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| jody Senior Member United States Joined 6236 days ago 242 posts - 252 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Bulgarian | Message 1 of 14 09 September 2011 at 7:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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After many many years of procrastination, I am finally ready to delve into Bulgarian. My wife is from Bulgaria and still speaks fluently, but she doesn't know how to teach it to me. And since we learn in different ways, she probably wouldn't have the patience to teach me anyway. However, she will be there to help me with any questions and, of course, to practice once I am able.
So, where do I start? There doesn't seem to be a wide variety of resources. I purchased "Teach Yourself Bulgarian" years ago, but I never liked the format of that book. Can anybody suggest a good starting point for me? I have mastered the alphabet and I know a few words and phrases, but that's about all. I look forward to your replies. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jody Senior Member United States Joined 6236 days ago 242 posts - 252 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Bulgarian | Message 2 of 14 09 September 2011 at 7:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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Let me rephrase: I never really gave "Teach Yourself" a fair try. But I didn't like how it seemed to focus on business travelers, which I am not.
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| Michael K. Senior Member United States Joined 5727 days ago 568 posts - 886 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto | Message 3 of 14 09 September 2011 at 8:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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If you know some French Assimil has a French-based course for Bulgarian, if you like the Assimil series.
I found this, Bulgarian grammar drills, but it might not be suitable for a beginner: http://folk.uio.no/kjetilrh/bulg/drills/drills.html Good luck, I guess it's kind of slim pickin's for Bulgarian resources. I'd say check out Moses McCormick's channel on YouTube, I remember he had some videos on Bulgarian resources. He's laoshu505000. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5260 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 4 of 14 09 September 2011 at 10:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Routledge has Colloquial Bulgarian available with mp3/CD audio. Check it out at Google Books Colloquial Bulgarian
You might also consider doing a language exchange with a Bulgarian who is learning English on-line via skype and/or finding an on-line skype tutor. Having your wife there to help you is a big plus. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6032 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 5 of 14 09 September 2011 at 10:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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On Amazon there are some textbooks and CDs ( Amazon link ) but I don't know what to recommend. This one gets some good reviews:
Intensive Bulgarian: A Textbook & Reference Grammar by Ronelle Alexander and Olga M. Mladenova 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5064 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English*, Bulgarian*, Spanish Studies: Danish | Message 6 of 14 09 September 2011 at 10:39pm | IP Logged | ||
I've purchased this book as a reference grammar and it is definitely too advanced for beginners. I recommend buying it only after you have at least an intermediate understanding of the grammar and vocabulary. I read the first volume of this book from cover to cover and it really is very concise in explaining grammar but the vocabulary is placed into giant word banks and isn't actively reinforced except with translations in between lessons which are clearly too advanced for beginners. Also, while most resources are probably susceptible to this, I found a few mistakes in the book concerning grammar. Many of the sentence constructions and idioms are modeled too closely to their English counterparts and may be helpful to learners but don't sound very idiomatic. Edited by Kartof on 09 September 2011 at 10:49pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Random review Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5781 days ago 781 posts - 1310 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Yiddish, German | Message 7 of 14 10 September 2011 at 3:07am | IP Logged | ||
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FSI and DLI? Your wife can easily tell you when you're using outdated words, and it
should (at least!) leave you in a good position to start the advanced course mentioned above. Just a thought, hope it helps! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jody Senior Member United States Joined 6236 days ago 242 posts - 252 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Bulgarian | Message 8 of 14 27 September 2011 at 2:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for your replies.
I got a copy of "Colloquial Bulgarian", so maybe I'll start there. I'm familiar with FSI, but could somebody share a working link to download it? What is DLI? My wife is happy to help in any way she can, she just doesn't know where to begin to teach me. I would love our children to learn Bulgarian as well, so anything child-friendly is a plus. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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