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Punctuation, digits and typing

Read familiar marks and choose a Bulgarian input method.

About this unit

Most marks work as in English. Quotation marks look different, and one accent belongs to the spelling.

MarkJobExample
„…“quotation marks, low then high„Кафе“
? !question, exclamationЧай? Благодаря!
ѝthe grave is part of the wordѝ · her

A phonetic or BDS keyboard is optional; the on-screen tiles always work.

Read the examples

Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.

Words to read

да

yesda

не

none

ѝ

her / to heri
Reading tips

Bulgarian uses familiar digits, ? ! and quotation marks „…“. The grave in ѝ distinguishes the word and must be kept; it is different from our removable teaching stress accent. A phonetic keyboard or BDS layout is optional because all exercises have tiles.

Reading practice

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

не

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Read and decide

Which mark is part of the spelling of the pronoun?

ѝ

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 familiar marks and choose a Bulgarian input method.

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да

yes

не

no

ѝ

her / to her
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.