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HELPFUL BULGARIAN PHRASES
Updated: Mar 20, 2021


Bulgarian is a southeastern Slavic language and has a Cyrillic alphabet.
Bulgarians are very friendly people and often try to speak to you in English, but learn some of these straightforward phrases, and they will appreciate it.
• Dobar den! (Добър ден!/Doh-bur dehn!)
• Meaning: Hello ( Good Afternoon )

• Blagodarya! (Благодаря!/Blah-goh-da-rya!)
• Meaning: 'Thank you.'
Translated means Giving you a pleasant Gift; Blag (pleasant) and Dar (gift

We found this a bit of tongue twister, so a lot of the locals use the French word 'Merci', which occurs from world war 1 when the French defeated Bulgaria and forbode the Serbs and Greeks to occupy any of the country, so as a sign of gratitude they treated the French with honour and thanked them "Merci."
• Dovijdane! (Довиждане!/Doh-veezh-dah-nay!)
• Meaning: Goodbye

This again is another tongue twister. Many use the Italian word 'Ciao'; we never got a reason to why they use this except that it is easier; if anyone knows, please contact us, and we will add on here. 😊✌
• Nazdrave! (Наздраве!/Naz-drah-veh!)
• Meaning: Cheers

You can use this phrase when drinking or sneezing; it means, Bless you or to your health, not sure what you say if you sneeze while drinking !!! 😂
• Molya (Моля/Moh-lya)
• Meaning: “Please” or “welcome”.

• Edna golyama bira/rakia, molya! (Една голяма бира/ракия, моля!/Eh-dna goh-lya-ma rah-kiya beera moh-lya) • Meaning: One large beer/rakia, please
This is an essential phrase again to learn, which for us seemed to roll off the tongue; strange how we learnt this one so fast!
• Mnogo si krasiva! (Много си красива!Mnoh-goh see kra-see-vah!)
• Meaning: You are very beautiful

This is only used if you are speaking to a woman; obviously, I only ever used this phrase speaking to Donna😉, but in Bulgaria, there are many красива women.
• Yako (Яко/Yah-koh)
• Meaning: “Cool”. Your Bulgarian friend has just got a new job? Yako!

• Kolko struva? (Колко струва?/Kol-koh stroo-vah?)
• Meaning: “How much is it?”
