Български език: Самоучител в диалози + CD
Bulgarian for English Speakers + CD

Those who have it already speak Bulgarian! "Bulgarian for English Speakers" is a brand new self-study book specially designed to meet the needs of anybody intending to learn Bulgarian well in a short time. Whoever you are - a student, a businessperson or a visitor to the country, this book is for you.

"Bulgarian for English Speakers" contains all the knowledge that you need, emphasizing on real-world tasks. The book includes many dialogues and other texts specially created to help you speak and be understood. It develops your vocabulary systematically and also covers all the required grammar skills. Wherever you go in Bulgaria, to a friend's house, on holiday or business, everybody speaks Bulgarian. But you don't speak it. This book is yours chance to learn it.

It offers you:

• a dynamic method;
• an accessible approach;
• various dialogues;
• useful appendices and most important;
• the possibility to learn yourself.

Грама ООД
Град Плевен,ул.Сопот 9
gramma@gramma-bg.com

The Bulgarian Alphabet
Pronunciation Table
How to read Bulgarian
Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• Categories of Person, Gender and Number
• Personal Pronouns
• Auxiliary Verb "съм" (to be) - Positive, Negative, Interrogative and Negative-Interrogative Forms
• The Present Tense of the Verb "съм" (to be) - Conjugation of the Verb
• Nouns Used When Speaking about Countries and Nationalities
• Interrogative Pronouns "кой?", "коя?", "кое?", "кои?" (who?; which?); "какъв?", "каква?", "какво?", "какви?" (what?)

Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• The Noun
• Gender of the Noun
• Use of the Article with Nouns of Masculine, Feminine and Neuter Genders in the Singular
• Demonstrative Pronouns for Near and Distant Objects
• Short Accusative Forms of the Personal Pronouns in the 3rd Person, Singular and Plural
• Forms of Address. Vocative Forms
• Imperative Forms of Some Frequently Used Verbs

Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• Modes of Conjugation. Groups of Verbs. First, Second and Third Group
• The Present Tense of the Verb "имам" (to have)
• Impersonal use of "имам" (to have) - "има" (there is)
• Verbs of the Third Group in Present Tense - Conjugation of Some Frequently Used Verbs
• Cardinal Numbers From 1 To 10
• Ordinal Numbers From 1 To 10
• The Prepositions "в" (in), "на" (on, at), "през" (in, during, through)

Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• Countable Form of Masculine Nouns in the Singular
• Plural of Masculine, Feminine and Neuter Gender Nouns
• Use of the Article with Masculine, Feminine and Neuter Gender Nouns of in Plural
• Cardinal Numbers From 10 To 1000
• Questions "кога?" (when?), "къде?" (where?), "защо?" (why?)

Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• Present Tense of Verbs of the First Group - Conjugation
• Positive, Negative, Interrogative and Negative - Interrogative Forms
• Possessive Pronouns - Short Forms
• The Past Simple Tense of the Verb "съм" (to be) - All Forms

Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• Present Tense of Second Group Verbs - All Forms
• Ordinal Numerals from 10 To 1000
• The Adjective. Agreement of the Adjective with the Noun
• Use of the Article with Adjectives
• Forming Degrees of Comparison
• Comparison of Adjectives

Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• Future Tense of the Verb "съм" (to be)
• Future Tense of Verbs Maintaining the Same Form in the Present and the Future Tense
• Negative Pronouns
• The Position of the Interrogative Particle "ли"
• The Prepositions "над" (above, over, more than), "под" (under, less than), "пред" (in front of, before), "преди" (ago, before), "след" (after, in)

Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• The Present Tense of Reflexive Verbs
• The Place of the Reflexive Personal Pronoun
• 4Possessive Pronouns - Complete Forms
• Prepositions "в", "при", "у"
• Verbal Nouns (Gerund Participles)

Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• Relative Pronouns
• Complete Accusative Forms of Personal Pronouns
• Compound Predicate
• The Active Present Participle

Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• Imperfective and Perfective Aspects of Bulgarian Verbs (1st and 2nd Form of Verbs)
• The Future Tense (бъдеще време) - Formation; Positive, Negative, Interrogative and Negative-Interrogative Forms
• Use of the 2nd Form of Verbs after the Modal Verbs "мога", (can, may, to be able to), "трвбва" must, should, would, have to, have got to, need to, ought to), "искам" (want)
• Indefinite Pronouns
• Demonstrative Pronouns "такъв", "такава", "такова", "такива" (such; like this/these)
• Preposition "из" (throughout, in, around, about)

Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• The Future Tense - Continuation
• The Imperative Mood

Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• The Past Simple Tense
• The Location of the Short Accusative Form of Personal Pronouns
• The Location of the Short Accusative and Dative Forms of Personal Pronouns Used Simultaneously
• The Preposition "между" (between)

Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• The Past Simple Tense of the verb идвам - дойда
• The Past Simple Tense - Continuation
• The Compound Predicate in the Past Simple Tense
• Complex Sentences Containing Subordinate Object Clauses

Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• The Active Past Simple Participle
• The Past Indefinite Tense
• The Past Perfect Tense - Meaning, Formation, Forms

Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• The Past Continuous Tense - Conjugation and Forms
• The Verbal Adverb
• The Passive Participle. The Passive Voice
• The Present, Past and Future Tenses of Passive Constructions

Dialogues. Grammar Notes

• The Future in the Past
• The Conditional Mood
• The Future Perfect Tense
• The Narrative Mood / The Indirect Indicative Mood

Tables
A Comparison of Bulgarian and English Tenses
Juxtaposition of the Tenses - A Simple Guide
Verb "съм" (to be) - Present, Past, and Future Tenses - All Forms
Present Tense of the Verbs of the First, Second, and Third Groups
First and Second Forms of Some Verbs
The Past Simple Tense of the Verbs from Table 4
Past Continuous Tense
Future (Simple) Tense
Prepositions and Their Meanings
Pronouns
Table

• Confirmation and Agreement
• Disagreement
• Requests
• Warnings
• Gratitude
• Excuses or Apologies
• Lack of Information
• Suppositions or Assumptions
• Neglect or Ignorance
• Hope
• Praise
• When Somebody Is Waiting for Us

Some Frequently Used Idiomatic Expressions in Bulgarian
Table

• Business Contacts and Correspondence
• The Customs
• Travelling
• In Town
• At the Hotel
• At the Post Office. On the Telephone
• At the Bank. Money
• At the Restaurant
• Shopping
• At the Doctor’s
• At the Chemist’s
• The Human Body
• Family. Relatives
• Holidays
• Education. Occupations