Bulgaria Ski discussion board

Snowy Norman - I agree - many others on here with good info. One thing though - cyrillic spelling not quite so helpful - unless tigger is planning to write these words

This may assist:-

Zdravey/Zdrasti = Hello!/Hi!

Dobro utro = Good morning!

Dobar den = Good afternoon!

Dobar vecher = Good evening!

Leka nosht = Good night!

Dovizhdane = Goodbye

Kak si = How are you?

Dobre = Good/Well

Da = Yes

Ne = No

(On the above two please note that in BG they nod their head for "no" and shake their head for "yes"

Ako obichate = Please

Blagodarya = Thank you.

(they will then respond with the below)

Molya = You are welcome.

Izvinete = Excuse me

Ne razbiram + I do not understand.

Good luck and enjoy partaking in a little Bulgarian. It is always appreciated and, I think, always good manners to try a little of the local lingo wherever you may be.

DDT! 20 years and never an uttered BG word - you should be ashamed of yourself!

Thing is - as a country I think we ARE very lazy with lingo because - as you say - most people speak English. I always remember my times in France (working or on hols) when I was SO keen to improve and build on my French but every time I spoke to someone in French they answered me in English! It used to really annoy me.

I just think to be able to say (if nothing else) "please" and "thank you" in another country goes along way in terms of manners etc. Always get a nice response as generally the locals of whichever country do appreciate the effort.

I remember one time away in Greece and being in a restaurant and some really loud English bloke shouting at the waitress "oi, I want some brown sauce", "oi, can I have another beer" etc etc - I just cringed and felt ashamed to be English - lol.

"Manners maketh man" and all that.....

Enjoy trying the lingo DDT and have a great holiday!!

Kim