Bulgarian and Macedonian: 186 words that are the same
Among the two thousand words each language uses most, these are written identically and carry the same meaning in both. If you have one of the two, this is the part you do not have to learn.
Bulgarian Macedonian
A shared word is not proof of a shared root. Two languages can land on the same spelling by borrowing from a third β that is all tren and bomba are β and a word that looks the same can still be said quite differently. What this list is good for is the head start.
| Word | In English | Bulgarian | Macedonian |
|---|---|---|---|
| Π΅ | to be | #2 | #4 |
| ΠΈ | and | #5 | #7 |
| Π½ΠΎ | but | #21 | #31 |
| ΡΠ°ΠΊΠ° | that way, thus, so | #32 | #52 |
| Π±Π΅ΡΠ΅ | to be | #40 | #35 |
| ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎ | only, just | #48 | #28 |
| ΡΠ΅Π³Π° | now | #51 | #38 |
| ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ | or | #64 | #68 |
| ΡΠΌΠ΅ | to be | #71 | #75 |
| Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅ | time | #79 | #71 |
| Π±Π΅Π· | without | #109 | #109 |
| ΠΏΡΠΈ | at, near, by | #113 | #728 |
| Π΄Π΅Π½ | day | #117 | #113 |
| Π΅Π΄Π½ΠΎ | one | #118 | #180 |
| Π±ΠΈΠ» | to be | #132 | #137 |
| ΠΏΠ°ΡΠΈ | money | #183 | #161 |
| ΡΠ°ΠΌ | alone, by oneself | #189 | #237 |
| Π΄Π²Π΅ | two | #190 | #200 |
| Π·Π°Π΅Π΄Π½ΠΎ | together | #192 | #198 |
| ΠΏΡΠΎΠ±Π»Π΅ΠΌ | problem | #204 | #184 |
| ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΠΎΡ | life | #205 | #146 |
| ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ | under | #207 | #194 |
| ΡΠΈΠ³ΡΡΠ½ΠΎ | surely, certainly | #211 | #159 |
| ΡΡΠΈ | three | #215 | #177 |
| ΡΡΠ°Π½Π° | to become | #218 | #505 |
| ΡΡΡΠ΅ | tomorrow | #219 | #210 |
| Π±ΠΈΠ»Π° | to be | #223 | #277 |
| Π±ΠΈΠ»ΠΎ | to be | #232 | #144 |
| ΠΎΡΠ²Π΅Π½ | except, apart from, besides | #246 | #233 |
| ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π° | when | #249 | #37 |
| Π΄Π²Π° | two | #273 | #193 |
| Π±ΡΠ°Ρ | brother | #274 | #190 |
| ΠΌΠΎΠΌΡΠ΅ | boy | #283 | #223 |
| Π³ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½Π° | year | #303 | #239 |
| Π΄Π΅ΡΠ΅ | child, kid | #317 | #215 |
| ΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΎΠ·Π½ΠΎ | seriously | #338 | #401 |
| ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΠ° | sister | #348 | #340 |
| Π½Π°Π΄ | above, over | #353 | #395 |
| Π΄Π°Π΄Π΅ | to give | #366 | #255 |
| ΡΠ°Ρ | hour | #378 | #357 |
| Π³ΠΎΡΠΎΠ² | ready, prepared | #382 | #797 |
| Π·Π°Π΄ | behind | #406 | #380 |
| ΠΏΠ΅Ρ | five | #410 | #334 |
| Π»Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎ | easily | #420 | #341 |
| ΡΠ°ΠΎ | bye | #427 | #347 |
| Π΄ΠΎΠ»Ρ | down, downward | #444 | #306 |
| ΠΏΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ | translation | #446 | #413 |
| ΠΏΡΠΈΡΠΈΠ½Π° | cause, reason | #447 | #366 |
| Π½ΠΎΠ² | new | #473 | #325 |
| ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ² | against | #480 | #253 |
| Π΄Π²Π΅ΡΠ΅ | two | #489 | #554 |
| ΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΡΠΈ | four | #509 | #424 |
| Π³ΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠ° | mistake, error | #515 | #396 |
| ΠΈΠ·Π±ΠΎΡ | choice | #525 | #391 |
| Π²ΡΠ΅ΡΠ° | yesterday | #536 | #451 |
| ΠΎΡΠΎΠ±Π΅Π½ΠΎ | especially, particularly | #556 | #1,123 |
| ΠΊΠ°ΡΠ΅ | coffee | #567 | #497 |
| ΡΠ΅ΡΡ | six | #577 | #510 |
| ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅Ρ | month | #596 | #560 |
| Π²Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ | attention | #638 | #536 |
| ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ | often, frequently | #641 | #675 |
| Π·Π°Π΄Π½ΠΈΠΊ | buttocks, bottom, butt | #686 | #1,269 |
| ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΡ | idiot | #698 | #623 |
| ΠΌΠΎΠ΅ | my, mine | #712 | #454 |
| ΡΠ°Π½ΠΎ | early | #714 | #1,055 |
| Π΄Π΅ΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΈΠ² | detective | #723 | #1,006 |
| Π΄Π΅ΡΠ΅Ρ | ten | #741 | #634 |
| Π±Π°Π±Π° | grandmother, grandma, granny, gran | #759 | #669 |
| ΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠ½Π΄Π° | second | #760 | #620 |
| Π³ΡΡΠΏΠ° | group | #762 | #621 |
| ΡΡΠ°Ρ | old | #764 | #500 |
| Π±Π΅Π±Π΅ | baby, infant, babe | #771 | #599 |
| Π»ΠΈΡΠ΅ | face | #774 | #417 |
| Π²ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½ | guilty, culpable | #776 | #740 |
| ΠΌΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠ° | minute | #778 | #550 |
| Π²Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»Π½ΠΎ | carefully, cautiously | #782 | #680 |
| ΠΌΡΠ·ΠΈΠΊΠ° | music | #817 | #770 |
| ΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π° | book | #821 | #577 |
| ΡΠΈΠ½ΠΊΠΎ | son | #849 | #677 |
| ΠΊΠ°ΡΡΠ° | map | #853 | #1,060 |
| ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ΡΠΎΠ½ | telephone | #874 | #438 |
| Π³Π»Π°Π²Π° | head | #903 | #400 |
| ΡΠΎΡ | show | #910 | #995 |
| Π²Π΅Π»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ | Majesty | #931 | #1,361 |
| ΠΎΠΏΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡ | danger, peril | #934 | #633 |
| ΡΠ°Π·Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡ | talk, conversation | #942 | #805 |
| Π±ΠΎΠ»Π½ΠΈΡΠ° | hospital | #964 | #602 |
| ΠΊΡΠ°Π» | king | #972 | #530 |
| Π²ΠΈΠ½ΠΎ | wine | #987 | #814 |
| ΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΈ | sexy | #1,019 | #989 |
| ΡΠΈΠ±Π° | fish | #1,023 | #872 |
| ΡΠ΅Π³Π° | joke, jest | #1,046 | #885 |
| Ρ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π» | hotel | #1,055 | #1,095 |
| Π±Π°Π²Π½ΠΎ | slowly | #1,059 | #1,846 |
| ΠΌΠΎΠΈ | my, mine | #1,062 | #503 |
| ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΊΠΎΠ²Π½ΠΈΠΊ | colonel | #1,068 | #1,854 |
| ΡΠΈΠ»Π΅Π½ | strong, powerful | #1,071 | #904 |
| ΠΊΠ»ΡΠ± | club | #1,090 | #1,015 |
| Π³Π»Π°Ρ | voice | #1,092 | #759 |
| ΡΠ°ΡΠ° | glass | #1,093 | #1,434 |
| ΠΌΠΈΡ | peace | #1,095 | #579 |
| Π½ΠΈΠ²ΠΎ | level | #1,116 | #863 |
| Π΄Π°ΠΌΠ° | lady | #1,129 | #1,109 |
| Π½Π°Ρ | our, ours | #1,146 | #839 |
| ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠ½Π° | half | #1,148 | #453 |
| Π΄ΡΡ | ghost | #1,165 | #657 |
| ΡΠ°Π·Π»ΠΈΠΊΠ° | difference | #1,168 | #501 |
| ΡΡΠΊΠ° | here | #1,177 | #50 |
| Π΄Π΅Π»ΠΎ | work, deed, act | #1,182 | #1,082 |
| Π·Π½Π°ΠΊ | sign | #1,184 | #662 |
| ΡΡΠ²ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ | feeling, sensation | #1,197 | #801 |
| ΡΠ»ΠΈΡΠ° | street | #1,201 | #539 |
| ΠΏΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ | piece | #1,205 | #868 |
| ΠΊΠ»ΠΈΠ΅Π½Ρ | client | #1,218 | #1,208 |
| ΠΊΠΎΡΠ° | hair | #1,219 | #798 |
| ΠΎΠΊΠΎ | eye | #1,224 | #946 |
| ΠΌΠΈΠ»ΠΈΠΎΠ½ | million | #1,237 | #881 |
| Π΄ΡΡΠ° | soul | #1,251 | #838 |
| Π³Π»Π°Π΄Π΅Π½ | hungry | #1,264 | #858 |
| ΠΌΠ°ΡΠ° | table | #1,265 | #866 |
| Π³Π΅Π½Π΅ΡΠ°Π» | general | #1,276 | #1,302 |
| ΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ΅Ρ | officer | #1,285 | #1,771 |
| ΠΈΠ½ΡΠ΅ΡΠ½Π΅Ρ | Internet | #1,286 | #1,136 |
| ΠΏΠ»Π°Π½Π΅ΡΠ° | planet | #1,293 | #1,005 |
| ΡΠ»Π΅Π½ | member | #1,296 | #1,072 |
| Π΄Π΅Π²Π΅Ρ | nine | #1,313 | #1,163 |
| Π±ΠΎΠΌΠ±Π° | bomb | #1,329 | #957 |
| Π½ΠΎΠΆ | knife | #1,336 | #1,000 |
| Π±ΡΠ°ΠΊ | marriage, matrimony | #1,337 | #910 |
| Π²Π°Ρ | your, yours | #1,351 | #1,190 |
| ΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½Π° | machine | #1,352 | #1,056 |
| ΠΌΠΎΠ΄Π΅Π» | model | #1,361 | #1,824 |
| ΠΏΠ°ΡΠΊ | park | #1,380 | #1,128 |
| ΠΈΠ½ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Ρ | interest | #1,391 | #1,873 |
| ΠΊΠ»Π°ΡΠ° | class | #1,404 | #1,376 |
| Π·Π°ΡΠ²ΠΎΡ | prison, jail | #1,415 | #355 |
| ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½Ρ | prince | #1,430 | #1,498 |
| ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎ | animal | #1,441 | #1,011 |
| Π²Π΅ΠΊ | century | #1,449 | #1,344 |
| ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΠ°ΠΊΡ | contact | #1,464 | #815 |
| Π΄Π²Π°ΡΠ° | two | #1,470 | #1,400 |
| ΠΎΡΡΡΠΎΠ² | island | #1,493 | #1,202 |
| Π·Π»Π°ΡΠΎ | gold | #1,506 | #746 |
| ΠΏΠ°ΡΠΈΠ΅Π½Ρ | patient | #1,524 | #1,790 |
| Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅ΠΎ | video | #1,527 | #1,244 |
| ΡΠ΅Π·ΡΠ»ΡΠ°Ρ | result | #1,540 | #1,858 |
| ΠΏΠΎΠ½Π΅Π΄Π΅Π»Π½ΠΈΠΊ | Monday | #1,551 | #1,422 |
| ΡΠ΅Π²Π΅Ρ | north | #1,552 | #1,088 |
| ΡΡΠΎ | hundred | #1,566 | #1,385 |
| ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠΎΡ | professor | #1,571 | #1,625 |
| Π±ΠΎΠ³Π°Ρ | rich, wealthy | #1,572 | #1,404 |
| ΡΡΠΈΠ» | style | #1,578 | #1,010 |
| ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΅ΠΊΡ | project | #1,604 | #1,670 |
| ΠΏΡΠΎΠΊΠ»Π΅Ρ | cursed, damned | #1,616 | #917 |
| ΠΊΡΠ°Π΄Π΅Ρ | thief | #1,619 | #1,470 |
| Π°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΊΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΈ | American | #1,671 | #1,258 |
| Π½ΠΎΡΠΌΠ°Π»Π΅Π½ | normal, standard | #1,679 | #1,403 |
| Π±Π°Π½ΠΊΠ° | bank | #1,682 | #1,212 |
| ΠΊΡΡΡΡΠΌ | bullet | #1,706 | #1,104 |
| ΠΏΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ | example, instance | #1,709 | #578 |
| Π±Π°Π½Π΄Π° | gang | #1,710 | #1,910 |
| ΡΡΠ΅Π²Π° | grass | #1,735 | #1,370 |
| Π³Π»Π°Π΄ | hunger | #1,736 | #1,950 |
| Π°ΠΌΠΈΠ½ | amen | #1,739 | #1,503 |
| ΡΠΎΠΊ | juice | #1,742 | #1,611 |
| Π·Π²ΡΠΊ | sound | #1,755 | #1,477 |
| ΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΠΎ | rule | #1,757 | #1,283 |
| ΡΠΎΠΏΠ»ΠΎ | warmly | #1,781 | #1,261 |
| ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎ | village | #1,782 | #1,345 |
| ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈ | your, yours | #1,790 | #845 |
| ΠΏΠΈΡΠ° | pizza | #1,792 | #1,539 |
| Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅ΡΡ | illness, disease, sickness, malady, ailment | #1,801 | #1,262 |
| ΠΊΠΎΠΆΠ° | skin | #1,810 | #1,255 |
| Π°Π½Π³Π΅Π» | angel | #1,813 | #1,332 |
| ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΎΠ΄ | period | #1,829 | #1,532 |
| Π·Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ½ | law | #1,835 | #1,097 |
| ΡΠ»Π°Π΄ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΄ | ice cream | #1,861 | #1,705 |
| ΠΊΠΈΠ½ΠΎ | cinema, movies | #1,868 | #1,872 |
| ΠΊΠΎΡΠΌΠ°Ρ | nightmare | #1,875 | #1,866 |
| Π·Π°ΠΏΠ°Π΄ | west | #1,877 | #1,406 |
| ΡΠΈΡΠΌΠ° | firm, company | #1,886 | #1,935 |
| ΡΠΎΠ± | slave | #1,905 | #1,052 |
| ΠΏΠΎΠ·Π½Π°Ρ | known, familiar | #1,915 | #951 |
| ΡΠ»Π°Π± | weak, effete, feeble, puny | #1,922 | #1,407 |
| ΡΠΎΠ» | salt | #1,945 | #1,192 |
| ΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈΠΎ | radio | #1,971 | #1,162 |
The overlap is the easy part.
The rest comes from using it with someone who speaks it.