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Your independent Bulgarian reading check

Read unseen combinations without sound, pictures or stress hints.

About this unit

Show what you can read on your own: new words, a menu, a sign and a message, without stress marks, pictures or sound hints.

  • Every letter has been taught, even in the new words.
  • Read each item first, then answer.
  • You may open the alphabet; your result notes when you used it.

Read first. The check has no pictures or spoken answer cues. You can open the alphabet if you need it; your result will note the support.

Reading practice

Read and decide

Read the new international word.

трактор

Read and decide

Read the new international word.

радио

Read and decide

Read this known word in the alternative glyph family.

риба

Read and decide

What costs 1,60 €?

кафе 2,40 € · вода 1,60 € · чай 1,90 €

Read and decide

Where is Anna?

Анна е у дома.

Read and decide

Which letter supplies the vowel in this word?

път

Read and decide

Which pair gives the sounds written by Bulgarian щ?

щ

Read and decide

Which sign means exit?

АПТЕКА · ВХОД · ИЗХОД

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Your reading result

Read unseen combinations without sound, pictures or stress hints.

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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.