The Alphabet song: learning by singing
Please click on the link: Singing the Bulgarian Alphabet
And here it goes:
А, Б, В, Г, Д, Е, Ж
З, И, Й, К, Л, М, Н
(repeat //)
О, П, Р, С, Т, У, Ф
(repeat //)
Х, Ц, Ч, Ш, Щ, Ъ
ь, Ю, Я
… и мога да ям
(and I can eat)
Hello! Welcome!
Let’s begin with
The Bulgarian Alphabet
Азбука
| Cyrillic
letter |
Transliterated
|
Pronunciation /
(approximate sound-correspondence as in English)
|
| A а | a | father |
| Б б | b | bag, boy abide |
| В в | v | very, video, evidence |
| Г г | g | good, Google |
| Д д | d | day, doll, add |
| Е е | e | egg, best, bet |
| Ж ж | ž – academic;
zh – popular; |
pleasure, treasure |
| З з | z | Zen, zebra, to use |
| И и | i | milk, mix, mall |
| Й й (i-kratko, meaning
i-short) |
j; i ( found only with a vowel in front or after “й“) | yard, Yosemite, mayonnaise
|
| К к | k | king |
| Л л | l | love, alive |
| М м | m | mum, Maria |
| Н н | n | none, noise, instance |
| О о | o | olive, or |
| П п | p | pen, spin |
| Р р | r | rest – trilled -r-, close to “r” in Spanish, German, and other European languages |
| С с | s; (ss) | seat, sister |
| Т т | t | tea, stiff
-t- is pronounced without the puff of breath that normally accompanies it in English |
| У у | u; (ou) | put, boot |
| Ф ф | f | fun, feature, tough |
| Х х | h (kh) | how (velar -ch-) |
| Ц ц | c; ts | tsar |
| Ч ч | č; ch | children, church |
| Ш ш | š; sh | she |
| Щ щ | št; sht | ashtray |
| Ъ ъ | ǎ
between “a” and “u” – [a] (English unstressed [a] |
sofa |
| ь | ’
it appears always with a vowel “o” – ьo; signifies that the preceding consonant is soft |
|
| Ю ю | ju; iu; (yu) – signifies sequence of soft consonant + -у- | you |
| Я я | ja; ia (ya) – signifies sequence of soft consonant + -а- | yard |
For further references please see
Alexander, Ronelle (with the assistance of Olga Mladenova). 2000. Intensive Bulgarian: A textbook and reference grammar, Volume 1. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press.
For many more, sunrises, dear students!
For many more songs and “книги любими” 🙂
Еnjoy the Holiday Season!
Classes in Seattle resume on January 3.
Dear students,
Welcome to my classes online or in person!
Classes in Seattle will resume on two levels:
BEGINNING STUDENTS MEET EVERY SATURDAY
10:00 – 11:00 AM
at University Bookstore Café
4326 University Way, Seattle, WA 98105
https://www.ubookstore.com/
These students will be using Стъпка по стъпка. Step by Step А1. Bulgarian Language and Culture for Foreigners by Margarita Andonova, Radost Sabeva, Zhana Zagorova (2017).
Classes are specifically designed to help Bulgarian music and dance lovers planning to attend Koprivshtitsa National Folk Festival, August 7-9, 2020 [Копривщица 2020- XII Събор на българското народно творчество
https://www.bulgariatravel.org/article/details/402#map=6/42.750/25.380
Starting October 5.
Note: No classes on October 18-19 and November 22-23.
Глаголът на деня е „успявам“ (успея – perfective)
Поздравления към студентите в Сиатъл, които успяха да „преборят“ граматиката, представена в Intensive Bulgarian – Volume One и започнаха работа с Intensive Bulgarian – Volume Two:
UW Pess: Intensive Bulgarian Volume 2
А, Б, В, Г, Д, Е, Ж… БАБА ЖАБА ПОД ДЪЖДА, аnd much more…
Low-stress Bulgarian for non-Bulgarian adults in Seattle
Classes resume on September 21. They are offered every Friday from September to June.
Beginning level, 5:00 – 6:00 PM
Everyday expressions, idioms, helpful rhymes, folk songs… Well, some verb conjugations will not kill us.
Intermediate/advanced, 6:00 – 7:00 PM
Conversational Bulgarian in all tenses; Intensive Bulgarian 1&2 Textbook and Reference Grammar by Ronelle Alexander, with the assistance of Olga M. Mladenova (The University of Wisconsin Press)
Location: University of Washington district, Seattle. Please email me for the details: d.ivanova-nyberg@hotmail.com
Lessons on skype (week days) are also offered.
Teaching credentials: about the teacher
Фиша иска да честити рождения ден на Фроги. Тя се обръща към него и му казва: Честит рожден ден, скъпи!
Фроги: Няма нужда…
Fisha wants to congratulate Frogi for his birthday. She turns to him and she says:
Happy Birthday, my dear! And here is Frogi’s response: No need. I have had a lot of these.
To congratulate: (да) честитя, (да) поздравя – Present Tense
Аз честитя
Ти честитиш
Той/Тя/То честити
Ние честитим
Вие честитите
Те честитят
Честит нов глагол! „Честито!“ (n) – generic congratulation
Изпращам честитка – I am sending a greeting card.
Имам да наваксвам/ Имам да наваксам; трябва да наваксаме
След празниците имам много да наваксвам с писане (изпращане) на поздравителни картички и ходене по доктори.
After the Holiday season I have to catch up with writing (sending) greeting cards and visiting some doctors (scheduling appointments with doctors).
Аз наваксвам
Ти наваксваш
Той/Тя/То наваксва
Ние наваксваме
Вие наваксвате
Те наваксват
Imperative: Наваксвай! Наваксвайте!
Perfective aspect (used also for building future tense verb forms)
Аз ще наваксам
Ти ще наваксаш
Той/Тя/То ще навакса
Ние ще наваксаме
Вие ще наваксате
Те ще наваксат
Пример (example): Вчера не успях да си свърша работата, обаче днес ще (смятам да) наваксам.
Довиждане! Имам работа; имам да наваксвам…
