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Unit 25 · Names and places · Meet

Names and places

Read cities with ordinary capitals and no teaching accents.

About this unit

Names and places start with a capital letter. From here on, words appear in ordinary print, without stress marks.

  • The recording tells you where the stress falls in a new name.
  • Ъ stays visible in ordinary print: it is a vowel.
  • Signs and maps may print names in capitals throughout.

Read the examples

Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.

Words to read

София

SofiaSófiya

Пловдив

PlovdivPlóvdiv

Варна

VarnaVárna

България

BulgariaBǎlgáriya
Reading tips

Stress accents now live in the optional reading hints. The full vowel ъ in България remains visible in ordinary print.

Reading practice

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

Пловдив

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

България

Read and decide

Which place name contains the full vowel ъ?

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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Read cities with ordinary capitals and no teaching accents.

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София

Sofia

Пловдив

Plovdiv

Варна

Varna

България

Bulgaria
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.