LITTLE LEXICON

Bulgarian is a Slavic language that uses the Cyrillic alphabet. It contains 30 letters – 6 vowels and 24 consonants. Some consonants have a soft, firm sound. Some letters are spelled and read in the same way as the Latin alphabet – e.g. A, M, T. The other letters are written in Latin, but pronounced completely differently – e.g. H (N) or C (S). There are also letters that are unique to the Cyrillic alphabet – like Ya, Yu, Sh and Sh, which respond to sounds like ja, yu, sh, sht.

There are 3 genders in the Bulgarian language – male, female and medium.

A large percentage of Bulgarians speak English, but would be happy if you exchanged a few basic greetings with them in Bulgarian.

Useful expressions

NUMBERS

1 : edin/edna                       

2 : dvé                                  

3 : tri            

4 : tchetiri   

5 : pet     

6 : chest                                           

7 : sédem 

8 : Osem

9 : Dévet

10 : Déset

Yes – ДА – Da

*De gauche à droite (plutôt, dodeline de la tête) pour dire oui – Ce qui ressemble à notre non NO – НЕ – Né

* Souvent le bulgare hoche la tête de haut en bas pour dire non

MY NAME IS – КАЗВАМ СЕ 

Kazvam cé

ARE YOU HUNGRY – ГЛАДЕН ЛИ СИ 

Gladen li si ?

DO YOU WANT TO DRINK / EAT SOMETHING? – ИСКАТЕ ЛИ ДА ПИЕТЕ / ХАПНЕТЕ НЕЩО? Iskateli da piété / hapnété nécho ?

WATER / JUICE / TEA / COFFEE – ВОДА / СОК / ЧАЙ / КАФЕ! Voda / Sok/  Tchaï / Café

I WOULD LIKE… PLEASE – БИХ ИСКАЛ … МОЛЯBih iskal…molia DO YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE?- ИМАТЕ ЛИ НУЖДА ОТ НЕЩО ДРУГО? Imaté li noujda ot necho drougo? TOMORROW WE GO AT… (TIME) – УТРЕ ТРЪГВАМЕ В … ЧАСАOutré trugvamé v  …. tchassa

MEET AT… (TIME) – СРЕЩА В … ЧАСА Srechta v …..tchassa

BREAKFAST / DINNER – Закуска / Вечеря

Zakouska / vetcheria 

Good morning – ДОБРО УТРО

Dobro outro

HELLO – ДОБЪР ДЕН

Dobur den

Good evening – ДОБЪР ВЕЧЕР

Dobur vétchèr

GOODBYE – ДОВИЖДАНЕ 

Dovijdané

GOOD NIGHT – ЛЕКА НОЩ

Léka nocht

WELCOME – ДОБРЕ ДОШЛИ

Dobré dochli

HI – ЗДРАВЕЙ 

Zdraveï

THANK YOU – БЛАГОДАРЯ /  МЕРСИ

Blagodaria / Merci 

EXCUSE ME – ИЗВИНЕТЕ 

Izvinété 

PLEASE – МОЛЯ

Molia

Cheers! –  НАЗДРАВЕ  

Nazdravé

* When we sneeze … Or when we drink!!