Basic Bulgarian words for beginners
– Essential words to know –
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Learn the essentials of Bulgarian easily with this vocabulary list that contains all the most basic words used in Bulgarian, with their english translations. If you’re a beginner, it will come in handy to review or learn Bulgarian by yourself before traveling, or if you want to enrich and improve your Bulgarian vocabulary to better express yourself in writing and speaking!
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| ENGLISH | BULGARIAN |
| Please | Molya te |
| Thank you! | Blagodarya ti! |
| Sorry! | Sŭzhalyavam! |
| What? | Kakvo? |
| Who? | SZO? |
| When? | Koga? |
| Why? | Zashto? |
| Which? | Koĭto? |
| How? | kak? |
| Where ? | Kŭdeto ? |
| How much ? | Kolko ? |
| Yes | da |
| No | Ne |
| Maybe | Mozhe bi |
| Of course | Razbira se |
| something | neshto |
| nothing | Nishto |
| somebody | nyakoĭ |
| nobody | Nikoĭ |
| before | predi |
| after | sled |
| far | dalech |
| near | blizo do |
| here | tuk |
| there | tam |
| today | dnes |
| tomoorow | utre |
| now | sega |
| man | chovek |
| woman | zhena |
| friend | priyatel |
| more | Poveche ▼ |
| less | po-malko |
| always | vinagi |
| later | po kŭsno |
| never | nikoga |
| same | edin i sŭsht |
| different | razlichno |
| small | malŭk |
| large | golyam |
| difficult | truden |
| easy | lesno |
| hot | goresht |
| cold | stud |
| yesterday | vchera |
| after | sled |
| beautiful | krasiv |
| broken | schupen |
| free | Bezplatno |
| a pharmacy | apteka |
| money | pari |
| a bag | chanta |
| a lighter | zapalka |
| a cigarette | tsigara |
| a bottle | butilka |
| soap | sapun |
| clean | chista |
| dirty | mrŭsen |
| a trash can | kofa za bokluk |
| a trash bag | torba za bokluk |
| the silence | tishinata |
| a tool | instrument |
| pregnant | bremenna |
| sick | bolen |
| a baby | bebe |
| a little bit | malko |
| a doctor | lekar |
| a dentist | zŭbolekar |
| a medicine | lekarstvo |
| a book | kniga |
| a story | edna istoriya |
| a phone | telefon |
| a computer | kompyutŭr |
| a car | kola |
| a plane | samolet |
| the name | imeto |
| the adress | adresa |
| the age | vŭzrastta |
| the nationality | natsionalnostta |
| a choice | izbor |
| an answer | otgovor |
| the key | klyuchŭt |
| the light | svetlinata |
| the television | televiziyata |
| the bed | legloto |
| the house | kŭshtata |
| the shower | dushŭt |
| the window | prozoretsa |
| the door | vratata |
| the table | masata |
| tired | umoren |
| water | voda |
| open | otvoren |
| closed | zatvoren |
| clothes | drekhi |
| coffee | kafe |
| tea | chaĭ |
| lunch | obyad |
| dinner | vecherya |
| a fruit | plod |
| a vegetable | zelenchuk |
| a beverage | napitka |
| a child | dete |
| rain | dŭzhd |
| the entrance | Vkhodŭt |
| the exit | izkhoda |
| music | muzika |
| a smile | usmivka |
| the world | Svetŭt |
| the sky | nebeto |
| a river | reka |
| the sea | moreto |
| the mountain | planinata |
| the lake | ezeroto |
| the island | Ostrovŭt |
| the beach | Plazhŭt |
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