A few words of Bulgarian

[Mila Shevchenko]

Dear Robert,

Second person singular is indeed "ти " [ti]. I do not know the source of
the phrase about you asked. It sounds awkward for me as a native speaker,
although, again -- it is correct: "Cold here. Off to..."

By awkward I mean:

1. syntax - it should be" Тук е студено"
2. strange preposition in the second sentence: "за"

Best,

Mila Shevchenko
Ass. Professor of Russian
Ohio University


On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 8:20 PM, E Wayles Browne <ewb2 at cornell.edu> wrote:

>
>  Well, in fact the monastery on Mt. Athos is Vatopedi in Greek and
> English, but Vatoped in Bulgarian, see
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatopedi_monastery
>
> http://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ватопед
>
>
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>   Vatoped: not Vatopedi... Did someone read the ! as Latin letter I?
>
>  Bulgarian in Latin letters: you want ti, not ty, unlike Russian
> transliterated.
>
>
>    *From:* Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM>
> *To:* SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> *Sent:* Friday, December 20, 2013 3:35 PM
> *Subject:* [SEELANGS] A few words of Bulgarian
>
> Dear all,
>
> An editor has asked me to check  a few words in Cyrillic that appear in a
> book soon to be published.  Most are Russian, but one is Bulgarian.
>
> Can someone who knows Bulgarian confirm that this looks OK?
> "СТУДЕНО ТУКА. ОТИВАМ ЗА ВАТОПЕД! (Cold here, off to Vatopedi!)"
>
> Also: is the Bulgarian second person singular pronoun usually written as
> "ty" or "ti"?
>
> Thanks!
>
> R.
>
>
> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
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