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Order and read the reply

Follow one short café exchange using its own lines.

About this unit

A short exchange at a café counter. Read each line first, then play it to check.

  • Моля means please.
  • Заповядайте is what the server says when handing something over: “here you are”.
  • Благодаря! means thank you.
  1. Server

    Кафе или чай?

    Coffee or tea?

  2. You

    Кафе, моля.

    Coffee, please.

  3. Server

    Заповядайте.

    Here you are.

  4. You

    Благодаря!

    Thank you!

Words in this chat

Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.

Кафе или чай?

Coffee or tea?Kafé íli chay?

Заповядайте.

Here you are.Zapovyádayte.

Благодаря!

Thank you!Blagodaryá!
Reading tips

Read the same four lines that you hear. Заповядайте is the server’s polite here you are. Use the line recording for its rhythm before rebuilding it.

Reading practice

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

Кафе, моля.

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

Благодаря!

Read and decide

What does the customer ask for?

Кафе, моля.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

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Follow one short café exchange using its own lines.

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Кафе или чай?

Coffee or tea?

Кафе, моля.

Coffee, please.

Заповядайте.

Here you are.

Благодаря!

Thank you!
Use a Bulgarian keyboard

Bulgarian has a standard BDS layout and widely used phonetic layouts. Either is optional: the guided course has on-screen tiles. Keep ъ and ь separate. Teaching acute accents may be omitted in input; the grave in ѝ belongs to the word and is not a removable stress hint.

All letters

А а
i

a

К кIn ка
i

ka

М мIn ма
i

ma

О о
i

o

Т тIn та
i

ta

В вIn ва
i

va. В is v, not Latin B.

Н нIn на
i

na. Н is n, not Latin H.

Р рIn ра
i

ra. Р is r, not Latin P.

С сIn са
i

sa. С is s, not a Latin c reading.

У у
i

u. У is u, not Latin y.

Х хIn ха
i

kha. Х is a friction sound, as in German Bach.

Е е
i

e. Bulgarian е is e, without a general word-initial ye rule.

Б бIn ба
i

ba

Г гIn га
i

ga

Д дIn да
i

da

Л лIn ла
i

la

П пIn па
i

pa

З зIn за
i

za

Ж жIn жа
i

zha

Ш шIn ша
i

sha

И и
i

i

Й й
i

y. Й is a consonant, not an extra vowel syllable.

Ф фIn фа
i

fa

Ю юyu; softens the consonant
i

yu. Initially ю is yu; after a consonant it indicates softness plus u.

Я яya; softens the consonant
i

ya. Initially я is ya; after a consonant it indicates softness plus a.

Ъ ъrelaxed vowel, like u in “but”
i

ǎ / ɤ. A real vowel, often stressed. Never treat it as a Russian hard sign.

Ч чIn ча
i

cha

Ц цIn ца
i

tsa

Щ щIn ща
i

shta. Щ is sh + t in Bulgarian, not the Russian щ sound.

Ь ьno sound; softens before оIn ер малък
i

soft sign (name). Ь has no sound of its own and occurs before о in this pattern.