Category Archives: Language

Bulgaria is brilliant*! *My Bulgarian is not.

Posted on April 17, 2013 by sozofia

It turns out that I’m not the only foreigner who is in love with Bulgaria…   If you’ve ever wondered how bad my Bulgarian is, you can check it out at about 1:40

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Not so sound

Posted on November 21, 2012 by sozofia

  One of the best things about Bulgarian is the cyrillic script. Don’t get me wrong, I moaned about it at the beginning. But it’s phonetic, so once you’ve mastered it, you can pretty much pronounce anything you read. Often, … Continue reading →

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Puns: also available in Bulgaria

Posted on May 29, 2012 by sozofia
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M and ms

Posted on May 24, 2012 by sozofia

My parents used to have a gardener called Cyril. They’d felt obliged to take him on because he’d been the gardener for the people who used to live in our house. Unfortunately, a) Cyril was a bit strange and b) … Continue reading →

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