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BULGARIANfor EnglishSpeakers

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2BULGARIAN for English Speakers is a brand new self-studybook specially designed to meet the needs of anybody intendingto learn Bulgarian well in a short time. Whoever you are - a student,a businessperson or a visitor to the country, this book is for you.

BULGARIAN for English Speakers contains all the knowledgethat you need, emphasizing on real-world tasks. The book includes manydialogues and other texts specially created to help you speak and beunderstood. It develops your vocabulary systematically and also coversall the required grammar skills.

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3CONTENTS

The Bulgarian AlphabetPronunciation Table ............................................................................................ 9How to read Bulgarian ...................................................................................... 11

LESSON 1DIALOGUES. ..................................................................................................... 27GRAMMAR NOTES .......................................................................................... 34

Categories of Person, Gender and Number ................................................ 34Personal Pronouns ...................................................................................... 35Auxiliary Verb Scyr% (to be) - Positive, Negative, Interrogative

and Negative-Interrogative Forms. ......................................................... 35The Present Tense of the Verb Scyr% (to be) - Conjugation of the Verb ...... 35Nouns Used When Speaking about Countries and Nationalities ............... 37Interrogative Pronouns &'?, &*?, &+?, &8? (who?; which?);

%?, ?, &?, 8? (what?) .................................... 39

LESSON 2DIALOGUES. ..................................................................................................... 44GRAMMAR NOTES. ......................................................................................... 57

The Noun.Gender of the Noun. ..................................................................................... 57Use of the Article with Nouns of Masculine,

Feminine and Neuter Genders in the Singular ...................................... 58Demonstrative Pronouns for Near and Distant Objects. .............................. 60Short Accusative Forms of the Personal Pronouns in the 3rd Person,

Singular and Plural. ................................................................................ 60Forms of Address. Vocative Forms. .............................................................. 62Imperative Forms of Some Frequently Used Verbs. .................................... 62

LESSON 3DIALOGUES. ..................................................................................................... 67GRAMMAR NOTES. .......................................................................................... 81

Modes of Conjugation. Groups of Verbs. First, Second and Third Group. ... 81The Present Tense of the Verb 8 (to have).Impersonal use of 8 (to have) - 8 (there is) ................................... 83Verbs of the Third Group in Present Tense - Conjugation

of Some Frequently Used Verbs ............................................................ 84Cardinal Numbers From 1 To 10 .................................................................. 86Ordinal Numbers From 1 To 10 .................................................................... 87The Prepositions (in), = (on, at), +> (in, during, through) ................ 89

4LESSON 4DIALOGUES. ..................................................................................................... 92GRAMMAR NOTES ........................................................................................ 102

Countable Form of Masculine Nouns in the Singular .............................. 102Plural of Masculine, Feminine and Neuter Gender Nouns ....................... 102Use of the Article with Masculine,

Feminine and Neuter Gender Nouns of in Plural ................................ 105Cardinal Numbers From 10 To 1000 ......................................................... 106Questions &? (when?), %!+? (where?), >@&? (why?) ................ 107

LESSON 5DIALOGUES ..................................................................................................... 111GRAMMAR NOTES ......................................................................................... 119

Present Tense of Verbs of the First Group - Conjugation.Positive, Negative, Interrogative and Negative-Interrogative Forms .... 119

Possessive Pronouns - Short Forms ......................................................... 121The Past Simple Tense of the Verb Scyr% (to be) - All Forms ..................... 123

LESSON 6DIALOGUES. ................................................................................................... 127GRAMMAR NOTES. ....................................................................................... 138

Present Tense of Second Group Verbs - All Forms ................................... 138Ordinal Numerals from 10 To 1000 ............................................................ 140The Adjective. Agreement of the Adjective with the Noun.

Use of the Article with Adjectives.Forming Degrees of Comparison ........................................................ 141

Comparison of Adjectives .......................................................................... 143

LESSON 7DIALOGUES. ................................................................................................... 147GRAMMAR NOTES ........................................................................................ 157

Future Tense of the Verb Scyr% (to be) ....................................................... 157Future Tense of Verbs Maintaining the Same Form

in the Present and the Future Tense .................................................... 158Negative Pronouns .................................................................................... 160The Position of the Interrogative Particle E8 ............................................. 161The Prepositions =! (above, over, more than), &! (under, less than),

+! (in front of, before), +!8 (ago, before), ScyrE+! (after, in) ...... 162

LESSON 8DIALOGUES. ................................................................................................... 165GRAMMAR NOTES. ........................................................................................ 174

The Present Tense of Reflexive Verbs ........................................................ 174The Place of the Reflexive Personal Pronoun .......................................... 175

5Possessive Pronouns - Complete Forms .................................................. 176Prepositions , 8, J .............................................................................. 178Verbal Nouns (Gerund Participles) ............................................................ 180

LESSON 9DIALOGUES .................................................................................................... 183GRAMMAR NOTES ........................................................................................ 195

Relative Pronouns ..................................................................................... 195Complete Accusative Forms of Personal Pronouns.................................. 196Compound Predicate ................................................................................. 197The Active Present Participle .................................................................... 199


Imperfective and Perfective Aspects of Bulgarian Verbs(1st and 2nd Form of Verbs) ................................................................. 211

The Future Tense (KL ) - Formation; Positive,Negative, Interrogative and Negative-Interrogative Forms ................. 212

Use of the 2nd Form of Verbs after the Modal Verbs &(can, may, to be able to), "* (must, should, would,have to, have got to, need to, ought to), 8Scyr (want) ...................... 217

Indefinite Pronouns .................................................................................... 219Demonstrative Pronouns "%, ", "&, "8

(such; like this/these) ............................................................................ 220Preposition 8> (throughout, in, around, about) ........................................ 220


The Future Tense - Continuation .............................................................. 235The Imperative Mood ................................................................................. 235


The Past Simple Tense .............................................................................. 252The Location of the Short Accusative Form of Personal Pronouns .......... 260The Location of the Short Accusative and Dative Forms of Personal

Pronouns Used Simultaneously ......................................................... 261The Preposition +Y!J (&+Y!J) (between) ................................... 261

6LESSON 13DIALOGUES .................................................................................................... 264GRAMMAR NOTES ........................................................................................ 274

The Past Simple Tenseof the verb Z - [ .................................................................... 274

The Past Simple Tense - Continuation ...................................................... 274The Compound Predicate in the Past Simple Tense ................................ 277Complex Sentences Containing Subordinate Object Clauses ................. 279


The Active Past Simple Participle .............................................................. 294The Past Indefinite Tense .......................................................................... 295The Past Perfect Tense - Meaning, Formation, Forms ............................. 299


The Past Continuous Tense - Conjugation and Forms ............................. 310The Verbal Adverb ..................................................................................... 312The Passive Participle. The Passive VoiceThe Present, Past and Future Tenses of Passive Constructions .............. 312


The Future in the Past ................................................................................ 331The Conditional Mood ............................................................................... 332The Future Perfect Tense ........................................................................... 334The Narrative Mood / The Indirect Indicative Mood .................................. 335

TABLES

TABLE 1A Comparison of Bulgarian and English TensesJuxtaposition of the Tenses - A Simple Guide ................................................ 338TABLE 2Verb (to be) - Present, Past, and Future Tenses - All Forms .................... 340TABLE 3Present Tense of the Verbs of the First, Second, and Third Groups ............... 341TABLE 4First and Second Forms of Some Verbs . ..................................................... 342

7TABLE 5The Past Simple Tense of the Verbs from Table 4. .......................................... 343TABLE 6Past Continuous Tense ................................................................................... 344TABLE 7Future (Simple) Tense ..................................................................................... 345TABLE 8Prepositions and Their Meanings ................................................................... 347TABLE 9Pronouns ......................................................................................................... 354TABLE 10. ....................................................................................................... 358/ Confirmation and Agreement/ Disagreement/ Requests/ Warnings!/ Gratitude+/ Excuses or ApologiesY/ Lack of Information>/ Suppositions or Assumptions8/ Neglect or Ignorance'/ Hope/ PraiseE/ When Somebody Is Waiting for UsTABLE 11Some Frequently Used Idiomatic Expressions in Bulgarian ......................... 362TABLE 12Business Contacts and Correspondence ........................................................ 363The Customs .................................................................................................... 364Travelling .......................................................................................................... 366In Town ............................................................................................................. 368At the Hotel ....................................................................................................... 369At thePost Office. On theTelephone .................................................................. 370At the Bank. Money ............................................................................................371At the Restaurant .............................................................................................. 372Shopping .......................................................................................................... 375At the Doctors .................................................................................................. 379At the Chemists ................................................................................................ 380The Human Body .............................................................................................. 381Family. Relatives ............................................................................................... 382Holidays ............................................................................................................ 382Education. Occupations .................................................................................... 383

8List of Abbreviations: English:

abt. about e.g. (exempli gratia) for example i.e. (id est) that is

n noun m masculine f feminine ntr neuter sng singular pl plural

adj adjective

v verb 1p 1st person 2p 2nd person 3p 3rd person

1gr 1st group 2gr 2nd group 3gr 3rd group

1f 1st form 2f 2nd form

colloq. colloquial speech o.s. oneself o.s ones s.b. somebody

s.o. someone s.th. something

Bulgarian:

.. /masculine gender .. /feminine gender .. /neuter gender .. /singular .. /plural .^. ^_ /the PresentTense K.. KL /the FutureTense ... _ /the Past Simple Tense ... _ /the Past Continuous Tense .`..

` /the PastIndefinite Tense .`.. ` /the PastPerfect Tense K... KL /the Future in the Past

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The Bulgarian AlphabetPronunciation Table

Bulgarian Alphabet Pronunciation Examples of respectiveEnglish sounds

[a] after, past, path K [b] bit, bright, be, bear [v] vogue, vivid, violin, vision ^ [g] get, go, glory, tag! [d] day, dream, destiny, devotion+ [e] set, bet, tell, letY [zh] illusion, vision, division, fusion> [z] zero, amazing, Zen, zip8 [i] grin, inn, sit, hit' [y] boy, toy, yacht, yeoman [k] key, kid, keep, kitE [l] live, light, letter, litter [m] man, miracle, make, almost= [n] night, not, near, on& [o] opt, top, stop, dot ` ! [p] pet, pall, please, part "# [r] (hard) red, rest, read, rubberScyr $% [s] set, sit, stop, said" &' [t] top, talk, tell, letJ ucyr () [u] put, look, took, pudding# } *+ [f] fusion, fire, flame, fantasy ~ ,- [h] (aspirate) hope, hear, had, hut ./ [ts] tsunami, sits, meets 01 [ch] chair, teach, charity, chat _ 23 [sh] she, shall, shark, shift@ L 45 [sht] ashtray, fishtail, wished, washed% 67 [] camel, campus, letter, better 8 [~] (softener) (no literal English equivalent) 9: [yu] yurt, you, new, music* ;< [ya] yard, yarn, Yankee

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INTRODUCTION

The Bulgarian Alphabet consists of 30 letters. They represent thesounds as shown below.

There are six vowels: are wide (open) vowels

ucyr are narrow (closed) vowels;

and two diphthongal vowels:

= +ucyr

= +

The remaining letters represent consonants:

are voiced consonants

are voiceless consonants;

! " are resonant (sonorous) consonants;

is a short ;

# softens the sounds before/after which it is placed;

$ is an aspirate consonant;

% = + and is therefore a diphthongal consonant.

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How to read Bulgarian

How to read letters.Each letter has own designation that is used when pronouncing either

the whole alphabet or a single letter:

& (a)' (b) (v)( (g) (d) (e)) (zh)* (z) (i), ('i 'kratko)

- (k)/ (l); (m) ! (n)< (o)> (p)? " (r)Scyr (s)F (t)J ucyr (u)

K (f)Q $ (h)V (ts)W (ch)X (sh)[ % (sht) ('er go'lyam) # ('er 'malk)\ (yu)] (ya)

How to read words. The placing of stress.All the letters in words should be pronounced in the way they are marked

in the Pronunciation Table. Some more explanations as well as special casesand exceptions are given below.

Bearing in mind that word stress in Bulgarian takes a different place ineach word, there are no rules for learning the placing of stress. Therefore,each new word should be learned by itself. For the purpose of marking stress,in this book we have adopted the sign ['] preceding the stressed syllable.

Vowels:When the wide (open) vowels , , are stressed, they should be

pronounced clearly: [a] [o] [e]

Examples: & [a]

_^ucyr ['avgust] August^ [grat] a town; a city [mlat] young ['kazvam] to say` [po'dark] a present

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< [o][` ['opit] experience`[ ['prolet] spring[ ['ostrof] island` [sport] sport[ [kri'lo] wing

[e] ['eftin] cheapK ['bezhof] beigeK [bes] without [k'de] where [mom'che] boy

However, when the vowels and are unstressed, they get narrower byreducing their length:

becomes [ .](a medial sound of [a] and [])

becomes [ .o](a medial sound of [o] and ucyr [u]).

Examples: & [ .]

Kucyr ['azbuk .] alphabet` ['lamp .] lampZ^ ['knig .] book K[ [v 'blok .] in the block

[n . cho'vek .] to/of the man

< [ .o] [ .o'rel] eagleKucyrgrave [ .o'bufk] shoe [m .o're] sea` [p .o'le] field; groundZ [ .o'ris] rice

The remaiining vowels should be pronounced in the way they aremarked in the Pronunciation Table.

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The alteration of to [ .] is the most frequently found.In particular, becomes [ .] at the end of some words.The other above-mentioned vowel reductions are not as pronounced.

The diphthong vowels [yu] and [ya] are each made up of twoletters/sounds:

= +ucyr = +However, they should be read as single sounds.

The diphthong vowel should be pronounced [yu]: \ [yu]

^ [yuk] South ['yuzhen] southern} [yuf'ka] noodles

[yu'nak] hero

_ ['yun .osh .] teenager

Examples: []

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[pt] wayj^ ['gl] angle; corner` [prst] soil` [pk] but; yet

[t .'kf] such

J ucyr [u]ucyr [um] minducyrgrave ['uch .] to study; to learnucyrZ [u'chitel] teacherucyr^ [ur .'gan] hurricaneucyr^ [dru'gar] mate; friend

[i] [mil] dear; kindZ [ili] orZ ['kin .o] cinema` [pri'yatel] friend [ide'aln .o] perfectly, ideal

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The diphthong vowel can be pronounced in two ways depending onthe position of the letter and its stress. If is stressed, it should bepronounced [ya]:

] [ya]K ['yablk .] appleK ['yastrep] hawk ['yatka] kernelK [ .ob'yav .] ad(vertisement)^ ['yag .od .] strawberry

However, when is not stressed, in particular when placed at the endof a given word, it should be pronounced [y .]:

] [y]` ['pravy .] to doZ ['misly .] to think^ ['angliy .] England` ['pey .] to sing

ucyrZ [na u'chitely .] to/of the teacher

The vowel alterations to [ .] and to [y .]are the most frequently found.In particular, a becomes [ .] and becomes [y .] at the end of somewords.Other vowel reductions are not as pronounced.

Consonants.

Voiced consonants should be pronounced in one of two ways:

When a voiced consonant is placed in any position in a given word,except as the last letter, it should be pronounced in the usual way as avoiced consonant.Examples: ' [b]

KK ['bab .] grandmotherK ['byal .] white (f)

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K [broy] number; copy^ [bl'gariy .] Bulgaria~ucyrgraveK ['hubost] beauty

[v] [vr .'ta] door ['vtre] in [vn] out ['vyarv .m] to believe ['varn .] Varna (a Bulgarian city)

( [g]^ ['garv .n] raven[^ ['mnog .o] much; many^[ [ge'roy] hero^ [go'lyam] big^_ ['greshk .] mistake; error

[d][ [dr'vo] tree [den] dayK [do'br] good [de'te] child [da] yes

) [zh] [zhe'na] woman ['yuzhen] southernY [zhe'neva] GenevaZ ['zhito] wheat [zhif] alive

* [z]K ['zebr .] zebra [izvi'nyav .m] to excuse [zo'ra] dawn [iz'vesten] well-known [zvez'da] star

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When the last letter of the word represents a voiced consonant, thevoiced consonant devocalizes and becomes voiceless. Each devocalizedvoiced consonant obtains the sound of the respective voicelessconsonant. Therefore:

K [b] becomes ` [p] [v] becomes } [f]^ [g] becomes [k] [d] becomes [t] [zh] becomes _ [sh] [z] becomes [s]

Examples: ' [p]

~K [hlyap] breadK [dp] oak^K ['glp] pigeonKK [bop] beans^ucyrK [grup] rude

[f] [vf ] inZ ['molif ] pencil

Z ['nik .kf ] none; any; no [k .'kf ] what~ucyrgraveK ['hub .f ] beautiful; pretty

( [k]^ ['dlk] long^ [vlok] bank depositucyr^ [druk] other; another^ [drak] dear^ [yuk] South

[t]^ [glat] hungerK ['obet] lunchK [blet] pale^ [grat] city; town

[nat] above

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) [sh]

[tara'lesh] hedgehog [v .'lesh] rainfall; snowfallB! [vish] Look!!! [drsh] Hang it!ucyr [ush] as if

* [s]` [pres] through [vles] come in [iz'les] go out [sles] come downK [bes] without

The above-mentioned devocalization of voiced consonants can also befound in another case. This is when a voiced consonant is placed in themiddle of the word and before a voiceless consonant or before the aspirateconsonant ~:

[te'tratka] notebook ['slatk .o] jam; sweet(ly)K_ [bifsh] ex^ ['gratski] of the town/city/urban ['drshk .] handle^ ['gletk .] viewZ` ['ispit] examucyrgrave [tse'lufk .] kiss [ko'leshk .] colleague (f); mate (f) ['ryatk .o] rare(ly)`~[L [pret'hozhd .sht] previousZ ['fsichko] everything; all

Voiceless consonants should always be pronounced as indicated in thePronunciation Table.Examples: > [p]

`Z_ ['pish .] to write` ['pravy .] to do` ['pesen] song` ['pamet] memory ['pleven] Pleven (a Bulgarian city)

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K [f]}Z ['filtr] filter} [film] film; movie}

[f .n'taziy .] fantasy}Z [f .v .o'rit] favourite; pet}_Z [f .l'shif] false; fake

- [k] [kray] endZ ['kriy .] to hide` ['krp .] towel [k .'set .] cassette (tape)Z ['isk .m] to want

F [t]

K ['tryabv .] must, to have to

` [tr'py .] to bear

` [tr'penie] patience

Z ['tikv .] pumpkin

[t .ole'rantn .ost] tolerance

X [sh]_^ [she'ga] joke`Z_ ['pish .] to write_ [shans] chance_} [shef] boss; a chief [sh .ot'landiy .] Scotland

Scyr [s] [sto'y .] to stay ['stay .] roomZ ['istin .] truthZ ['istinski] true, realScyr[} ['sofiy .] Sofia

The resonant (sonorous) consonants , , , should always be prono-unced as indicated in the Pronunciation Table. However, they must be arti-culated clearly, especially the letter [r], much stronger than the English [r].

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Examples: / [l]

` ['lamp .] lamp[ ['lotk .] boatZ ['lilaf] lilacK[ [lyu'bof] love [let] ice

; [m] ['mam .] Mum[^ ['mnog .o] much, many ['malk .o] a few; a little, small [miriz'ma] smell ['mlyak .o] milk

! [n]

['nyak .oy] somebody

['nyakde] somewhere

Z ['nik .oy] nobody

[ne] not

[n .'dezhd .] hope

? " [r][ ['roz .] roseZK ['rib .] fish` [pret] before; in front` [pri] at` [pri'yatel] friend

The pronunciation of the short sound as represented by the letter is [y].The letter is never used alone. It is either combined with as the syllable [yo] at the beginning of a word; or with any other vowel positioned anywhereelse in the word.Examples: , [y]

[nay] most [moy] my [yot] iodine'[ ['yonk .o] Yonko (a mans name) [stoy] stay

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The letter is not used alone either. This letter softens the sounds befo-re/after which it is placed. is almost always used in the combination ,pronounced [~o]=[yo].

Examples: # [~]

[ [ .k'tyor] actor}

[ [f .nt .'zyor] dreamerZ ['siny .o] blue ['vany .o] Vanyo (a mans name)_}[ [sh .o'fyor] driver

There is no difference in the pronunciation of the sound combinations [yo] and [~o] = [yo]. The only difference is written. ' is used at thebeginning of a word or after a vowel, in contrast to , that is used exclusivelyafter a consonant.

The letter $ represents the aspirate consonant [h]. This consonant shouldbe pronounced clearly, like -ch in loch.

Examples: Q $ [h]

! ['haide] Come on!~ ['hvaly .] to praise~[ ['hor .] people~ [hristi'yanin] Christian (m)~ [hrast] bush

The letter % [sht] comprises two separate consonants: [sh] and [t]linked as single sound.

Examples: [ % [sht]

Lucyr [shtu'rets] cricketLucyrgrave ['shtuk .] pikeL ['shtastie] happinessL` ['shtamp .] printLK [shtap] staff; headquarters

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These are the main rules on reading Bulgarian. For ease of use weshall simplify some of them, as you will see in the pronunciationexamples that follow.

The letter [ts] should be pronounced as a single sound.

Examples: V [ts]

[tsar] tsar; kingZ^ ['tsig .nin] gypsy (m) [tsirk] circus [tsyal] whole ['tsrkv .] church

The letter [ch] should also be pronounced as a single sound.

Examples: W [ch]

[che'ta] to read[ [chis'lo] number ['chetiri] fourZ ['chisty .] to cleanucyrgrave ['chud .o] wonder

There also are two sounds, and that although not included in thealphabet, should be pronounced as a single sound.

Examples: [dzh]

K [dzhop] pocket [dzhas] jazz [dzhin] gin

['dzhentlmen] gentleman` [dzhip] jeep

[dz] [dzen] Zen [dzn] ting

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How to read phrases, sentences and a whole text.

When reading phrases, care should be taken with voiced consonantslocated alongside voiceless ones - in this case, voiceless consonants areshortened:

[fte'tratkata] in the notebook! ` [natpo'leto] over the field

Care should be taken with the opposite case. Voiceless consonants arelengthened when located next to a voiced one (especially if the voicelessconsonant precedes the voiced one):

ucyrgrave [szzelen'chutsi] with vegetables KK ['zbaba] with grandmother

Any other letter should be pronounced as printed/written.

Learn to read Bulgarian correctly. Some examples.

I am (an) English(man).%71=

" K^ ?[ti 'blgarin li si?]

Are you Bulgarian?

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^.[as sm angli'chanin.]

ucyrgrave K^ ^.[az 'ucha 'blgarski v bl'garia.]

I am learning Bulgarian in Bulgaria. ucyr K^ ^.

^ Z [^ ucyrgrave .['blgarskiyat e'zike 'mnogo 'truden za men.]

Bulgarianis very difficult for me.7#%

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Y Scyr[}.[zhi'veem f 'sofiya.]

8 ^ L ` Z.['imame go'lyama 'kshtaf pro'vintziyata.]

We have a big house in the country. ZZ ucyr Z. = Z ^[ ucyrgrave .

[- ka'kv e'zik go'vorite?- go'vorya do'bre an'gliyskiv mo'menta 'ucha itali'anski a 'vie- za szha'lenie az ne znam 'nitoe'din chuzhd e'zik, no 'imamog'romno zhe'lanie da na'ucha'nemski.]

- Which language do you speak?- I speak English well.At the moment I am learning Italian.What about you?- Unfortunately I do not knowany foreign languages. But I havea great desire to learn German.

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- 8 ~ KZ?- Z ~ Z

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[- 'ima li ho'tel na'blizo?- 'fsichki ho'teli se na'miratv 'tsentra]

- Is there a hotel near here?- All the hotels are to be foundin the city centre.

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- " ^ ?- =, ucyrZ.- ?- =_.

[- tya angli'chanka li e?- ne tya e rus'kinya.- kak se 'kazva?- 'kazva se na'tasha.]

- Is she English?- No, she is Russian.- What is her name?- Her name is Natasha.

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- [ K[_?- ucyrZ.K[ [ `.

[- kak'vo ra'botish?- as sm zhurna'list. ra'botya zaed'no spi'sanie]

- What is your job?- I am a journalist.I work for a magazine.

?#'3>?%7)#%'="'`, ^ `Z ucyrgrave.J` .Y L ` Z -}, , ?- ^ . E }, KZ.

[-'dobr den.-'dobr den.- Pri'yatno mi e. 'kazvam se i'van'kunchev. 'imam ugo'vorena 'sreshta.- zapo'vyadayte, gospo'din 'kunchev.gospo'din up'ravitelyat vi o'chakva.zhe'laete li 'neshto za 'piene -ka'fe, chay, mine'ralna vo'da?- blagoda'rya vi. ed'no ka'fe,ako o'bichate.]

- Good morning, Madam!- Good morning, Sir!- Nice to meet you.My name is Ivan Kounchev.I have an appointment.- Do come in, r Kounchev.The manager is waiting for you.Would you like something to drink -coffee, tea, mineral water?- Thank you. Coffee, please.

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In Bulgarian, there are two styles of fonts. Note that small letters like ,

, , , , ucyr, sometimes confuse English speaking people because oftheir similarity with Latin letters.

= K = = ^ = ! = + = Y = > = 8 = ' = =

E = = = = & = ` = = Scyr = Scyr " = ! J ucyr = " ucyr# } = $ % ~ = &

= ' ( = ) * _ = + ,@ L = - .% = / 0 = 1 = 2 3* = 4 5

- !K[ ucyrgrave, =! ucyrgrave_ ?- ! ucyrgrave ` -K .- ScyrZ^ucyr , ucyrgrave L

` .- = Z_ ` .

[- dobr'o 'utro 'nadya! kak se'chustvash dnes?- dnes se 'chustvam po-do'bre ot'fchera'- siguren sm che utre shte sina'pylno ozdra'vyala.- na'dyavam se da 'imash 'pravo]

- Good morning, Nadya! How areyou feeling today?- Today I feel better than yesterday.

- I am sure that by tomorrow youwill be fully recovered.- I hope you are right.

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Bulgarian for English Speakers.pdf

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