To Be", Negation, Нали, Gender

Текст / Text

Антон: Здравей, Как се казваш?
Мария: Здравей. Аз съм Мария.
Антон: Добре съм. А ти как се казваш?
Мария: Мария. Как си?
Антон: Добре съм. А ти как си?
Мария: Аз също съм добре. Ти от къде си?
Антон: От Русия. А ти си от България, нали?
Мария: Да. Приятно ми е да се запознаем.



Нови думи / New words


Vocabulary:


Здравей! Hello!, Hi!
Как? How?
(Ти) как се казваш? What is your name?
добре well, OK
също too
(Ти) от къде си? Where are you from?
къде? where?
от from
(от) Русия (from) Russia
(от) България (from) Bulgaria
да yes
Приятно ми е да се запознаем Nice to meet you
български Bulgarian (language)
тук here



Граматика / Grammar:

1) съм / "To Be"

Bulgarian English

аз съм / I am
ти си / you are (sg.)
той е / he is
тя е / she is
то е / it is
ние сме / we are
вие сте / you are (pl.)
те са / they are


Отрицание / Negation


The negative form of the verb "съм" (to be) is formed by adding the negative particle "не" before the verb:

Bulgarian English

аз не съм / I am not
ти не си / you are not (sg.)
той не е / he is not
тя не е / she is not
то не е / it is not
ние не сме / we are not
вие не сте / you are not (pl.)
те не са / they are not






2) Нали?

When you aren't sure of something, you can make a statement asking for confirmation using Нали.

1.You are from Bulgaria, aren't you? – Ти си от България, нали?

2.You speak Bulgarian, don't you? – Ти говориш български, нали?

3.She isn't here, is she? – Тя не е тук, нали?








3) Род / Gender

In Bulgarian there are three genders (such as in Russian or German): masculine (мъжки род), feminine (женски род) and neuter (среден род).
Every word has a gender and there are some rules for their determinations:

Words from masculine end usually in a consonant, or in Й:

MASCULINE:

• мъж (a man), вълк (a wolf), филм (a film), герой (a hero), живот (a life)

But there are some words that end in –A or –О:

• баща (а father), чичо (an uncle), дядо (a grandfather), съдия (a judge) etc…







Words from feminine end usually in –А, -Я, -Ост, -Ест:

FEMININE:

• жена (a woman), маса (a table), ябълка (an apple), стая (a room), радост (joy), болест (an illness) etc…

There are few exceptions that end in a consonant:

• нощ (a night), кръв (blood), захар (sugar), сол (salt), есен (autumn) etc…





The nouns that belong to the neuter gender have endings -О, -Е, or end in Е, И, У, Ю (the latter are usually loan words):

NEUTER :

• момче (a boy), момиче (a girl), езеро (a lake), лице (a face), име (a name)

• такси (a taxi), бижу (a jewel), меню (a menu)


And here we have some exercises to verify that we understood

EXERCISES:


1.Translate the text

Текст / Text

Антон: Здравей, Как се казваш?
Мария: Здравей. Аз съм Мария.
Антон: Добре съм. А ти как се казваш?
Мария: Мария. Как си?
Антон: Добре съм. А ти как си?
Мария: Аз също съм добре. Ти от къде си?
Антон: От Русия. А ти си от България, нали?
Мария: Да. Приятно ми е да се запознаем.


2.Type the gender to next words

1) книга (a book)
2) заек ( a rabbit)
3) компютър (a computer)
4) тетрадка (a notebook)
5) дърво (a tree)
6) зима (winter)
7) ученик (a student)
8) вода (water)

Hi guys i'm here today with new leason

Урок № 2 / Lesson 2: Present Tense, Definite Form, What? What kind of?, Question Forms


Текст / Text

Антон: Здравей отново!
Мария: Здравей!
Антон: Къде отиваш?
Мария: Отивам до библиотеката.
Антон: Защо?
Мария: Имам работа там.
Антон: Каква работа?
Мария: Имам домашна работа по география и търся информация за Русия.
Антон: Искаш ли помощ?
Мария: С удоволствие.



Нови думи / New words:


Vocabulary:

отново again
къде where (to)
отиваш you are going, you go
отивам I'm going, I go
до to, next to
библиотека library
библиотеката the library
защо? why?
имам I have, I'm having
работа work
там there
каква? what (for feminine words)
домашна работа homework
география geography
и and
търся I'm looking for, I look for, I'm searching, I search
информация за information about
искаш you want
помощ help – an exception





Граматика / Grammar

1) обтегнати до момента / Present Tense:

In Bulgarian language there isn't any difference between present simple or present continuous.

So when you say "отивам" you can translate it as "I go" or "I'm going".

пиша – I write or I'm writing

всеки ден (m) – every day

писмо (n) – a letter (post)


Пиша всеки ден./ I write every day.
Пиша писмо сега./ I'm writing a letter right now.


In Bulgarian language there are three conjugations of the verbs.
Now we are going to consider the third conjugation.

The verbs from the third conjugation end usually in –ам or –ям. Look up these examples:

You have to remove the ending "-ам" or "ям" from the verb and then to put the following endings:

BULGARIAN ENGLISH


имам – to have

аз им + ам = аз имам / I have
ти им + аш = ти имаш / you have
той им + а = той има / he has
ние им + аме = ние имаме / we have
вие им + ате = вие имате / you have
те им + ат = те имат / they have


отивам – to go

аз отив + ам = аз отивам / I go
ти отив + аш = ти отиваш / you go
той отив + а = той отива / he goes
ние отив + аме = ние отиваме / we go
вие отив + ате = вие отивате / you go
те отив + ат = те отиват / they go


искам – to want

аз иск + ам = аз искам / I want
ти иск + аш = ти искаш / you want
той иск + а = той иска / he wants
ние иск + аме = ние искаме / we want
вие иск + ате = вие искате / you want
те иск + ат = те искат / they want


сменям – to change

аз смен + ям = аз сменям / I change
ти смен + яш = ти сменяш / you change
той смен + я = той сменя he changes
ние смен + яме = ние сменяме / we change
вие смен + яте = вие сменяте / you change
те смен + ят = те сменят / they change


When the verb ends in "-ам" you must to add: "-ам" "-аш" "-а" "-аме" "-ате" "-ат"
When the verb ends in "-ям" you must to add: "-ям" "-яш" "-я" "-яме" "-яте" "-ят"



The negative form is formed by adding the particle "не" in front of the verb:

аз не отивам - I'm not going (or just Не отивам)
ти не сменяш - You don't change (or just Не сменяш)


Be careful!!! The negative form of the verb "имам" (to have) is "нямам" (don't have)

• аз нямам - I don't have
• ти нямаш - you don't have
• той няма - he doesn't have
• ние нямаме - we don't have
• вие нямате - you don't have
• те нямат - they don't have



2) Членуваната форма / Definite Form

Членуваната форма на съществителните от женски род, ед.ч./ Definite form of the nouns in feminine, sg:

As you see in the text Maria says: "Отивам до библиотеката" which means: "I'm going to the library".

"Библиотека" means "a library" This word is feminine (because it ends in –A) and its definite form is formed by adding "-та"

All words that are feminine form get their definite form by adding "-та":

библиотека (a library) but:
библиотеката (the library)

Indefinite: Definite:

жена (a woman) жената (the woman)
работа (a work) работата (the work)
помощ (help) помощта (the help)


This rule is observed even in feminine words ending in a consonant…

btw: the definite form of the word: "домашна работа" (a homework) isn't "домашна работата",
but "домашната работа" because when there is an adjective in front of the noun the ending is put on it
I will explain this later.


3) Какъв, каква, какво, какви? / What? What kind of?

Какъв – for masculine nouns: какъв филм? (what kind of film), какъв мъж (what kind of man)
Каква – for feminine nouns: каква работа? (what kind of work), каква стая? (what room)
Какво – for neuter nouns: какво писмо? (what letter), какво име? (what name)
Какви – for plural forms – we'll cover this later.



4) Падежи / Cases

In Bulgarian there aren't any cases except Vocative. You can see:


Отивам до библиотеката. I'm going to the library.
Имам домашна работа. I have homework.
Търся информация. I'm looking for some information.

So you don't have to worry about any case endings (not as in Russian or Finnish as well)



5) Въпросителни форми / Question Forms

The forming of question forms is quite easy:

Without question word: You have to put the question particle "ли" after the verb:


Искаш ли помощ? Do you want some help?
Отиваш ли до библиотеката? Are you going to the library?


With question word: Just don't add anything:


Къде отиваш? Where are you going? (not: Къде ли отиваш)
Защо искаш помощ? Why do you want some help? (not: Защо ли искаш помощ)


The negative form:

• Не искаш ли помощ?
• Не отиваш ли до библиотеката?
• Защо не искаш помощ?


Btw: "Не" is always situated in front of the verb!!!
Btw: You don't have to use any indefinite articles,
So forget about "a car" or "some information". Just use: "кола", "информация"

Here we have some excercises


EXCERCISES:

Exercise A: Translate the text above into English.

Текст / Text

Антон: Здравей отново!
Мария: Здравей!
Антон: Къде отиваш?
Мария: Отивам до библиотеката.
Антон: Защо?
Мария: Имам работа там.
Антон: Каква работа?
Мария: Имам домашна работа по география и търся информация за Русия.
Антон: Искаш ли помощ?
Мария: С удоволствие.


Exercise B: Conjugate the following verbs:
1) разбирам (to understand)
2) намирам (to find)
3) слушам (to listen)
4) получавам (to get something)
5) обичам (to love)
6) забравям (to forget)


Exercise C: Translate the following sentences:
1) I'm looking for the car.
2) Where is the woman?
3) I have a table.
4) I want an apple.
5) What kind of notebook do you want?
6) Do you have any work?

Hi Everyone !

Please can anybody teach me Bulgarian Language !!? Kindly i am requesting .

plz plz plz help me to seek this beautiful language .

Thanks .

mandozai you can learn here just watch over this lessons which i post or you can watch all pages of this thread is very usefull But first time i want to ask you if you know Cyrilic alphabet?? If not look here :
А/а - а
Б/б - b
В/в - v
Г/г - g
Д/д - d
Е/е - e
Ж/ж - zh (pleaSure)
З/з - z
И/и - i
Й/й - j/y (short i)(plaY)
К/к - k
Л/л - l
М/м - m
Н/н - n
О/о - o
П/п - p
Р/р -r
С/с - s
Т/т - t
У/у - u
Ф/ф -f
Ц/ц -c/ts (piZZa)
Ч/ч - ch
Ш/ш -sh
Щ/щ -sht (STadt - german )
Ъ/ъ - it responds to no particular letter in latin... it's pronounced like the vocal in the word "gIrl"
ь -no particular letter... no word can begin with it...as a sound it responds to j
Ю/ю -ju (YOU)
Я/я -ja (ya)

(BY tedinkyyy)
After you learned alphabet try to learn some basic lection Good Luck friend!

Hello Everyone !

i hope u all ok , yes Marius (my teacher) , i am totally strange about Cyrilic alphabet . ok i will try to learn , it seems difficult but i will learn . thank you so much turhunbg to make this page ,

Respectfully i wanna ask something if you teachers allow me or us to share videos-links according to the topic as i found on youtube , if you will say it's not right so i will remove this :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9K9FlhySws

Sure you may post

Originally Posted by mariusmxm

Sure you may post

ok thank you .

Hi Class and Hello Teachers !
Zdrasti / Zdravei

i have something new for me , you , and new-comers . i wanna share this with all .

http://www.omniglot.com/

http://www.omniglot.com/language/


http://www.omniglot.com/writing/bulgarian.htm

Thanks .