Bulgarian (A1): Lesson 1

We are excited to be starting this new project, in which we will be offering you a full beginner's Bulgarian course!
In this lesson you will learn: the alphabet, the verb to be, names of countries and nationalities, greetings
We are thankful to authors Radost Sabeva, Margarita Andonova, Zhana Zagorova for kindly allowing us to use their brilliant textbook, “Step by Step: Bulgarian Language and Culture for Foreigners (A1)”.
These Bulgarian lessons are yours to enjoy for free. However, if you want to support our work, we would be very grateful. You may use the following link: paypal.me/alexandrestoupak1
To purchase the textbook on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Step-Bulgari...
Also, you may want to check out authors Zhana Zagorova’s and Margarita Andonova’s websites and Bulgarian language courses on offer!
Zhana Zagorova: zhanazagorova.wixsite.com/bul...
Margarita Andonova: languageworldma.com/

[@mariacangi5586]

Italo-Bulgarian couple living in London here, very excited about this! It's high time I step up my Bulgarian game :D

[@Monoglossia]

How lovely! We're a Franco-Bulgarian couple that met in the UK. Hope you enjoy it 😊

[@bestitalianclasses817]

❤️💚

[@Dimitra.Saltou]

Wow! I wanted to learn Bulgarian and I found your videos!! Your job is amazing!! I'll watch them all!! Thank you for teaching us!! Greetings from Greece ❤

[@Monoglossia]

Welcome on board ❤️Thank you for your kind support! We hope you enjoy learning Bulgarian. You will discover similarities with Greek, especially in grammar 😊

[@sevenst4rz]

Thank you for uploading! Learning Bulgarian for my boyfriend and his family

[@Monoglossia]

Great initiative! Welcome on board ❤️

[@helenadonorte]

Благодаря!

[@ajdaaltinoz818]

Thank you for these videos. İ am originally from Bulgaria from Ruse, so its great to finally learn it

[@Monoglossia]

Welcome! We're glad we can be of help :)

[@alexcadilho7744]

You are the best

[@jlroyale4306]

I’m visiting Bulgaria this summer and I have friends family in bulgaria so I find these videos very helpful!

[@Monoglossia]

Great, we hope you have a wonderful time in Bulgaria!

[@gustavokcam]

Let's go!!!

[@sabtuchannel9590]

Thanks a for your efforts

[@Monoglossia]

You're welcome, thanks for your support!

[@prince223681]

You're the only bulgarian teaching so them you so much

[@Monoglossia]

You're welcome, thank you for the support!

[@felixfernandez7075]

Please continue the series it has helped me sooo much thank you for his

[@Monoglossia]

Great to hear you’re finding it helpful! We keep working on it (we’re currently recording A2-level lessons)

[@ingevansand9180]

I'm from Belgium. Thank you so much for these lessons. I had the ook already but was stuck in some places or didn't know if my exercises were right. Now I can check and move on! 👍

[@Monoglossia]

Welcome :) Great, we’re really happy to hear this!

[@felixfernandez7075]

i have to restart the course cause I slack for 3 weeks so hopefully on this run i can show more support to the channel.

[@Monoglossia]

Thank you very much, we're sure you'll progress very quickly the second time around and discover that you've already learned a lot!

[@Huniah_Guan]

Interesting

[@bojanbojic9230]

Добри сте 👍🙂

[@Monoglossia]

Благодарим! 😊

[@alexcadilho7744]

Thank you so much for this classes. I'm from Brazil and I start to study bulgarian

[@Monoglossia]

Thank you very much for your support! Good luck with your study 💪

[@bestitalianclasses817]

👌👏

[@dominiquepierre916]

You teach very Well ; Please continue until avancé level.

[@Monoglossia]

Thank you very much! We'll do our best 💪

[@SteveMallen]

Just found your channel, thanks for uploading this! I already speak some Russian so that may help! Going to Bulgaria soon so will be nice to try real Bulgarian rather than my basic Russian

[@Monoglossia]

Welcome on board! We hope you have a great time in Bulgaria 😊

[@ivanivanov9184]

Интереснен клип 🙂

[@mohamedzanzibar1365]

today i am starting to learn it🤣❤🔥

[@Monoglossia]

Congrats! 💪

[@astradamovskiy]

Здравейте! Your videos are very helpful for me! Keep going! I have a question..... in this video you said: "Hope you're well" but I don't know how to write it! Could you please write it down? Благодаря! Аз съм от Аржентина! Blessings to you all!

[@Monoglossia]

Здравейте! Приятно ни е! It's a pleasure to meet you, thanks a lot for joining us :) "Hope you're well" would be "надявам се, че си/сте добре", but we would definitely say "how are you?" ("как си/сте?") or "are you well" ("добре ли си/сте?") more often. Hope this helps!

[@digeorge4939]

Май и двамата добре говорите български😜

[@Monoglossia]

Хаха, май да 🤪

[@PuQunAo]

Any place that we can buy the book besides Amazon? Been in BG for a while and I think it's time to put some effort in learning the language but I prefer to do the course with the book next to me. Thanks!

[@Monoglossia]

Thanks for your interest! It's mostly on Amazon, but here are a couple of alternatives: imusic.co/books/9781517394387/radost-sabeva-2015-step-by-step-bulgarian-language-and-culture-for-foreigners-a1-paperback-book , www.ebay.com/itm/363424209829 . It might also be possible to get it directly from the authors: [e-mail]

[@lazarogarcia6691]

Hello I am living in Sofia at this moment. Do you know if I could find the textbook at any bookstore in the city? Thank you very much.

[@Monoglossia]

Hello! I don't think they have it in bookstores, but you might be able to get it directly from the authors - you can write to them at radostzhana[at]gmail.com

[@mazyarkhanlar8134]

Hello You teach very well , I have question , Can I learn Bulgarian and Russian at the same time , Some people discourage me that I will mix them up , But I want to hear your suggestion , Actually I love Slavic languages

[@Monoglossia]

Hello! I think that if you have the enthusiasm to learn both at the same time then absolutely, go for it! (I learned Spanish and Italian at the same time, so I’ve been in a similar situation.) A tip to help you not mix them up: maybe avoid doing similar activities in the two languages at the same time. For example, don’t learn the same vocabulary (food, colours, numbers, …) in the same week or month. Or if you are focusing on listening/watching KZbin videos in one of the languages, try watching a film or reading a book in the other one. Hope this helps, good luck 😊

[@mazyarkhanlar8134]

@@Monoglossia Thank you very much

[@Tetrathegod]

But her English is betterr than most English people 😂

[@sabtuchannel9590]

I m from. Borneo Island Asia

[@Monoglossia]

Great, nice to meet you 😊

[@zitaclaren2561]

Hello, I am here in Bulgaria, can i buy the books here too? Kind regards

[@Monoglossia]

Hello! You can order the books from this site if you’re in Bulgaria: knizhen-pazar.net/products/books/3671954-stapka-po-stapka-step-by-step-a1

[@minervaprune2660]

Hello! The video is great but I have one question regarding the pronounciation of the letter L in LAPTOP, it's not L? It's more like "w"? Thanks!

[@Monoglossia]

Hello! Yes, you're absolutely right, the "l" sounds (almost) like "w". It is only in the combinations "le" and "li" that it sounds like a regular "l".

[@HeroManNick132]

Л in Bulgarian has 3 types of pronunciation: Dark L (almost like W, even though the younger generation starts to pronounce it like the Polish Ł, while the older generation finds it as speech defect): In front of А, Ъ, О, У (and everything else) Light L: Е, И Soft L: ЬО, Ю, Я

[@jassenjj]

Very strange answer from Monoglossia... The Л letter NEVER sounds as W if spoken properly. It is considered a speech defect. Try to produce the hardest possible L sound like in "love" to make words like "лаптоп", "лък", "лов", "лук".

[@HeroManNick132]

@@jassenjj Чудно ме, ако Л-то ни е проблем защо премахнахме ЛЬ от граматиката ни след 1945? Преди думите - крал, учител, учителка, приятел, приятелка са били с меко Л без О, както сега изкуствено е наложено Ь да се използва само пред О, а не преди, както ЬЕ е станало на ИЕ или Е сега. Преди сме писали краль, учитель, учителька, приятель, приятелька, ама сега какво стана с това меко Л? Така и българите не си направиха труда да го върнат...

[@jassenjj]

@@HeroManNick132 Само едно уточнение - никога не сме писали "приятель", било е "приятелъ". Писмената редукция със сигурност много променя говора - появява се обеззвучаването на крайните звучни гласни в думи като "Богъ", "врагъ", "бръснаръ", където завършващото "ъ" е поддържало озвучаването. Това и отпадането на носовките, променливо я и т.н. за мен е опростяване на езика, което не смятам за негативно. Произнасянето на "л" в твърдия си вариант е въпрос на усилие, независимо дали има "ъ" след него.

[@laurentaylor3532]

Hello!! So the entire set needed is 4 books? I found them on amazon but it says A1-2 Textbook $30 dollars each and then A1-2 workbook? I will purchase them all ,the price is not a problem. Just want to make sure i get everything needed!!

[@Monoglossia]

Hello! Yes, if you want to have the entire A1-2 set, it would consist of these 4 books. You can also find additional exercises here: quizlet.com/zhana_zagorova/folders

[@laurentaylor3532]

@Monoglossia awesome thank you!! My fiancé and his brothers are from bulgaria, and I would love for our future children to be bilingual. It's so fun to learn his language ❤️

[@Monoglossia]

Great endeavour, we did this for our child, too 😊 ❤️

[@dominiquepierre916]

I have question ; For word "Mоля " I have noticed Bulgarian say like "Mola " Is it pronounced like "A" or "e" or pronuced like "ya" in this word .

[@Monoglossia]

It should be pronounced "molya" - "я" is always pronounced "ya". However, in some regional dialects it might indeed end up sounding a bit like "mola".

[@dominiquepierre916]

@@Monoglossia Thank you very much

[@jean-mariedeweerdt1101]

здравей !. I catched up again to the end of the course. In this lesson, at 25.15, I think you say '' надяавам се че сtе добре". I do not understand exacrly "че"...? I would say . надявам се вие сте додре.. Maybe this is explained in the couse. I restarted from lesson 1 today.

[@jean-mariedeweerdt1101]

How would we say to a friend..I hope you are fine..

[@Monoglossia]

Здравей! Yes, you're absolutely right - "надявам се, че сте добре." "Че" is used to connect the clauses, like "that" ("I hope that you're well"). It is possible to skip it, but a little less natural than in English. The sentence you give is correct, too, but usually we would skip the pronoun ("вие") because the verb "сте" already shows that we are referring to 2nd person plural. To say it to a friend, we would use 2nd person singular instead - "надявам се, че (ти) СИ добре". Hope this helps!

[@jean-mariedeweerdt1101]

@@Monoglossia Thank you for the explanation. I understand now. I spent a lot of time to figure this out last night; I think this is not in the course. Let me try...I hope you slep well...or I hope you had a good night.. but this is too difficult for me now.. I made the mistake not to order the book. I did now. And start all over. много благодая..

[@Monoglossia]

I understand that these can be a bit difficult to make out. They would also start with "надявам се, че", but then we have the past tense, which makes things more complicated. There are two different past tenses depending on whether you were there or not when the action took place! So, "I slept well" will require a different tense from "I hope you slept well". I think these topics might be covered in A2, so I'm sure you will get there with a bit of patience 💪

[@jean-mariedeweerdt1101]

@@Monoglossia Yes, I realize I did not touch the past tense. But thank you for explaining already. One step at a time.

[@rekin1654]

Premiera za 2 godziny :(

[@Monoglossia]

It's now up. I thought for a second you meant 2 years 😆 ("godini" = "years" in Bulgarian)

[@rekin1654]

@@Monoglossia do you know some Russian and know if Л is the same as hard Russian Л? In Polish we have a little harder sound ł, which is pronounced completely like English W, but about century ago it was just like Russian one.

[@Monoglossia]

Yes, I would say that it is the same as the hard Russian Л 👍 So my guess would be that it is a little bit softer than the Polish one, although Bulgarian natives learning English (especially kids) do get confused, thinking that W is some kind of L.

[@HeroManNick132]

@@Monoglossia Godziny на полски е ''часове'' (в случая е ''часа.'') А пък ''czas'' на полски е време, макар че и на български го има същото в значение в различен контекст. На полски години е ''lata,'' както в някои контексти ''2 лета'' на български също може да значи 2 години. Знам, ако не сте запознати добре със славянските езици, ето такива провали могат да станат.

[@Huniah_Guan]

Хуния Тетте

[@Monoglossia]

Yey, well done Huniah! 😊

[@ralitsapetrunova314]

АнгличанИН, не англичанец :)

[@Monoglossia]

Именно - 11:24 Извиняваме се ако Алекс го е казал грешно по някое време и не е поправено.

[@HeroManNick132]

Англичанец го има в македонския, така че не е съвсем грешно. Просто е по-правилно, защото според литературната норма трябва да е англичанин.

[@PerdoSanchez-st8ib]

Ужас! Добре че не ми се налага да го уча, щеше да е някакъв кошмар. Не мога да ги мисля чужденците, а чувам че ще внасяме арбайтери от Индия, Бангладеш и подобни страни от третия свят. 😂