LernLaterne

Welcome back

Unit 18 · Review: all 30 Bulgarian letters · Meet

Review: all 30 Bulgarian letters

Read ъ, щ and ьо while keeping the earlier letters active.

About this unit

No new letters: keep apart the letters that differ only in a small detail.

ъǎ / ɤ
ьsoft sign (name)

Ъ has a stroke at the top left and is a vowel; ь has no sound.

шsh, as in “shop”
щsht, as in “ashtray”

Щ has a small tail and adds t.

иee, as in “see”
йy, as in “yes”

Й has a small arch.

чch, as in “chat”
цts, as in “cats”

Open the alphabet whenever a shape slips away, then try again.

Words to read

Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.

път

road / waypǎt
hand / arm

ръка́

hand / armrǎká
post office

по́ща

post officepóshta

шофьо́р

drivershofyór
cat

ко́тка

catkótka
Reading tips

Look closely at ъ and ь: only ъ is a vowel. The alphabet shelf now contains all 30 modern Bulgarian letters.

Reading practice

Read with support

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.

шофьо́р

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

по́ща

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

hand / arm

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

post office

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

cat

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.

Finish practice to save this unit.

You can read and write this

Read ъ, щ and ьо while keeping the earlier letters active.

Next unit

път

road / way
hand / arm

ръка́

hand / arm
post office

по́ща

post office

шофьо́р

driver
cat

ко́тка

cat
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.