Discover Bulgaria- Feel free to ask questions!

[JloKyM]

This is a thread where non-bulgarians could ask questions of any type about Bulgaria, the economy,the way of living and so on. :)
Feel free to ask questions(FFAQ :lol::lol: ) about Bulgaria. I'm sure that bulgarians will answer as quick as possible.

[GreenAlbanian]

I see, u wanna have a getto for non-bulgarians so u can control them...j/k :):)

first question, tell me whats the price for a beer kamenitza in bulgaria today! just want to compare to the time when i would get one meter of beer for 9 lev and one arm of tequila for 7 lev :):):)...

[ВОДА]

^^ Kamenitza?! Is that a beer?? Are you sure?

I recommend ZAGORKA! :cheers1:


:jk:

[GreenAlbanian]

zagorka, of course, thats what I ment :cheers:

[[s2jc]hyp]

the price of a meter of beer in Bulgaria varies from 2 levs to 3 levs which equals 1 to 2 euros (in regular convenient stores). the brewery's prime beer i.e. kaltenberg, tuborg etc.. is usually .25 euros above the local brand one of the same brewery though they don't sell tuborg etc.. in liter bottles

[Dulgeroff]

Where is Bulgaria?

[just4ivaylo]

^^:bash::nuts:

Bulgaria is a country with a dwindling population in southeastern Europe. It's bordered by Romania to the north, the Black Sea to the east and Greece to the south. There's no point in mentioning Macedonia. :lol:

[Dulgeroff]

Thank you for the answer. So then Bulgaria is near the Kamchatka peninsula. At least that's what I'm getting from the information you gave me.

PS: I heard Macedonians are an ancient people who started the first global civilization. Is this true? I also heard they could make spaceships 2000 years ago and apparently they colonized Mars around the time that Jesus was born. Can you also explain what rockets they used to go to space?

[just4ivaylo]

How did you get that? I said SOUTHEASTERN Europe...If I'm not wrong, Kamchatka Peninsula is in Asia.

[Dulgeroff]

You didn't answer me about the Macedonian space explorers. Also, did they reach light speed on their journey through the stars?

[just4ivaylo]

I didn't see that. My bad.

That I cannot tell you about. :nuts:

Just know that that's bullshit, as you already know. :cheers:

[Dulgeroff]

Abe chovek, ti neznaesh li che sum Bulgarin? Kak do sega ne si razbral che se bazikam sus tebe? Boje moii... ahahahaha :lol:

[just4ivaylo]

Znam che se bazikash s men. Mnogo dobre go znam tova. :D

[Dulgeroff]

:lol:

E, pone ne se bazikah za Makedontsite... Te sa drevni cosmonavti. :):cheers:

[just4ivaylo]

^^:nuts:

[Le Clerk]

first question, tell me whats the price for a beer kamenitza in bulgaria today! just want to compare to the time when i would get one meter of beer for 9 lev and one arm of tequila for 7 lev :):):)...

Good question. I was paying at least 2 lev (or more than 1 EUR) for a canned Kamenitza or Zagorka in Sunny Beach's supermarkets (not bars or restaurants!). BTW, they are very good. :cheers:

[bulgrai]

just4ivaylo, mnogo si zle s humora

[Olympios]

Can you also explain what rockets they used to go to space?

Bucephallus II

It is rumored that they found it from the ancient times.
(http://magicphall.us/images/woman-phallus.gif)

[canis_bg]

^^ I would say Aerocephalus IV, but........ :D

[Wizzard]

What means "Смешна цена"? Something like "funny price"? :)

[GreenAlbanian]

yes wizzard, it means exactly that...smesna = funny and cena = price.

what do u say on this level of my bulgarian expertise my bulgarian friends? :):)

[PNP]

You forgot Serbia to the northwest.

Macedonian did invent spaceships and they were made out of wood, in fact they were just free standing trees, the Macedonians would clear the top of the tallest tree they could find and make it into a slingshot then they would find the villege idiot tell him he has won the experience of a lifetime and launch him to the stars. Unfortunately they never made it higher then a few meters up in the air.

As far as Mars slightly smarter bacteria hitched a ride on comit witch was on it's way to the red planet making it the first and last living thing on the planet.

No offence but thats the truth.

[renovatio]

When will the highways be finished? :)

[just4ivaylo]

Mnogo li sam "zle s humora"?

[Делян]

What means "Смешна цена"? Something like "funny price"? :)
It means "the price is too low", but it can be interpreted in different ways....

[zzibit]

When will the highways be finished? :)

haha only God knows that

[BG_PATRIOT]

^^

I think that in BG we have pushed it to such an extant, that even god does not know when they will be build...

PS: THIS IS MY 1111th post on SSC :banana: :banana:

[Wizzard]

I think that most of people are just making fun of this thread :)

Btw, which Slavic language Bulgarians understand the best? Is it Russian or Serbian? What about Slovak language, for example? I had serious problems to understand Bulgarian, so I used English most of the time in Bulgaria :)

[bgrs]

I think people in eastern parts understand Russian better while in western parts they understand Serbian better. Slovak is very different indeed :)

[Vojvoda]

I think that most of people are just making fun of this thread :)

Btw, which Slavic language Bulgarians understand the best? Is it Russian or Serbian? What about Slovak language, for example? I had serious problems to understand Bulgarian, so I used English most of the time in Bulgaria :)
Bulgarians have a natural understanding of both Serbian and Russian as our language itself is more or less the link between them.

[Wizzard]

What about Macedonian language? Is it similar to Bulgarian? I think once I heard that it is something like Bulgarian dialect.

[petet]

You are so stupid...how you didn't learn Macedonia invent the W-O-R-L-D we all are with Macedonian blood,skin,language,blablabla :rofl:

[Turnovec]

What about Macedonian language? Is it similar to Bulgarian? I think once I heard that it is something like Bulgarian dialect.

If you ask a Bulgarian about the Macedonian language he might tell you that it is a dialect of the Bulgarian. If you ask a Macedonian about the Bulgarian language he might tell you that it is dialect of the Macedonian. :lol: Generally both languages are mutually understandable.

What makes them very different from all the other slavic languages is that there are no cases in Bulgarian and Macedonian.
The difference between Bulgarian and Macedonian is like the diffrenece between Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrian :nuts:

[JloKyM]

What about Macedonian language? Is it similar to Bulgarian? I think once I heard that it is something like Bulgarian dialect.

I understand "macedonian" better than some dialects in Bulgaria. Ok, officially it is a different language, but actually it is a dialect form of the bulgarian language. :cheers:

[petet]

What about Macedonian language? Is it similar to Bulgarian? I think once I heard that it is something like Bulgarian dialect.

Bulgarian territory=Bulgarian dialect ;)

[nilix]

I understand "macedonian" better than some dialects in Bulgaria. Ok, officially it is a different language, but actually it is a dialect form of the bulgarian language. :cheers:

Yeah,I'm sure you understand Macedonian better than the dialect in Vidin (well,the villages near Vidin).:)

[Turnovec]

Yeah,I'm sure you understand Macedonian better than the dialect in Vidin (well,the villages near Vidin).:)

^^ дживгар кюца брабинци на дирек :)

[nilix]

^^ дживгар кюца брабинци на дирек :)

1.Че идем да земем върлина от бечко дърво да го изпашем. (така едни селски се ебават с един техен приятел от София)
2.Уточка се умъкна мачъка у собата. (о и у ги бъркам-нз дали е баш така)
3.Любимия ми комплимент към момиче:"У вратняка си като нащрапен гугущук."

Сакате ли превод :lol:

[bgrs]

Стига бе, ще се окаже че около Русе се говорело доста правилен български :)

[zzibit]

1.Че идем да земем върлина от бечко дърво да го изпашем. (така едни селски се ебават с един техен приятел от София)
2.Уточка се умъкна мачъка у собата. (о и у ги бъркам-нз дали е баш така)
3.Любимия ми комплимент към момиче:"У вратняка си като нащрапен гугущук."

Сакате ли превод :lol:

:nuts::lol:

Tell me you really don't talk that way

[nilix]

Yeah it's the most freaking dialect spoken in my village.Of course I don't speak that way,but I speak heavy dialectly.I think in Vidin it's much better and not so bad.In some ways we speak better than others,in some not.

[Делян]

I think that most of people are just making fun of this thread :)

Btw, which Slavic language Bulgarians understand the best? Is it Russian or Serbian? What about Slovak language, for example? I had serious problems to understand Bulgarian, so I used English most of the time in Bulgaria :)
Russian and even Polish are more understandable than Serbian or Croatian. I have talked to many Polish and Russians and I understand what they say better than when a Serb is talking......

[Wizzard]

Okay, and what means "Zona Za Lubov"? I love this song :dance2:

[nilix]

Russian and even Polish are more understandable than Serbian or Croatian. I have talked to many Polish and Russians and I understand what they say better than when a Serb is talking......

I had an argue with my friends-I also think Russian is closer to Bulgarian than Serbian,because many Bulgarians (mainly in East part of the country) understand it much better than Serbian.Everyone I've talked thinks the opposite.
But my brain just can't realize how some people (of course again in East Bulgaria) can't understand a word in Serbian.I understand it perfect :cheers:

[dia]

Russian and even Polish are more understandable than Serbian or Croatian. I have talked to many Polish and Russians and I understand what they say better than when a Serb is talking......

For me it's exactly the opposite. I quasi don't understand Polish, only some words here and there.

[Vojvoda]

I had an argue with my friends-I also think Russian is closer to Bulgarian than Serbian,because many Bulgarians (mainly in East part of the country) understand it much better than Serbian.Everyone I've talked thinks the opposite.
But my brain just can't realize how some people (of course again in East Bulgaria) can't understand a word in Serbian.I understand it perfect :cheers:
Говорил ли си със "сърби" от Тимошка краина и дали старите наречия са запазени? Макар от 1833 г. да е минало много, много време...

[Wizzard]

Maybe all the Slavic nations should have learned Slovio language (it is an artificial Slavic language created by Slovak linguist Mark Hucko :)) Btw, that about that song a few posts ago?

[nilix]

Говорил ли си със "сърби" от Тимошка краина и дали старите наречия са запазени? Макар от 1833 г. да е минало много, много време...

Говорил съм само с един пич от Неготин-по негова информация всеки трети там е българин.Иначе съм чувал от хората че от другата страна на Тимока се говори като от нашата-което за означава български,още повече тия които са близо до нас ни разбират перфектно,а и в сръбския има доста повече падежи и кво ли още не.Доколкото знам там има и преселници от Тетевен,чийто диалект се съмнявам да се е запазил.
Ето и пример-диалекта в Ниш е торлашки (това е диалект мелес м/у бг и сръбски,но в по-голямата част бг),но понеже Ниш е по-далече нз кой е в повече,мене ми звучи като 50/50.Та има един филм-Зона Замфирова в който се говори на диалет от Ниш-сърбите от Нови Сад примерно искат субтитри че не разбират :banana:

[zzibit]

Okay, and what means "Zona Za Lubov"? I love this song :dance2:

"love zone"

[klimo]

ааа ми точно на разклона за София, край Ниш веднъж спирахме да зареждаме та човека си говореше чист български. Иначе навътре към Белград в едно ОМV един ми разправяше че сандвича ми бил "Сандвич во сиром" ,а не сандвич със сирене :lol:

[[s2jc]hyp]

сръбския е понякога по-разбираем от македонския диалект :lol:

[nilix]

^^ Дай пример-едва ли има такъв случай-ако е преведено буквално нема шанс сръбския да е по-разбираем.На мене македонския ми звучи все едно като диалекта на село-сакам,сакам и се сакам.... :D

[[s2jc]hyp]

исках да кажа че сръбския диалект е също толкова близък до българския като македонския, а в северна македония може да ги вземеш за сърби македонците ако вземат да зяпат. в Сърбия майка ми говореше на български с един сърбин, а той на сръбски и се разбираха като от едно село. за това знам изчакайте до порастнем още 5-6 години и балканските езици ще са ни от ясни по....

[zzibit]

all of you totally hijacked the thread. let non-Bulgarians pose questions. otherwise, "lafche 4"

[petet]

Сръбският е една огромна мацаница.
Македонският неуспешна мацаница.
Руският пък хептен е неуспешна (може би,защото първата им тяхна литература е как да го кажа българска-написана от българи изселили се в Русията,а и е дъщерна на българската,може би за това)

[nilix]

Hey guys, eucitizen (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=90211) asked me this.Try to help him

Information
Hello,

I would like to know if your country is already issuing licens eplates with the 12 stars euroband.
What about the EU driving license and passport?
Looking for some info and pictures on the web is quite hard. Very few info. Goinn to BG government's ages is useless too as the pages are complete only in bulgarian.
At least some info from you would be very needed, pictures even more

[eucitizen]

Yes thank you very much nilix :)

[eucitizen]

And another question for you:

Are the control between Bulgaria and Romania and Greece simplified sicne the entrance in the EU? When the 10 countries entered EU in 2004 usually they had only 1 control in the entrance of the country, or common control.

[bgrs]

If you're an EU citizen, then yes - it is simplified - you only show your ID card and there are no customs procedures AFAIK. If you're not - then it's the same as before.

[bulgrai]

eucitizen, yes car licence plates with the EU flag are issued in Bulgaria since 2007 although not many people have changed to these plates. And that's normal because I think it's better for the plate to be with the flag of Bulgaria. It's much better rather than using the stereotypical stars and just one 'BG' below.

[Wizzard]

If you're an EU citizen, then yes - it is simplified - you only show your ID card and there are no customs procedures AFAIK. If you're not - then it's the same as before.

No, no, no :) It is not important whether you are EU citizen or not. Once you come to EU member state, you can move between all EU member states without showing your passport at the international border. In the countries of Schengen agreement, you do not need even to show an ID card to go to another country, there are no checks at the borders. But, Bulgaria and Romania are not implementing the Schengen agreement yet, so you just have to show your ID card when coming from Bulgaria to Romania or to Greece :)

[charonn]

Hi what means the word "iskam" and "njakoj"?

[bgrs]

iskam = "want"

njakoj = "someone"

[charonn]

And "pomnish" "kreshtish" momcha"?Thank you! :)

[bgrs]

Pomnish = remember

Kreshitsh = shout

It is used altogether with "you"..kreshtish implies "you shout", pomnish - "you remember". It's like in German - du bist, du hast, etc.

momcha...there is not such word....if it is "momche" then it means "a boy"

[nilix]

Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Bulgaria) is an artical about our registration plates.

[eucitizen]

No, no, no :) It is not important whether you are EU citizen or not. Once you come to EU member state, you can move between all EU member states without showing your passport at the international border. In the countries of Schengen agreement, you do not need even to show an ID card to go to another country, there are no checks at the borders. But, Bulgaria and Romania are not implementing the Schengen agreement yet, so you just have to show your ID card when coming from Bulgaria to Romania or to Greece :)

sure I know this ...I was asking if there is jsut one passport control, not 2. Like between Slovakia and Austria before Schengen. When you were entering austria there were just austrian officers, when entering Slovakia just slovak officers. Sometimes they were together, but in any case you had to stop just once. The same was between Slovakia and Czech rep and Poland and Hungary.

[paszczakoss]

I saw once a videoclip of your famous singer Aziz. There were some well-built construction site workers wearing jeans shorts, who apparently were gay.
I was so shocked when I saw it that I forgot the title, so I couldn't find it anywhere again... Could you help me find it somewhere on the net?

[paszczakoss]

sure I know this ...I was asking if there is jsut one passport control, not 2. Like between Slovakia and Austria before Schengen. When you were entering austria there were just austrian officers, when entering Slovakia just slovak officers. Sometimes they were together, but in any case you had to stop just once. The same was between Slovakia and Czech rep and Poland and Hungary.

Are you sure such border exists? :)

[bgrs]

Azis is a gypsy-gay-fat retard, noone likes him apparently...only the stupid rednecks. I'm just shocked at all the attention this fat bastard gained abroad...he's a genetically deformed freak.

[eucitizen]

Are you sure such border exists? :)

Come on I meant the borders between slovakia and the neighbours countries, I was lazy to write everytime Slovakia :)

[Wizzard]

sure I know this ...I was asking if there is jsut one passport control, not 2. Like between Slovakia and Austria before Schengen. When you were entering austria there were just austrian officers, when entering Slovakia just slovak officers. Sometimes they were together, but in any case you had to stop just once. The same was between Slovakia and Czech rep and Poland and Hungary.

But there is no passport control in EU, only police control :)

[charonn]

I saw once a videoclip of your famous singer Aziz. There were some well-built construction site workers wearing jeans shorts, who apparently were gay.
I was so shocked when I saw it that I forgot the title, so I couldn't find it anywhere again... Could you help me find it somewhere on the net?

Ja mam taką jedną piosenkę co mi się podoba:)Nawet można parę słów zrozumieć po bułgarsku.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmQnFdmJyAI

[just4ivaylo]

^^Azis...e goliam pedal.

[paszczakoss]

Ja mam taką jedną piosenkę co mi się podoba:)Nawet można parę słów zrozumieć po bułgarsku.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmQnFdmJyAI

"pomnisz li"? :)

^^Azis...e goliam pedal.

No chances anyone could help me find it?

[blago84]

Search in youtube or zazz.bg... there is a lot of his crap there :wallbash:

[Botev1912]

Okay, and what means "Zona Za Lubov"? I love this song :dance2:
Love zone

[Huti]

pedal-is that gay?

[JloKyM]

pedal-is that gay?
Yes, it could mean this as well.

[Turnovec]

pedal-is that gay?

^^ Yep , in slang ... :lol:

[just4ivaylo]

^^Lol. Huti you are catching on. Where are you from?

[svet01]

It translates as 'fag'... hence don't use it unless you want to offend someone..

[just4ivaylo]

Oh. My bad, I didn't mean to offend anyone.

[TasTas]

Great forum you have here. I am here regular from the day I found it two months ago. Now I have a question and maybe you can help me with it. I am searching for a book for Bulgarian standards when it comes to design a food trade store. You know, like norms or rules of what and how it must be done. Like what is the minimum hight of entrance, what kind of tiles must be in sanitary and so... I don't know if it is an on-line version maybe... or available in stores. It can be written in english or bulgarian language. So far I didn't have any luck to find it.

Thank you for any kind of information.

[Milabrya]

My Bulgarian is not that bad but i´ve lived the longer part of my life in Germany, so when i try to express myself in Bulgarian with the same elegance I do in German there are always some terms missing. One of the most striking is the word "prejudice" ("Vorurteil" in german). Can you help me?



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[bgrs]

It's not easy to translate because it depends on the context but anyway, "предубеждение" (predubejdenie) or "предразсъдък" (predrazsadak) is probably the closest in meaning.

[Milabrya]

It's not easy to translate because it depends on the context but anyway, "предубеждение" (predubejdenie) or "предразсъдък" (predrazsadak) is probably the closest in meaning.

Много Благодаря! Възможно е често да ви питам такива въпроси в бъдеще.^^

[zzibit]

uhhhh what the hell???? ^^

[just4ivaylo]

There are online translators.

[Milabrya]

uhhhh what the hell???? ^^

What´s wrong?

[ВМРО]

Nothing is wrong. Probably, he was surprised by your Bulgarian.
BTW, do you live in Bulgaria and if yes, could you tell us where are you from? If no, how did you learn the language?

[Milabrya]

Nothing is wrong. Probably, he was surprised by your Bulgarian.
BTW, do you live in Bulgaria and if yes, could you tell us where are you from? If no, how did you learn the language?

Well, I lived in Bulgaria till i was 8. Then I moved to Germany 11 years ago.
At home I talk Bulgarian to my family but that´s it.

[zzibit]

What´s wrong?

I thought you weren't Bulgarian...so I was like "wtf??!!"

dobre doshul/doshla

[Radish2]

I understand "macedonian" better than some dialects in Bulgaria. Ok, officially it is a different language, but actually it is a dialect form of the bulgarian language. :cheers:

I can speak Macedonian, the dialect in the villages arround Blagoevgrad is Macedonian, it sounds the same. ai da dumame malko s makedonski dialekt.

[Milabrya]

dobre doshul/doshla

Благодаря и честита Нова Година на всички!

В интерес на истината "дошъл" си е правилно, след като съм си момченце.