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Common English to Bulgarian translations
| English | Bulgarian | Pronunciation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hello | Здравейте | zdrah-VAY-teh | ||
| Good morning | Добро утро | DOH-broh OO-troh | ||
| Thank you | Благодаря | blah-goh-dah-RYAH | ||
| Please | Моля | MOH-lyah | ||
| How much is this? | Колко струва това? | KOL-koh STROO-vah TOH-vah | ||
| Where is the bathroom? | Къде е тоалетната? | kuh-DEH eh toh-ah-LET-nah-tah | ||
| I do not understand | Не разбирам | neh rahz-BEE-rahm | ||
| Can you help me? | Можете ли да ми помогнете? | MOH-zheh-teh lee dah mee poh-MOG-neh-teh | ||
| I would like coffee | Бих искал кафе | beeh ees-KAHL kah-FEH | ||
| The bill, please | Сметката, моля | SMET-kah-tah MOH-lyah | ||
| Nice to meet you | Приятно ми е | pree-YAHT-noh mee eh | ||
| Goodbye | Довиждане | doh-VEEZH-dah-neh | ||
| I need a doctor | Имам нужда от лекар | ee-MAHM NOOZH-dah ot LEH-kar | ||
| Excuse me | Извинете | eez-vee-NEH-teh |
Tips for English to Bulgarian translation
Bulgarian is unique among Slavic languages for having lost the grammatical case system almost entirely (like Macedonian). Nouns do not change endings for nominative, accusative, or dative. This makes Bulgarian grammar simpler than Russian, Polish, or Czech.
Bulgarian uses the definite article as a suffix, like Macedonian, Romanian, and the Scandinavian languages. Къща (house) becomes къщата (the house). This is unique among Slavic languages.
Bulgarian Cyrillic has 30 letters. Some look identical to Russian letters but may represent different sounds. The Bulgarian щ is “sht” (not “shch” as in Russian).
Bulgarian verbs do not use infinitives. Instead, the particle да + conjugated verb is used: Искам да ям (I want to eat = I want that I eat).
About the Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is a South Slavic language spoken by about 7 million people in Bulgaria. It was the first Slavic language to be written (in the Glagolitic and then Cyrillic script) by the followers of Saints Cyril and Methodius in the 9th century.
Bulgaria is an EU member with a growing tech sector and a popular tourist destination known for its Black Sea coast, ski resorts, and ancient Thracian heritage. Bulgarian rose oil production accounts for about 85% of the world supply.
Choosing between ti and Vie
Bulgarian splits “you” in two. Ти is for friends, family, and children; Вие is for strangers, customers, and anyone older or senior to you. In letters and formal email the polite form is written with a capital В even mid-sentence. English gives the translator no signal about which one you mean, so check the output before sending anything formal: a business message that lands on ти reads as too familiar.
Witnessed or reported: a verb distinction English lacks
Bulgarian verbs can mark whether the speaker saw the event or heard about it secondhand. The renarrative forms are standard in news retelling and gossip alike. English has no equivalent, so a translated sentence comes out in the plain forms, which read as firsthand testimony. When you relay something you did not witness, name the source inside the sentence, според доклада (according to the report), and the framing stays honest without the special verb forms.
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Respelled phonetically in Cyrillic: John becomes Джон, Sarah becomes Сара. For documents, keep the Latin spelling next to the Cyrillic one so records match.
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