LESSON NOTES

Survival Phrases #2
Please (This Please) in Bulgarian

CONTENTS
2 Bulgarian
2 Romanization
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
3 Grammar
3 Cultural Insight

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ROMANIZATION

1. Molya.

2. Tova molya.

3. Onova molya.

ENGLISH

1. Please.

2. This please.

3. That please.

VOCABULARY

B ulgar ian R omanization English

tova this (formal)

onova that

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SAMPLE SENTENCES

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Tova e domyt mi. Podai mi onova neshto, molya.

This is my house. Pass me that thing, please.

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That piece of cheese is not yours.
A ticket with a student discount, please.

GRAMMAR

This lesson's phrase will help you take matters into your own hands! In today's lesson we'll
take a look at "please," as in asking for something.

In Bulgarian, "please" is molya" (). The most rudimentary way of using "please" is
pointing at something while saying molya, but let's try and build this up a bit, shall we?

Let's start with the expression, "this please" which in Bulgarian is tova molya ( ). In
English, "this" comes before "please." In Bulgarian this word order is the same. In Bulgarian
the word for "this," precedes molya.

Let's take a look at the word for "this." "This" in Bulgarian is tova (). Looking at the word
for "this" warrants a look at the word for "that" which is onova (). The phrase "that
please" is onova molya ( ).

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Quick Tip

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A word of caution: unlike English nouns, Bulgarian nouns that refer to inanimate objects have
different genders. For instance, a "table"masa () in Bulgarianis a "she" (feminine)
while "chair"stol () in Bulgarian is a "he" (masculine). Under these linguistic
circumstances, tova and "onova," the Bulgarian equivalents of "this" and "that" should be used
when you want to express something along the lines of "this thing" or "that thing" where the
gender is neutral in Bulgarian and you will not have to worry about achieving gender
agreement between "this"your indicator wordand the noun you are indicating.

In other words, if you don't know what gender "pizza" () is in Bulgarian, just say: tova,
molya or onova, molya while pointing at it. Saying tova pizza molya is grammatically incorrect
as "pizza" is a "she" in Bulgarian and requires the indicator tazi before a noun in the feminine:
tazi pizza, molya ( , ) is the correct expression in this case.

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