Bulgarian vocabulary for English speakers - 7000 words
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BULGARIAN VOCABULARY
for English speakers
Contains the most commonly used words Recommended as an addition to any language course Meets the needs of beginners and advanced learners of foreign languages Convenient for daily use, reviewing sessions, and self-testing activities Allows you to assess your vocabulary T&P Books vocabularies are intended for helping you learn, memorize and review foreign words. This vocabulary contains over 7000 commonly used words arranged thematically. 198 themes cover all major aspects of everyday activities, business, science, culture, etc.
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ABBREVIATIONS
used in the vocabulary
ab. about
adj adjective
adv adverb
anim. animate
as adj attributive noun used as adjective
e.g. for example
etc. et cetera
fam. familiar
fem. feminine
form. formal
inanim. inanimate
masc. masculine
math mathematics
mil. military
n noun
pl plural
pron. pronoun
sb somebody
sing. singular
sth something
v aux auxiliary verb
vi intransitive verb
vi, vt intransitive, transitive verb
vt transitive verb
m masculine noun
f feminine noun
m pl masculine plural
f pl feminine plural
n pl neuter plural
m, f masculine, feminine
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Letter Bulgarian example T&P phonetic alphabet English example
[a] shorter than in ask [b] baby, book [v] very, river [g] game, gold [d] day, doctor [] man, bad [] forge, pleasure [z] zebra, please [i] shorter than in feet [j] yes, New York [k] clock, kiss [l] lace, people [m] magic, milk [n] name, normal [p] pencil, private [r] rice, radio [s] city, boss [t] tourist, trip [u] book [f] face, food [], [] as in Scots loch [] cats, tsetse fly [] church, French [] machine, shark [] machine, shark [] big, America [] soft sign - no sound [] canyon, new [] daily, million [t] tune, student [ju] youth, usually [j] young, yard [o], [] drop, baught
BASIC CONCEPTS
Pronouns
I, me [az] you [ti] he [tj] she [ta] it [t] we [ni] you (to a group) [vi] they [t]
Greetings. Salutations. Farewells
Hello! (fam.) ! [zdravj] Hello! (form.) ! [zdravjt] Good morning! ! [dbr utr] Good afternoon! ! [dbr dn] Good evening! ! [dbr vr] to say hello [pzdravavam] Hi! (hello) ! [zdrasti] greeting (n) (m) [pzdrav] to greet (vt) [privtvuvam] How are you? ? [kak si] What's new? ? [kakv nv] Bye-Bye! Goodbye! ! [dvidan] See you soon! ! [d skra srta] Farewell! ! [zbgm] to say goodbye [sbguvam s] So long! ! [d skr] Thank you! ! [blagdara] Thank you very much! ! [mng blagdara] You're welcome . [ma] Don't mention it! . [ama nit] It was nothing . [mit izvinnij] I'm sorry! ! [prtavajt] please (adv) [ma] Don't forget! ! [n zabravajt] Certainly! ! [razbira s] Of course not! , ! [razbira s n] Okay! (I agree) ! [sglasn] That's enough! ! [stiga]
Cardinal numbers. [mit izvinnij] I'm sorry! ! [prtavajt] please (adv) [ma] Don't forget! ! [n zabravajt] Certainly! ! [razbira s] Of course not! , ! [razbira s n] Okay! (I agree) ! [sglasn] That's enough! ! [stiga]
0 zero (f) [nula] 1 one [dn] 2 two [dv] 3 three [tri] 4 four [tiri] 5 five [pt] 6 six [st] 7 seven [sdm] 8 eight [sm] 9 nine [dvt] 10 ten [dst] 11 eleven [dinadst] 12 twelve [dvanadst] 13 thirteen [trinadst] 14 fourteen [tirinadst] 15 fifteen [ptnadst] 16 sixteen [snadst] 17 seventeen [sdmnadst] 18 eighteen [smnadst] 19 nineteen [dvtnadst] 20 twenty [dvadst] 21 twenty-one [dvadst i dn] 22 twenty-two [dvadst i dv] 23 twenty-three [dvadst i tri] 30 thirty [tridst] 31 thirty-one [tridst i dn] 32 thirty-two [tridst i dv] 33 thirty-three [tridst i tri] 40 forty [tiridst] 41 forty-one [tiridst i dn] 42 forty-two [tiridst i dv] 43 forty-three [tiridst i tri] 50 fifty [ptdst] 51 fifty-one [ptdst i dn] 52 fifty-two [ptdst i dv] 53 fifty-three [ptdst i tri] 60 sixty [stdst] 61 sixty-one [stdst i dn] 62 sixty-two [stdst i dv] 63 sixty-three [stdst i tri] 70 seventy [sdmdst] 71 seventy-one [sdmdst i dn] 72 seventy-two [sdmdst i dv] 73 seventy-three [sdmdst i tri] 80 eighty [smdst] 81 eighty-one [smdst i dn] 82 eighty-two [smdst i dv] 83 eighty-three [smdst i tri] 90 ninety [dvtdst] 91 ninety-one [dvtdst i dn] 92 ninety-two [dvtdst i dv] 93 ninety-three [dvtdst i tri]
Cardinal numbers. Part 2
100 one hundred [st] 200 two hundred [dvsta] 300 three hundred [trista] 400 four hundred [tiristtin] 500 five hundred [pttin] 600 six hundred [sttin] 700 seven hundred [sdmsttin] 800 eight hundred [smsttin] 900 nine hundred [dvttin] 1000 one thousand (f) [hiada] 2000 two thousand [dv hiadi] 3000 three thousand [tri hiadi] 10000 ten thousand [dst hiadi] one hundred thousand [st hiadi] million (m) [milin] billion (m) [miliard]
Numbers. Fractions
fraction (f) [drb] one half [dna ftra] one third [dna trta] one quarter [dna tvrta] one eighth [dna sma] one tenth [dna dsta] two thirds [dv trti] three quarters [tri tvrti]
Numbers. Basic operations
subtraction (n) [izvadan] to subtract (vi, vt) [izvadam] division (n) [dlni] to divide (vt) [da] addition (n) [sbiran] to add up (vt) [sbra] to add (vi, vt) [pribavam] multiplication (n) [umnni] to multiply (vt) [umnavam]
Numbers. Miscellaneous
digit, figure (f) [ifra] number (n) [isl] numeral (n) [islitln im] minus sign (m) [minus] plus sign (m) [plys] formula (f) [frmula] calculation (n) [isislni] to count (vt) [brj] to count up [prbrjvam] to compare (vt) [sravavam] How much? ? [klk] sum, total (f) [suma] result (m) [rzultat] remainder (m) [statk] a few [aklk] few, little (adv) [malk] the rest (m) [statk] one and a half [din i plvina] dozen (f) [duzina] in half (adv) [naplvina] equally (evenly) [pravn] half (f) [plvina] time (three ~s) (m) [pt]