How To Communicate Clearly In Bulgaria: yes, no and the Cyrillic Alphabet

Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Problem
Confusingly the Bulgarians shake their heads for yes and nod for no. Street signs are in the Cyrillic alphabet.

Answer
Say da for yes and ne for no.

Other easy words, mersi for thank you (like in France and Romania) and ciao for goodbye, like in Italy.

Bulgarian - English
ciao - goodbye
da - yes
mersi - thank you
ne - no

English - Bulgarian
goodbye - ciao
no - ne
thank you - mersi
yes - da

Please. 

Моля. (moh-LYAH)

Thank you. 

Благодаря. (blah-goh-DAH-ryah)

You're welcome. 

Моля. (moh-LYAH)

Yes. 

Да. (dah)

No. 

Не. (neh)

Десерт (desért) = Dessert[edit]

• Сладолед (sladolét) = Ice cream

Тоалетна (toalétna) = Restroom

Useful Websites
https://wikitravel.org/en/Bulgarian_phrasebook
https://www.skyscanner.net/flights-to/bg/airlines-that-fly-to-bulgaria.html

http://www.bulgariantouristboard.com

https://wikitravel.org/en/Bulgarian_phrasebook
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/russian-alphabet-made-easy-b-v-go.html
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/learn-bulgarian-in-three-minutes.html

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.