Bulgarian: How do you say?

[EmmanuelOA]

How do I say 'how do you say' in Bulgarian? For instance, 'how do you say 'to speak' in Bulgarian'?

 

[Brian P]

My Bulgarian is very limited but since no native speaker has replied yet, I will try to help you. "How do you say in Bulgarian ..?" is "как по български ..?" which means literally "How in Bulgarian". There is no Bulgarian translation of "to speak" because the language has no infinitives. You would say говора which means "I say" or "I speak" If you want to say "I want to speak English", you would say "I want that I speak English" - искам да говора по-английски

Note also that the ъ which in Russian is an unvoiced letter added to consonants to change the pronunciation, is a vowel in Bulgarian pronounced something like "u".

Siempre listo a ayudar,

Brian

 

[keiththebeast]

hi guys well i might be able to help you here as my good female freind is from bulgeria & she speaks good english i will ask her the question ok
brb
regards
keith

 

[българин]

Good day! Glad to see you interested in my language.

how do you say- как казваш <<transliteration "kak kazvash"

Brian is right, there is not infinitive in Bulgarian.

If you want to say the sentence "how do you say 'to speak' in Bulgarian" it would be

как казваш "to speak" на български
kak kazvash to speak na bulgarski

glad to help

 

[Brian P]

Мерси много за поправки, Българин
Many thanks for the corrections, Bulgarin

Brian

 

[paperclip013]

Hello,

Another way to say "how do you say in Bulgarian" is "как се казва на български..."

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