Bulgarian lessons??

Vania

Welllll, are you ready for more Bulgarian lessons? lol!

Like Marina, I'll tell you some terms related with the FS

figure skating - фигурно пързаляне (figurno parzaliane)
pairs - спортни двойки (sportni dvoyki)
ice dance - танцови двойки (tantsovi dvoyki)
men - мъже
ladies - жени
CD - задължителен танц (zadalzhitelen tants)
OD - оригинален танц (originalen tants)
FD - волна програма (volna programa)
ice skates - кънки (kanki), variant - зимни кънки
outfit - костюм - general for men and ladies.
Ladies' outfit (dress) - рокля (roklia)
ice rink - ледена пързалка (ledena parzalka)

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Petra

Vania, one question: Is it right that "Albena" in Bulgarian is pronounced like something similar to "Awbena"

?? I heard somewhere that in Bulgaria the "l" is sometimes pronounced like a "w". Is this correct??

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Dear Albena, dear Maxim!
Thank you for everything!!
I wish you only the best of all from now on!!

cute_n_gorgeous

Ледена Парзалка is SOOOOOO cute!!!! flower

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Vala Smile

Vania

Petra wrote:

Vania, one question: Is it right that "Albena" in Bulgarian is pronounced like something similar to "Awbena"

?? I heard somewhere that in Bulgaria the "l" is sometimes pronounced like a "w". Is this correct??

No, generally it's not pronounced like this - in some regions "L" is pronounced like "U" indeed, but it's just a dialect.

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Petra

Thanks Vania!!! zvet

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Dear Albena, dear Maxim!
Thank you for everything!!
I wish you only the best of all from now on!!

tanuki

I decided to post in the Bulgarian language section again ^.^ I always get confused with the little words like ами and ама, пак is also a problem word of mine... Can someone explain how to use them? Or do I have to rely on my non-existent feel for Bulgarian language? Thank you lots in advance...

viktoria

tanuki i,ll try to help you.It is confusing and they sound almost the same but have different meaning.

ами = well
and
ама = but .

tanuki

oh, thank you for replying ^^ can you think of some example sentences? heart2

viktoria

tanuki wrote:

oh, thank you for replying ^^ can you think of some example sentences? heart2

Sorry tanuki.The way i translated is still confusing . sunny

OK here is an example.

Well(ами) , i should,ve put them in a sentence but (ама) i was too lazy to do it. flower

Those two words have their equivalents and we used them mostly when we speak but not so often in writing .For exmple,ама could be replaced by но
I hope now is more clear heart2

but maybe Vania could help you and explain more . zvet

Vania

Viki, I couldn't explained it better Smile

I hope that now it's clear for you, Tanuki!

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tanuki

Thank you both for answering ^^ heart2

I was shocked that ама is same as но, I thought it was more complicated... Is ама more colloquial? So now, it's my turn to try...
Ами, има много хубави кънкъорки, ама Албена е нашето най-хубаво и най-мило слънче...
Oh, and with this sentence more questions come to my mind... Where should I use the article? And is the word for 'skater' the right one? It's what the dir dictionary said ^.^ I feel so dumb about Bulgarian grammar... I read a lot of Bulgarian (mostly scientific stuff =.=), thus my problems are colloquial expressions and grammar ^.^ Our teacher never explained us grammar and she's old and showed us old stuff and never did any conversation... So, thank you lots for your help ^^ nice

Vania

Very good, Tanuki! :vo:

You used АМА and АМИ correctly :vo:

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Is ама more colloquial?

yes

I just want to correct a tiny mistake in your sentence:
Ами, има много хубави кънкьорки, ама Албена е нашето най-хубаво и най-мило слънце...

I'll give you "6" (the highest mark in Bulgaria) :woow:

Even 6+ because of the contents of the phrase, I mean - the example you gave, with our sunshine sunny

And Viki, what mark will you give to Tanuki Very Happy

?

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tanuki

Huhu ^^ Thank you, Vania ^^ I also wondered why there was ъо instead of ьо, maybe I shouldn't trust an online dictionary that much and use my brain more ^.^ So how would you say 'little sun' then? I remember I've seen a cute diminutive in the Bulgarian forum that is Албенче... Razz

Of course Albena is one of my biggest motivations to learn Bulgarian, but there is much more ^^ Many Bulgarian people I've met were so cordial and I think that Bulgarian traditional music is unique, the language itself is enchanting... By the way, in Germany 6 is the lowest mark ^^ Though you don't get it at the university, because everything below 4 is failed...

Vania

tanuki wrote:

So how would you say 'little sun' then? I remember I've seen a cute diminutive in the Bulgarian forum that is Албенче... Razz

The diminutive is "слънчице". I can't explain you the logic of the formation of diminutives, if there's any Erm..

. Sometimes I understand how difficult is to explain your own language to foreigners :wink:

, because we know these things, but why smth is said in one way, and not in another... Erm..

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Many Bulgarian people I've met were so cordial and I think that Bulgarian traditional music is unique, the language itself is enchanting...

Thank you for your nice words Kisssssssssss

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viktoria

Vania wrote:

And Viki, what mark will you give to Tanuki Very Happy

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6+++++++ and a green beam sunny

tanuki wrote:

So now, it's my turn to try...
Ами, има много хубави кънкъорки, ама Албена е нашето най-хубаво и най-мило слънче...

Great job tanuki . zvet

As for the diminutives nooo

it's been a while and my Grammar is not stong but those we use to make cutter names for young kid ,beloved person,small animal or something relly cute and sweet..Like for example girl /момиче /and little girl/момиченце/ it would be :
Mädchen=девочка
kleine Mädchen=девчонка

About the formation is kind of complicated .I'll try to find better Grammar explanation. sunny

So here is :There are some specific exseptions but mostly for male names/nouns usualy is the root + -е, -енце, -че, -ле and for female names/ nouns is the root + е, -ле, -че,-ка, -ичка, -ничка .
This is a helpful link but in Bulgarian ,maybe with Google translate you'll get the idea. Smile

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http://www.belb.net/personal/zidarova/deminutiva_lex.htm