⏱️ Tenses

Using the verb говоря (to speak) as a model. The same endings apply to most regular verbs.

Present tense — говоря (to speak)

Pronoun	Bulgarian	Pronunciation
аз (I)	говоря	govorya
ти (you)	говориш	govorish
той/тя/то (he/she/it)	говори	govori
ние (we)	говорим	govorim
вие (you pl)	говорите	govorite
те (they)	говорят	govoryat

💡 The endings -я, -иш, -и, -им, -ите, -ят are the present tense pattern for most "-и" conjugation verbs.

Simple past tense — говорих (I spoke)

Pronoun	Bulgarian	Pronunciation
аз (I)	говорих	govorikh
ти (you)	говори	govori
той/тя/то (he/she/it)	говори	govori
ние (we)	говорихме	govorikhme
вие (you pl)	говорихте	govorikhte
те (they)	говориха	govorikh a

💡 The past stem adds -х for "I", then drops it for "you/he/she", and adds -хме / -хте / -ха for the rest.

Future tense — ще говоря (I will speak)

Pronoun	Bulgarian	Pronunciation
аз (I)	ще говоря	shte govorya
ти (you)	ще говориш	shte govorish
той/тя/то (he/she/it)	ще говори	shte govori
ние (we)	ще говорим	shte govorim
вие (you pl)	ще говорите	shte govorite
те (they)	ще говорят	shte govoryat

💡 Future is easy: just add ще (shte) in front of the present tense form. No verb changes needed!

Common verbs to learn first

Bulgarian	Pronunciation	English
съм	sym	to be
имам	imam	to have
искам	iskam	to want
говоря	govorya	to speak
ям	yam	to eat
пия	piya	to drink
отивам	otivam	to go
разбирам	razbiram	to understand
виждам	vizhdam	to see
обичам	obicham	to love / to like

🎯 Quick tip: Learn съм (to be) and имам (to have) first — they are the most used verbs and have irregular forms.

Аз съм (az sym) = I am · Аз имам (az imam) = I have · Ще имам (shte imam) = I will have