Simple Bulgarian Phrases

Here you can learn some basic Bulgarian phrases. On the left you will see the way a phrase is written in Bulgarian Cyrillic. Click on it in order to hear how the phrase sounds in Bulgarian. Next to every phrase you will see its Latin transcription, and next to the transcription - the phrase's English equivalent.

 

 Greetings





Zdravey/Zdrasti <> Hello!/Hi!



Dobro utro <> Good morning!



Dobar den <> Good afternoon!



Dobar vecher <> Good evening!



Leka nosht <> Good night!



Dovizhdane/Sbogom (pronounced [Zbogom]) <> Goodbye!/Farewell!



Priyatno mi e <> It is nice to meet you.



Kak si <> How are you?



Dobre <> Good/Well



Zle/Losho <> Bad/Ill



Gore-dolu <> So-so

 

 Basic Conversation





Da <> Yes.



Ne <> No.



Kak se kazvash <> What is your name?



Ako obichate <> Please



Blagodarya <> Thank you.



Molya <> You are welcome.



Izvinete/Izvinyavayte <> Excuse me. (formal)

 

 Do You Speak...





Ne razbiram <> I do not understand.



Kak shte kazhesh tova na bulgarski <> How would you say this in Bulgarian?.



Govorish li <> Do you speak...



Angliyski <> English



Frenski <> French



Nemski <> German



Ispanski <> Spanish



Kitayski <> Chinese

 

Personal Pronouns





Az (pronounced [as]) <> I



Ti <> You (singular informal)



Nie <> We



Vie <> You (singular formal or plural)



Te <> They

 

 Family





Mayka <> Mother



Bashta <> Father



Sin <> Son



Dushterya <> Daughter



Supruga <> Wife



Suprug (pronounced [supruk]) <> Husband



Priyatel <> Friend (male)

bulgarian

Zdravey!

I live in dana point and we have a pool there. The
lifeguard that works there speaks bulgarian and doesn't
really know english. I thought it would be nice to learn
her language to make it easier for me and her when i speak
to her. I hope this works!
Wish me luck!!!

love,
anonomous {v}