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Unit 13 · Review: shapes, voice and stress · Meet

Review: shapes, voice and stress

Mix silent reading and spelling with the letters you know.

About this unit

No new letters: read familiar words without sound, then check by listening.

жzh, like s in “measure”
шsh, as in “shop”
бb, as in “bed”
вv, as in “van”

Б has a stroke on top; в has two closed loops.

иee, as in “see”
йy, as in “yes”

The small arch turns и into й.

Read each word as Bulgarian before you play it.

Words to read

Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.

home / house

дом

home / housedom
fish

ри́ба

fishríba
woman / wife

жена́

woman / wifezhená
hat

ша́пка

hatshápka
bank

ба́нка

bankbánka
Reading tips

Read these words as Bulgarian. Watch the small details in б/в and и/й.

Reading practice

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.

ри́ба

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

ша́пка

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

home / house

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

fish

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

woman / wife

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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Mix silent reading and spelling with the letters you know.

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home / house

дом

home / house
fish

ри́ба

fish
woman / wife

жена́

woman / wife
hat

ша́пка

hat
bank

ба́нка

bank
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.