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Unit 10 · б, г, д, л and п · Meet

б, г, д, л and п

Read new shapes in familiar everyday nouns.

About this unit

Five new shapes for familiar sounds: b, g, d, l and p.

  • Ббbank
    b, as in “bed”
    ба́нка · bank
  • Ггforest
    g, as in “go”
    гора́ · forest
  • Ддhome / house
    d, as in “dog”
    дом · home / house
  • Ллlamp
    l, as in “lamp”
    ла́мпа · lamp
  • Ппpark
    p, as in “spin”
    парк · park

Гора́ means forest. Its weak о can sound a little like у, but the spelling keeps о.

Reading tips

Bulgarian гора́ means forest, not the Russian mountain. Its unstressed о may sound closer to у; keep о in the spelling. Learn the meaning and stress from this Bulgarian word card.

Reading practice

Find the strong syllable

Listen and choose the stressed syllable, counting from the beginning.

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Letters in words

Match each sign to the same sign in its example.

Letters in words

Match each sign to the same sign in its example.

Find the sound

Match the sounds to the signs. Tap a sign to check.

Find the sound

Match the sounds to the signs. Tap a sign to check.

Read with support

Match the words to their pictures.

Read with support

Match the words to their pictures.

Read without a sound cue

Match the words to their pictures.

Read without a sound cue

Match the words to their pictures.

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

гора́

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

ла́мпа

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

bank

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

forest

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

home / house

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

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Read new shapes in familiar everyday nouns.

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bank

ба́нка

bank
forest

гора́

forest
home / house

дом

home / house
lamp

ла́мпа

lamp
park

парк

park
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.