Bulgarian Adjectives
Learning the Bulgarian Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Bulgarian language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Bulgarian.
Bulgarian Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Bulgarian Adjectives |
| adjectives | prilagatelni - прилагателни |
| a green tree | edno zeleno dyrvo - едно зелено дърво |
| a tall building | visoka sgrada - висока сграда |
| a very old man | mnogo star chovek - много стар човек |
| the old red house | starata chervena kyshta - старата червена къща |
| a very nice friend | mnogo hubav prijatel - много хубав приятел |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Bulgarian has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Bulgarian.
List of Adjectives in Bulgarian
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Bulgarian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Bulgarian vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Bulgarian Adjectives |
| colors | cvetove - цветове |
| black | cheren - черен |
| blue | sin - син |
| brown | kafjav - кафяв |
| gray | siv - сив |
| green | zelen - зелен |
| orange | oranzhev - оранжев |
| purple | lilav - лилав |
| red | cherven - червен |
| white | bjal - бял |
| yellow | zhylt - жълт |
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| sizes | razmeri - размери |
| big | goljam - голям |
| deep | dylbok - дълбок |
| long | dylyg - дълъг |
| narrow | tesen - тесен |
| short | kys - къс |
| small | malyk - малък |
| tall | visok - висок |
| thick | debel - дебел |
| thin | tynyk - тънък |
| wide | shirok - широк |
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| shapes | formi - форми |
| circular | krygyl - кръгъл |
| straight | prav - прав |
| square | kvadraten - квадратен |
| triangular | triygylen - триъгълен |
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| tastes | vkus - вкус |
| bitter | gorchiv - горчив |
| fresh | presen - пресен |
| salty | solen - солен |
| sour | kisel - кисел |
| spicy | pikanten - пикантен |
| sweet | sladyk - сладък |
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| qualities | kachestva - качества |
| bad | losh - лош |
| clean | chist - чист |
| dark | tymen - тъмен |
| difficult | truden - труден |
| dirty | mrysen - мръсен |
| dry | suh - сух |
| easy | lesen - лесен |
| empty | prazen - празен |
| expensive | skyp - скъп |
| fast | byrz - бърз |
| foreign | chuzhdestranen - чуждестранен |
| full | pylen - пълен |
| good | dobyr - добър |
| hard | tvyrd - твърд |
| heavy | tezhyk - тежък |
| inexpensive | evtin - евтин |
| light | svetlina - светлина |
| local | mesten - местен |
| new | nov - нов |
| noisy | shumen - шумен |
| old | star - стар |
| powerful | moshten - мощен |
| quiet | tih - тих |
| correct | pravilen - правилен |
| slow | baven - бавен |
| soft | mek - мек |
| very | mnogo - много |
| weak | slab - слаб |
| wet | mokyr - мокър |
| wrong | greshen - грешен |
| young | mlad - млад |
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| quantities | kolichestva - количества |
| few | njakolko - няколко |
| little | malko - малко |
| many | mnogo - много |
| much | mnogo - много |
| part | chast - част |
| some | njakoj - някой |
| a few | njakolko - няколко |
| whole | cjal - цял |
Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Bulgarian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Bulgarian Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Bulgarian lessons here: Learn Bulgarian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.