Bulgarian Language - Common Expressions

Common Expressions

• Здравей (zdravéy) – Hello
• Здрасти (zdrásti) – Hi
• Добро утро (dobró útro) – Good morning
• Добър ден (dóbər dén) – Good day
• Добър вечер (dóbər vécher) – Good evening
• Лека нощ (léka nósht) – Good night
• Довиждане (dovízhdane) – Good-bye
• Как се казваш? (kak se kazvash) – What is your name (informal)?
• Кой си ти? (kóy si ti) – Who are you?
• Коя си ти? (kоyá si ti) – Who are you?
• Кой сте вие? (kóy ste víe)
• Коя сте вие? (kоyá ste víe) – Who are you?

(In the above two examples, the formal expression uses a plural verb but a singular pronoun, which allows speakers to distinguish the two grammatical forms.)

• Кои сте вие? (kоí ste víe) – Who are you?
• Как си? (kák si) – How are you?
• Как сте? (kák sté) – How are you?
• Да (dá) – Yes
• Не (né) – No
• Може би (mózhe bí) – Maybe
• Какво правиш? (kakvó právish) – What are you doing?
• Какво правите? (kakvó právite) – What are you doing?
• Добре съм (dobré səm) – I’m fine
• Всичко хубаво (vsíchko húbavo) – All the best
• Поздрави (pózdravi) – Regards
• Благодаря (blagodaryə́) – Thank you
• Моля (mólya) – Please
• Моля (mólia) – You're welcome
• Извинете! (izvinéte) – Excuse me!
• Извинявай! (izvinyávai) – Sorry!
• Обичам те! (obícham te) – I love you!
• Колко е часът? (kólko e chasə́t) – What’s the time?
• Говорите ли…? (govórite li…) – Do you speak…?

…английски (anglíyski) – English

…български (bə́lgarski) – Bulgarian

…немски (némski) – German

…полски (polski) – Polish

…руски (ruski) – Russian

…холандски (holándski) – Dutch

…гръцки (grə́tski) – Greek

…сръбски (srə́bski) – Serbian

…италиански (italiánski) – Italian

…испански (ispánski) – Spanish

…френски (frénski) – French

…японски (yapónski) – Japanese

…китайски (kitáyski) – Chinese

…корейски (koréyski) – Korean

…арабски (arabski) – Arabic

• Ще се видим скоро (shté sé vídim skóro) – We'll see each other soon
• Ще се видим утре (shté sé vídim útre) – We'll see each other tomorrow

Also, some very frequent expressions have been borrowed from other languages. Most of them are somewhat informal.

• Мерси (mersí) – Thank you; from French (although this word is probably even more common than native "Благодаря", it is inappropriate in very official or solemn contexts)
• Чао (cháo) – Bye; from Italian (the informal counterpart of native "Довиждане", this word is more common than the native)
• Cупep (súper) – Super; (from English, colloquial; note – "Super" remains the same regardless of quantity or gender, although an even more colloquial adjective суперски (súperski) does decline as usual)
• Aло (álo) – Hello on the phone; from French (unlike the above, this word is stylistically neutral).
• Здраве да е! (zdràve da e) – lit. "may there (at least) be health" (used when things have not gone as well as the speaker might have hoped.)