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| katichka | Friday 18th of February 2005 04:29:09 PM |
| Who needs Bulgarian language instructions? - Hi, I`m Bulgarian by origin, but also speak English, Croatian and am an advanced learner of Italian. I`m crazy about languages and I would like to help others learn what I know and possibly be also helped in my language attempts in turn:-))).At the moment I`m starting learning Slovene, but I am also interested in Greek, German (have a bit of knowledge there) and Russian (still remember a bit).I am also keen on practising my Italian. | |
| Svein Erik | Friday 18th of February 2005 08:53:05 PM |
| - I'm going to Bulgaria this summer, so would be fun to know how to speak a bit :) | |
| timothym | Wednesday 09th of March 2005 11:14:46 PM |
| bulgarian - I'd be pretty keen to get involved in anything Bulgarian as I'm hoping to move out there later this year. I'm having lessons in Bulgarian but it's slow progress! | |
| samc | Thursday 10th of March 2005 12:55:42 AM |
| - i really want to learn bulgarian - i skied there for my first time and plan to return every year | |
| katichka | Thursday 10th of March 2005 04:01:46 AM |
| - Wow then!there we go!We`ll start at the beginning!I`ve already posted the alphabet here, so after you`ve learned it, I suggest you contact me n we can start Classroomting here or in icq or whatever so I can teach you further Bulgarian.Btw, how did you find my country?Did you like it?What was strange for you?What was cool and what - hm, not so cool?What are you interested in? | |
| Chino | Thursday 17th of March 2005 12:03:38 AM |
| - здравеи казвам се чъли (Julie). I would love to be able to 'get by' in Bulgarian as I have visited there twice and intend to go a lot more. I have a simple phrase book but I find it hard to just remember lists of words. I stayed in Veliko Turnovo both times and love the mountains. We had an amazing car ride over the Shipka pass in the snow! You mentioned learning Greek - well I can speak a little Greek so if you are starting from scratch then maybe I can help. | |
| mandini | Thursday 24th of March 2005 02:32:04 PM |
| - I have a Bulgarian roommate who just went back to Sofia for a few months... when she is returning she is going to bring her mom again, who doesn't speak much English. I know a lot of words but I would like to learn more! | |
| stormgoblin | Friday 25th of March 2005 03:59:11 PM |
| me too? - my angle is probably ethnomusicology. i have been studying russian for a couple of semesters, in the middle of my second, and i thought it would be nice to learn the language of a culture whose music i really appreciate. that was how i felt. by now, i think i've listened to my bulgarian folk sampler too much, and i'm going to have to listen to other cds more. thanks for the invite, madame. | |
| Majika | Tuesday 29th of March 2005 02:01:39 AM |
| - I am going to Bugas with my boyfriend in the end of May and I can't wait to go. My boyfriend is from there, and I will be meeting his parents and brother for the first time. I am scared but very excited to go and learn more about him and where he grew up. I know a bit and I can read most of the Bulgarian letters, but any extra help would be greatly appreciated. | |
| katichka | Tuesday 29th of March 2005 04:19:58 AM |
| - Здравей, Majita! A few phrases for you if you really want to surprise everyone in may, there we go: Dobyr den! - Good afternoon Dobyr vecher - Good evening Dobro utro - Good morning Mnogo mi e prijatno + your name - Nice to met you, +your name Kak ste - How are you? Haresva mi vashijat apartament - I like your apartment Bourgas e prekrasen grad - Bourgas is a very beautiful city Mnogo e vkusno - It is delicious Leka nosht - Good night Moga li da Vi pomogna - Can I help you? Ok, now learn these and ask me for more - it`ll be great if I can help you | |
| Majika | Wednesday 30th of March 2005 12:56:24 AM |
| - Zadrave, Katichka! Blagodarya ( or I think that is how you spell thank you) Anyway Thank you so much for the phrases. I looked over the now huge posting of words to learn in Bulgarian on this site and I am very much overwelmed. I am afraid I will have to use a cheat sheet over there to try and remember even half of the words I am trying to cram into my head. I am leaning how to say some basic stuff right now, like foods. That is going very well and I know how to say all the silver ware names like knife (nozh) Please keep sending phases my way! Every little bit is helping. I am very much hoping to be able to talk to his mother at least a little bit. That is the maion person I would love to talk to. According to my boyfriend she is one amazing woman. | |
| Miah | Tuesday 12th of April 2005 05:26:53 AM |
| Eager to Learn - Hello all :) I am eager to learn Bulgarian! I was so excited to find this site and see other intersted in learning Bulgarian as well. I look forward to the future post/lessons. Miah | |
| just | Wednesday 13th of April 2005 08:29:01 PM |
| help wanted - Hi katichka I Would really like to join the group as my partner and I are planning to start a new life in Bulgaria. We love the country and have made several Bulgarian friends, it would be great to actually talk to them in Bulgarian without having to resort to sign language or a phrasebook Jus | |
| Gaza | Friday 29th of April 2005 03:04:35 PM |
| - Hello Katichka myself and my wife are eager to learn Bulgarian we know basics such as Blagadaria Dobaden dobavecha visco nia hubavo kak si dobavcha cocastruva and smetchka molya we would like to be proficiant in Bulgarian as we have our second home in Veliko Turnovo and would like to relocate with our five yrs son please help Gaza | |
| Skinner | Tuesday 03rd of May 2005 02:05:09 PM |
| I need all the help i can get... - Zdravej Katichka, My fiancé lives (still) in Bulgaria. I want to be able to have a normal conversation with her family. None of them speak another language then BG. Besides, I think it's fun to learn another language. So... I can use some help, thanks! | |
| dolores7 | Sunday 08th of May 2005 03:28:18 AM |
| bulgarian for sure :) - Zdravei Katichka, Thanks so much for inviting people to join your Bulgarian group. I'm Dolores from Canada, but speak Serbian or Croatian as my mother tongue, English and Italian as my first languages, and still remember my German, Spanish and French...now...i soooo want to learn bits of Bulgarian at least...it's been very hard finding many Bulgarian language learning devices here in Canada, so, I'm managing to do it through internet...any help is greatly appreciated...and count on exchanging some italian too...if you want :) | |
| drugarrr | Monday 16th of May 2005 10:20:35 PM |
| thanks Катичка - thankyou for the sentences to translate- they are about my level i think or at least hope! lol, and thx for suggesting a study group. it's especically good of you to share your very great knowledge with those of us who speak languages you already know so well, such as english. which is my language, so i'm not sure i have much to offer you unless you plan to come to australia and you can stay at my place for free :) my story is i'm part russian and have some bg friends. i've loved bg music and culture for a very long time. | |
| anniedee | Wednesday 08th of June 2005 04:20:16 PM |
| Keen to learn - Thanks you so much for the great teaching stuff you have on the site so far --have just found it today and am really excited. There seem to be a few of us with contacts in Veliko Turnovo--maybe we'll all get together there to talk Bulgarian one day. I'm hoping to speak a lot more Bulgarian by the time I go back in September. Thanks again. Annie | |
| ashlea729 | Wednesday 08th of June 2005 09:29:36 PM |
| - I recently got married to a Bulgarian man and his family came to visit us for the first time. Most of his family speaks English, but I am not able to directly converse with some of his relatives. I would like to be able to understand and converse with the members of his family who do not speak English. He is helping me learn, but I feel the need for as much help as possible. Thank you in advance for any help that you are able to offer. | |
| katichka | Wednesday 08th of June 2005 10:05:56 PM |
| - Dear Ashley, Welcome to Bulgarian forum, I`m sure everyone is happy we have a new member around. Maybe you see that we try to be active around here and we keep looking for new ideas for helping enthusiasts for Bulgarian learn it!Just join in and best of luck! | |
| MrClean | Thursday 09th of June 2005 01:17:43 AM |
| - Hey I just started to learn and I know a good few basic phrases but Im struggling with the grammar and I would really like to form sentences without having to use a phrasebook so any help you can give me would be great as my bulgarian friends have gone back to bulgaria for the summer. My 1st question would be is there any way of telling when a word is masc/fem/nuetral? | |
| katichka | Thursday 09th of June 2005 05:18:38 AM |
| - Здравей MrClean! Well, in most cases a word ending in A is feminine, in E or O - neutrum, and all the others - masculine...but...there are no exact rules as far as I know. Well, maybe just practice helps and one gets a feeling with time, like with English spelling:-))) Lots of luck! | |
| MrClean | Friday 10th of June 2005 01:51:12 AM |
| - Blagodarya vi mnogo katichka! (no cryillic on my comp sorry:() I've been wondering about that for a while now! Also do you know of any sites where I can get long lists of vocab and/or verbs? I dont have a credit card (ah the life of a student!) so I cant order anything and I cant find anything locally.. | |
| katichka | Friday 10th of June 2005 01:25:50 PM |
| - Dear Mr Clean, You need no credit cards to have a dictionary and to be able to type in cyrillic without a new keyboard:-) The answer lies in the stream Software help in the forum - the links there are all free:-))) | |
| MrClean | Friday 10th of June 2005 11:44:12 PM |
| - Too late I've already replaced the keys!! Im checking through all the links as I type.. | |
| Crackdownuk | Tuesday 14th of June 2005 04:12:11 PM |
| - Greta site by the way :D i am looking to learn bulgarian and have learnt a few words, does anyone know of any online-audio facilitys there are a few on www.easybulgarian.com but i need more :D | |
| moni7ro | Sunday 19th of June 2005 08:07:36 PM |
| Hi Kati4ka - You can count on me too!!!! Thank you very much for all your hard work and for helping us improve our Bulgarian. All the best, Monica | |
| deeper_blue | Saturday 25th of June 2005 12:32:37 AM |
| - I'd like to learn some Bulgarian as I will be living here, I know some basics, could you give me the question words, i.e. who what where why when how? | |
| vig | Sunday 26th of June 2005 01:38:42 AM |
| Learning Bulgarian - I, too, am learning some Bulgarian. I have gathered a variety of resources and am putting together some travel cheat sheets, such as, for ordering food at a restaurant. I like the Cryllic alphabet very much since it is mostly one sound per letter. The hardest part for me is finding people in the USA for Bulgarian conversations. Also, verbs and idioms are hard to translate. I have studied and forgotten other languages due to lack of usage, but mainly I know about various American dialects, slang and idioms. | |
| ettenaj | Wednesday 06th of July 2005 03:36:59 AM |
| Wanting to learn Bulgarian - Hi everyone I am a newby here and dont know the rules as yet, we have a property in Bulgaria and I am wanting to learn the language even if it is only enough to get by with. | |
| lia_r | Sunday 10th of July 2005 02:36:40 AM |
| - Ooh, count me in! Are you guys pretty much just posting here, or have you started any Classroom/email sessions? Hey, ashlea729, I'm in Kansas as well. :) | |
