Day 2: Greetings & Politeness
Read useful greetings, listen to the phrases and practise choosing formal or informal address.
Read and hear your first greetings →Start here · Cyrillic and pronunciation
Learn the Bulgarian alphabet
Bulgarian uses 30 Cyrillic letters. Start by recognising the letters and connecting them to sounds, then practise reading short words with the audio in Day 1. You do not need any previous Bulgarian.
The 30 letters at a glance
А Б В Г Д Е Ж З И Й К Л М Н О П Р С Т У Ф Х Ц Ч Ш Щ Ъ Ь Ю Я
Use this line to recognise the alphabet, then open Day 1 for upper- and lower-case letter cards, pronunciation guidance and audio. Listening and saying the sounds aloud is more useful than memorising the order alone.
Watch the familiar-looking letters. In Bulgarian, В sounds like V, Н like N, Р like R and С like S. Day 1 groups these letters together so you can practise them before they become a habit.
A practical first practice session
- Recognise: work through one letter group in the alphabet lesson. Look at both capital and lower-case forms.
- Listen: play a letter or word, pause, then say it aloud. Replay it when the sound is unfamiliar.
- Read: cover the transliteration and try the Bulgarian word first. Check against the audio afterwards.
- Write: copy a few letters by hand, then try them again from memory.
- Check: take the Day 1 recognition quiz and revisit the letters you missed.
You can split the lesson into smaller sessions. Return to the same short set of letters until you recognise them comfortably, then add the next group.
Use transliteration as a bridge
The course includes English-letter pronunciation guides alongside Bulgarian. They can help you begin, but they are approximations: an English spelling cannot capture every Bulgarian sound or stress pattern. Use the Cyrillic and the audio together, especially for unfamiliar letters such as Ъ.
As you become more confident, cover the English-letter guide before reading a word. You will start recognising Bulgarian directly instead of translating each letter back into English.
The lesson audio uses Bulgarian text-to-speech, with playback controls on the lesson pages. It is a pronunciation aid; the About page explains how the course and audio are made.
Put the alphabet to use
Day 3: Numbers 0–20
Recognise familiar letters inside numbers and short phrases you can use when shopping.
Practise numbers with audio →Day 4: Introducing Yourself
Bring reading and speaking together with a short introduction and questions about other people.
Build your first introduction →Review Days 1–5
After studying the first five lessons, revisit their topics and try a separate ten-question review.
Open the first A1 review →For a study plan, audio help and an explanation of saved progress, use the learning guide. When you are ready to build sentences, follow the Bulgarian grammar route.