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The document discusses different ways to say 'thank you' in Bulgarian. It provides the formal way 'blagodaria' as well as more casual options like 'merci', which is borrowed from French. It also gives the phrases 'blagodaria ti mnogo' for close friends and 'blagodaria vi mnogo' for more formal situations to express deep gratitude.

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SurvivalPhrases Bulgarian S1L01

The document discusses different ways to say 'thank you' in Bulgarian. It provides the formal way 'blagodaria' as well as more casual options like 'merci', which is borrowed from French. It also gives the phrases 'blagodaria ti mnogo' for close friends and 'blagodaria vi mnogo' for more formal situations to express deep gratitude.

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Lesson 1: Thank You!

merci

LESSON NOTES In Bulgarian, "thank you" is blagodaria (). This compound word is made up of two parts. The first, blago (), means prosperity" or "well-being. This is followed by daria (), which in Bulgarian means, to give a gift. This phrase is widely used, neither excessively formal nor too informal and will be your safe bet in situations where you are not to sure what way of saying thank you would be most appropriate. Just go with blagodaria () and you will be fine! There are other ways to express ones gratitude. There is one formal and one casual way that we will explore next. Lets take a look at the casual expression first. In Bulgarian, the casual way of expressing gratitude, for example, thanks is merci (). Yes, thats right! It seems like French and this is exactly where this word was borrowed from. Keep in mind that the original French pronunciation has mutated and Bulgarians say it using the hard Slavic r. You will hear Bulgarians using merci () with friends and in other casual situations, for example, when getting their change from the cashier at a supermarket or when picking up their mail at the post office. A word of caution: a limited number of Bulgarians still consider merci () a foreign word which shouldnt be used as there are enough pure Bulgarian expressions available. Also, to be on the safe side, make sure you use the higher-level expression blagodaria () when dealing with officials at a formal level. On the other hand, for very special occasions when someone goes above and beyond the call of being kind, when someone is extremely generous, or for any other time you're extremely grateful, Bulgarians have the following phrase to express deep gratitude: the equivalent of thank you very much, is blagodaria vi mnogo ( ). The first word blagodaria (), as we already know means, to give prosperity. The second, "vi" (), is the polite second person plural of the English you. If the person you are thanking is a friend, switch to a deeper level of closeness by using ti (), the second person singular equivalent of the English you. Then the whole phrase becomes blagodaria ti mnogo ( ). The last word in our expression is mnogo (), which in Bulgarian is much. To recap, the formal version of the phrase is blagodaria vi mnogo ( ) while the version to use with friends or people you know well and feel you can be informal with is blagodaria ti mnogo ( ).

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PHRASES Bulgarian Romanized blagodaria ti mnogo blagodaria vi mnogo English thank you very much (expressing deep gratitude to a close person) thank you very much (very formal)

VOCABULARY Bulgarian QUICK TIP What to do when someone thanks you in Bulgarian using one of the phrases we just learned? Very easy: just say molyah /mo-lyah/ () which literally means please but has the effect of you are welcome. Romanized merci blagodaria English Thanks (informal) thank you (formal)

QUICK TIP 2 As we saw in the case of merci (), Bulgarian has borrowed words from many European languages like French, German, Italian, and English. Their original pronunciation, however, was Bulgarianized. Hence, if you want to be understood in Bulgaria, make sure that you know how to say those foreign words with Bulgarian accent.

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