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Your native Bulgarian teacher

Regular live classes in small groups. Ask questions, practice conversation, progress fast.

Live classes

You speak Bulgarian every week, with a native teacher

You join whichever slot suits you, with nothing to book. The joining link arrives by email, and the session is recorded.

  • 4 slots this week, across all three levels
  • 2 to 5 students per class, all at your level
  • Replay available the same evening, with no time limit
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A family language

Reconnect with Bulgarian

The language of your parents, your grandparents or your partner. The one you want to pass on to your children.

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Speaking the language of the country means reconnecting with its people.
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Now, at home, we speak Bulgarian.
A young woman smiles on the phone
“Hi Mum, I speak Bulgarian!”
A father and his daughter laughing in autumn
Children who speak Bulgarian are the greatest cultural wealth you can bring to your family.
A grandmother and her granddaughter in the kitchen
Your grandparents’ Bulgarian should not end with them.
  • Finally understand what is said at the table, and answer back.
  • Your in-laws speak Bulgarian to you. Answer them in Bulgarian.

A language is passed down from generation to generation. Now it is your turn.

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The platform

Progress in Bulgarian between classes, at your own pace

Interactive lessons with native audio, vocabulary, dialogues and quizzes. Everything you need to reinforce your skills between live sessions.

The platform

Between classes, you move forward twenty minutes a day

Lessons follow one another in order, with no evening to set aside. Every word is recorded by a native speaker.

  • 242 lessons across 53 modules, from beginner to advanced
  • Native audio on every word, with a slow-down button
  • Your progress is kept, on phone and on computer alike
Audio

You hear the language as it is actually spoken

The recordings are made by native speakers, not by a synthetic voice. The slow-down button separates the sounds when it goes too fast.

  • Every sentence can be played and slowed down
  • The transcription and translation sit under the audio
  • You replay it as many times as you need, with no limit
Quizzes

Every module ends with a quiz, not with a ticked box

You are corrected on the spot, with the explanation. A failed quiz can be retaken, with no penalty and no record.

  • Immediate correction, with the right answer explained
  • An end-of-level test opens the next level
  • A level certificate at the end of the course
Level certificate

Your Bulgarian level, certified in your name

  • Issued once you have passed every lesson of a level: beginner, intermediate or advanced
  • Downloadable as a PDF and shareable on LinkedIn
  • A unique number, verifiable online on targumi.com
  • Included in the plans with live classes, from the first payment: it is not issued during the trial
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Full program

Your Bulgarian curriculum

Exactly what you'll find inside the platform: 53 modules, 242+ structured lessons, quizzes and exercises.

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Beginner Bulgarian
🔤Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet — Азбука
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👋Greetings — Поздрави
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👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Family — Семейство
  • Les membres de la famille , Членове на семейството10 min
  • Décrire sa famille , Моето семейство10 min
  • Mariage, couples et état civil10 min
  • La maison et la vie quotidienne familiale10 min
  • Parler de sa famille : phrases complexes10 min
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🛒Market — Пазар (лев, София)
  • Au marché bulgare , На пазара10 min
  • Les fruits et légumes , Плодове и зеленчуци10 min
  • La viande et les produits laitiers , Месо и млечни10 min
  • Marchander et comparer les prix10 min
  • Recettes et plats bulgares traditionnels10 min
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🍽️Food — Храна
  • La shopska , Шопска салата, reine des salades10 min
  • La banitsa , Баница, le feuilleté du matin10 min
  • La rakija , Ракия, l'eau-de-vie bulgare10 min
  • Au restaurant , В ресторанта10 min
  • Les plats bulgares traditionnels , Традиционни ястия10 min
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🗺️Directions — Посоки
  • Les points cardinaux et directions de base , Основни посоки10 min
  • Sofia , София, la capitale10 min
  • Plovdiv , Пловдив, la ville des collines10 min
  • Les transports en Bulgarie , Транспорт10 min
  • Le Monastère de Rila , Рилски Манастир10 min
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🌤️Weather — Време
  • Le temps qu'il fait , Какво е времето10 min
  • Les saisons , Сезоните10 min
  • La température et les prévisions , Температура и прогноза10 min
  • Vêtements et météo , Дрехи и времето10 min
  • Parler du temps et des activités , Времето и дейности10 min
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🏥Health — Здраве
  • Le corps humain , Човешкото тяло10 min
  • Chez le médecin , При лекаря10 min
  • Les médicaments et la pharmacie , Лекарства и аптека10 min
  • Les habitudes de santé , Здравословни навици10 min
  • Urgences et situations difficiles , Спешни случаи10 min
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✈️Traveling — Пътуване
  • Préparer son voyage , Подготовка за пътуване10 min
  • София , la capitale cosmopolite10 min
  • Пловдив , la ville des 7 collines10 min
  • Черно море , la mer Noire et ses stations10 min
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🏔️Nature — Природа
  • Рила , le plus haut massif des Balkans10 min
  • Пирин , la montagne sauvage10 min
  • Родопи , les montagnes d'Orphée10 min
  • Витоша , la montagne au-dessus de Sofia10 min
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🎭Culture — Култура
  • Иван Вазов , le patriarche des lettres bulgares10 min
  • Христо Ботев , le poète-révolutionnaire10 min
  • Рилският манастир , le cœur spirituel10 min
  • Кукери , le carnaval des masques10 min
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💻Tech — Технологии
  • Vocabulaire numérique de base , Основен дигитален речник10 min
  • Telerik , le géant tech bulgare10 min
  • L'économie bulgare moderne10 min
  • L'écosystème tech bulgare10 min
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🔢Numbers, time and money — Числа, час и пари
  • Les nombres de 1 à 20 , Числата от 1 до 2010 min
  • De 20 à 100 et au-delà , Числата до 10010 min
  • L'heure et les minutes , Час и минути10 min
  • L'argent et les prix , Парите и цените10 min
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📅Calendar and holidays — Календар и празници
  • Les jours de la semaine , Дните на седмицата10 min
  • Les mois et les saisons , Месеците и сезоните10 min
  • Баба Марта et le mart'enitsa , Баба Марта10 min
  • Великден et Коледа , Pâques et Noël10 min
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💼Occupations and work — Професии и работа
  • Les métiers les plus courants , Професии10 min
  • Au bureau , В офиса10 min
  • Le CV et l'entretien , CV и интервю10 min
  • Parler de son métier , Моята работа10 min
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🏠Home and objects — Къща и предмети
  • Les pièces de la maison , Стаите в къщата10 min
  • Meubles et objets , Мебели и предмети10 min
  • L'électroménager , Електродомакински уреди10 min
  • Le ménage et les tâches , Чистене и домакински дейности10 min
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🎭Leisure and daily life — Свободно време
  • Sports et activités physiques , Спорт10 min
  • Lecture, films et musique , Книги, филми, музика10 min
  • Sortir entre amis , С приятели10 min
  • Routine quotidienne , Ежедневие10 min
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📐Essential grammar A1/A2 — Граматика
  • Les pronoms personnels , Личните местоимения10 min
  • Le verbe съм (être) , Глаголът съм12 min
  • Le verbe имам (avoir) , Глаголът имам10 min
  • Le présent imperfectif , Сегашно време12 min
  • Le passé aoriste , Минало свършено време12 min
  • + 2 more
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👕Clothing and shopping — Облекло и пазаруване
  • Vêtements de base , Основно облекло10 min
  • Couleurs et matières , Цветове и материи10 min
  • Au magasin , В магазина10 min
  • Tailles et essayage , Размери и проба10 min
  • Payer et marchander , Плащане и пазарлък10 min
  • + 1 more
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🔤The Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet
  • L'alphabet cyrillique bulgare15 min
  • Здравейте ! , Salutations10 min
  • L'article défini suffixe bulgare15 min
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🌹Vocabulary and culture
  • Chiffres et couleurs10 min
  • La culture des roses10 min
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🇧🇬
Intermediate Bulgarian
📖Bulgarian grammar
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✈️Advanced travel — Пътувания
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🏠Everyday vocabulary
  • La maison et les pièces10 min
  • Nourriture et repas10 min
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💼The world of work — Работа
  • CV et candidature , CV и кандидатура15 min
  • Entretien d embauche , Интервю15 min
  • Au bureau , В офиса15 min
  • Business et commerce , Бизнес15 min
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📰Media and news — Медии
  • Journaux et presse , Вестници15 min
  • Radio et television , Радио и ТВ15 min
  • Reseaux sociaux , Социални мрежи15 min
  • Fake news , Фалшиви новини15 min
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💬Conversation
  • Se présenter et saluer10 min
  • Au restaurant et dans les commerces10 min
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🌹Bulgarian culture
  • La Martenitsa et le 1er mars10 min
  • La Fête de la Rose et le 24 mai10 min
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🏛️Politics and society — Политика
  • Le gouvernement , Правителство15 min
  • Elections , Избори15 min
  • Debats et opinions , Дебати15 min
  • Droits et citoyennete , Права на гражданите15 min
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💰Economy and finances — Икономика
  • A la banque , В банката15 min
  • Investir et epargner , Инвестиции15 min
  • Commerce , Търговия15 min
  • Monnaie et change , Валута15 min
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🎓Advanced education — Образование
  • Universite , Университет15 min
  • Recherche , Изследвания15 min
  • Diplomes , Дипломи15 min
  • Bourses et etudes , Стипендии15 min
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🎭Arts and literature — Изкуство
  • Cinema , Кино15 min
  • Musique , Музика15 min
  • Litterature , Литература15 min
  • Expositions , Изложби15 min
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🌍Environment — Околна среда
  • Climat , Климат15 min
  • Pollution , Замърсяване15 min
  • Recyclage , Рециклиране15 min
  • Energie , Енергия15 min
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🔬Science and technology — Наука
  • Innovation , Иновации15 min
  • IA , Изкуствен интелект15 min
  • Espace , Космос15 min
  • Medecine , Медицина15 min
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🌐International relations — Международни отношения
  • Diplomatie , Дипломация15 min
  • ONU , ООН15 min
  • Migrations , Миграция15 min
  • Cooperation , Сътрудничество15 min
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🧠Philosophy and thought — Философия
  • Debattre , Дебат15 min
  • Ethique , Етика15 min
  • Logique , Логика15 min
  • Pensee critique , Критично мислене15 min
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🚀Personal project — Личен проект
  • Entrepreneuriat , Предприемачество15 min
  • Objectifs , Цели15 min
  • Bilan , Оценка15 min
  • Avenir , Бъдеще15 min
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📝Verbs and conjugation
  • Temps verbaux et aspect10 min
  • Conversations du quotidien8 min
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🇧🇬
Advanced Bulgarian
⚡Participles and subjunctive
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📚Bulgarian literature
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🏛️Formal register
  • Expressions formelles et administratives12 min
  • Le conditionnel et les hypothèses12 min
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🌹History and traditions
  • Les origines et l'Empire bulgare14 min
  • Le bain de neige à l'Épiphanie et les fêtes d'hiver12 min
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📚Иван Вазов — Патриархът на българската литература
  • Ivan Vazov — Life and Founding Work16 min
  • "Under the Yoke" — Narrative Analysis and Vocabulary17 min
  • "Epopee of the Forgotten" — The Great National Ode16 min
  • Vazov and Bulgarian Realism — Stylistic Devices15 min
  • Paissi Hilendarski and the Slavic-Bulgarian History15 min
  • + 3 more
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🌾Йордан Йовков — Разказвачът на България
  • Yovkov — The Author of the Plain and His Themes15 min
  • "Shibil" — Analysis of a Short Story16 min
  • The Bulgarian Imperfect — Aspect and Tense in Yovkov's Prose15 min
  • "Evenings at the Antimovo Inn" — The Inn and Society14 min
  • Vocabulary of Traditional Bulgarian Trades14 min
  • + 3 more
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🌸Символизмът и лириката — Славейков и Баграна
  • Pencho Slaveykov — Symbolism and Individualism15 min
  • Peyo Yavorov — "The Double" and the Poet's Drama15 min
  • Elisaveta Bagryana — The First Female Voice15 min
  • Bulgarian Versification — Metres and Rhymes15 min
  • Antonia Hesse — Contemporary Bulgarian Literature14 min
  • + 3 more
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📰Медии и журналистика — Пресата в България
  • The Bulgarian Media Landscape — Overview14 min
  • Reading a "Dnevnik" Article — Economic Vocabulary16 min
  • Bulgarian Political Vocabulary — Parliament and Parties15 min
  • Crime and Police Vocabulary14 min
  • Reading "Capital" — Long-form Analysis in Bulgarian15 min
  • + 3 more
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🏙️Демография и обществени дебати
  • The Bulgarian Demographic Crisis15 min
  • Bulgarian Post-Communist Transition (1989–2007)16 min
  • The Bulgarian Economy — Structure and Challenges15 min
  • The Turkish Minority and Pomaks in Bulgaria15 min
  • Corruption in Bulgaria — Public Discourse14 min
  • + 3 more
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🔬Философия и наука — мислещата България
  • Peter Deunov and "Beinsa Douno" — Bulgarian Spirituality15 min
  • Famous Bulgarian Mathematicians and Scientists14 min
  • Bulgarian Orthodoxy — Church and Culture15 min
  • Bulgarian Monasteries — Heritage and Spirituality14 min
  • Cyril and Methodius — The Bulgarian Cyrillic Alphabet15 min
  • + 3 more
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🏛️Българското Възраждане — национален ренесанс
  • Vazrazhdane — The Bulgarian National Revival16 min
  • Vazrazhdane Architecture — Koprivshtitsa and Tryavna15 min
  • Hristo Botev — The Poet-Revolutionary15 min
  • The First Bulgarian Schools — Gabrovo and Education14 min
  • Vazrazhdane Painting — Zahari Zograf14 min
  • + 3 more
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🌍Икономика и геополитика — България в света
  • Bulgaria and NATO — Defense Vocabulary14 min
  • Bulgarian Energy — Nuclear, Gas and Renewables15 min
  • Bulgarian Tourism — Sea, Mountains and Heritage14 min
  • Bulgarian-Russian Relations — History and Tensions15 min
  • Bulgaria and the Balkans — Neighbors and Tensions14 min
  • + 3 more
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📐Граматиката на C2 — сложни структури
  • The Bulgarian Tense System — All 9 Tenses18 min
  • The Renarrative Mood — All Forms16 min
  • Constructions with "да" — Bulgarian Subjunctive15 min
  • Agreement of Bulgarian Participles and Adjectives15 min
  • Bulgarian Conjunctions and Connectors — Complete C2 List14 min
  • + 3 more
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🎬Съвременната Bulgarian Culture — кино, спорт, кухня
  • Bulgarian Cinema — History and Filmmakers15 min
  • Bulgarian Gastronomy — Dishes and Culinary Traditions14 min
  • Bulgarian Sport — Weightlifting, Wrestling and Olympic Success14 min
  • Sofia — The Bulgarian Capital, History and Modernity15 min
  • Contemporary Bulgarian Music — Pop, Folk and Folk-Pop13 min
  • + 2 more
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📜Bulgarian proverbs and culture
  • Пословици , Proverbes bulgares12 min
  • Registre littéraire et formel10 min
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The curriculum

What you'll learn in Bulgarian

A curriculum designed to get you speaking Bulgarian in the situations that actually matter to you.

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  1. 01
    Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet (30 letters)
  2. 02
    Conversational Bulgarian from Sofia and the Black Sea coast
  3. 03
    Bulgarian: the only Slavic language without grammatical cases
  4. 04
    Business and investment in Bulgaria
  5. 05
    Bulgarian diaspora in Europe (~1M in Spain and Germany)
  6. 06
    Culture: Balkan cuisine, Bulgarian rose, folklore
FAQ

Frequently asked questions about learning Bulgarian

When it comes to grammatical cases, yes. Bulgarian is the only Slavic language that has dropped the case system, in much the same way French evolved away from Latin. Bulgarian grammar is therefore structurally closer to French and English than to Russian or Polish. That said, the Cyrillic alphabet and some verbal forms remain genuine challenges.
The Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet can be learned in 1 to 2 weeks. From there, with regular lessons, a conversational B1 level is achievable in 6 to 9 months. If you already have a foundation in Russian or Serbian, progress will be faster because the three languages share a substantial amount of vocabulary.
True! It is one of the most disorienting cultural quirks for foreigners. In Bulgaria, shaking your head from side to side means YES (da), while nodding up and down means NO (ne), the exact opposite of most cultures. This distinct body language is rooted in the country's Byzantine and Ottoman history.
Yes, especially for entrepreneurs and investors. Bulgaria applies a flat 10% personal and corporate income tax (the lowest in the EU). Sofia is an emerging hub for tech startups, BPO and shared-services centres. Companies such as VMware, HP and SAP have significant offices there.
Absolutely. Bulgarian is mutually intelligible with Macedonian and provides a solid foundation for understanding Serbian, Croatian and, to some extent, Russian. The Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet is the basis of Russian and Ukrainian Cyrillic, mastering one makes the others considerably easier.
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