Как си?

'How are you?' in Bulgarian

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Bulgarian

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Gendered Language
Bulgarian, a South Slavic language, is spoken by about 7 million native speakers, primarily in Bulgaria and among diaspora communities in Ukraine, Romania, and Turkey. It uses the Cyrillic alphabet, which was developed in the First Bulgarian Empire and is considered its historical contribution to Slavic languages. Known for its lack of noun cases (unique among Slavic languages), Bulgarian grammar features three grammatical genders (masculine, feminine, neuter), definite articles as suffixes, and complex verb conjugations that vary by tense, mood, and person. Its vocabulary derives from Old Church Slavonic, with loanwords from Turkish, Greek, Russian, and English due to historical influences. As Bulgaria’s official language, Bulgarian is central to its culture, literature, and national identity. Romanization is enabled for Bulgarian on this platform in addition to the original script. Romanization is the representation of a non-Latin script language in the Latin alphabet to aid pronunciation and understanding for those unfamiliar with the original script.

Flashcards

should
BUL Verb 109

трябва

trŭbaja

should

Used to indicate obligation, duty, or what is advisable or expected.

event
BUL Noun 494

събитие

sɤbitie

event

A thing that happens; an occurrence.

role
BUL Noun 524

роля

rolja

role

The function or position that someone or something has in a particular situation.

would
BUL Verb 48

би

bi

would

Auxiliary verb used to express the consequence of a hypothetical situation.

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Bulgarian

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22
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Maria

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29
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Ivan

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35
Sofia, Bulgaria
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