Feeling overwhelmed? Don't be! It's just like a simple code.

Think of verbs as having a main part (the stem) and a little ending. The ending changes depending on who is doing the action. The secret is that there are only three sets of endings to learn!

• Group 1 (the 'E' group): Verbs like "to read" (чета). Most of their endings have an 'e' in them (четеш, чете, четем, четете).
• Group 2 (the 'I' group): Verbs like "to speak" (говоря). Most of their endings have an 'и' sound in them (говориш, говори, говорим, говорите).
• Group 3 (the 'A' group): Verbs like "to want" (искам). All of their endings have an 'a' in them (искам, искаш, иска, искаме, искате, искат). This is the easiest group!

The Big Idea: You don't need to memorize every verb. Just learn the three patterns. When you see a new verb, you can usually guess which pattern it follows. For now, focus on recognizing them.

This sounds complicated, but it's just about replacing words to avoid repeating yourself.

Instead of saying "I see the dog. I like the dog. I feed the dog," we say "I see the dog. I like it. I feed it." Those little replacement words are object pronouns.

The One Big Rule: In English, these words come after the action ("I see him"). In Bulgarian, they almost always come before the action.
I see him → Го виждам (literally "him I-see").

How to know which one to use?

• If you can ask "Who?" or "What?" about the noun, use the first table (ме, те, го, я...). Example: I see who? Ivan. → Replace with го.
• If you can ask "To whom?" or "For whom?", use the second table (ми, ти, му, й...). Example: I give the book to whom? Maria. → Replace with й.

The Big Idea: Just remember these little words (ме, те, го, я, ми, ти, му, й...) like to hang out right in front of the verb. It feels weird at first, but you'll get used to it!

This is one of the easiest rules in Bulgarian!

The Main Rule: To make almost any sentence negative, just put the magic word не right before the main action word (the verb).
I want → Искам.
I don't want → Не искам.

The "Double No-No" Rule: In English, saying "I don't know nothing" is wrong. But in Bulgarian, it's perfect! They love teaming up negative words.
If you use a word like никой (nobody), нищо (nothing), or никъде (nowhere), you must also use не with the verb.
Correct: Никой не знае. (Nobody knows.)
Wrong: Никой знае. (This sounds very strange to a Bulgarian!)

The Big Idea: Stick не in front of the verb. If you use another "no" word, keep the не there too. You can't go wrong!

This is just the "bossy" form of a verb. It's how you say "Do this!"

The Basic Rules:

• For one friend (casual): The command usually ends in -и or -й. Like Чети! (Read!)
• For grown-ups or groups (polite): Just take the casual command and add -те. Like Четете! (Read!) When in doubt, use this polite form!

The Big Word Order Switch!

Remember how we said those little pronoun words (ме, го, ми, й) usually go before the verb? Well, this is the one big exception! When you're giving a command, they go after the verb.

Give me it! → Дай ми го! (Verb first, then pronouns).

The Big Idea: To give a command, use the special command form of the verb. To be polite, add -те at the end and maybe a моля (please). And remember, for commands, the little pronoun words get kicked to the back of the line!