Bulgarian and Russian: 77 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 Russian
A shared word is not proof of a shared root. Two languages can land on the same spelling by borrowing from a third — that is all tren and bomba are — 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 | Russian |
|---|---|---|---|
| и | and | #5 | #5 |
| или | or | #64 | #65 |
| там | there | #78 | #68 |
| точно | exactly, precisely, accurately | #102 | #178 |
| работа | work | #115 | #365 |
| две | two | #190 | #478 |
| три | three | #215 | #249 |
| мой | my, mine | #247 | #77 |
| два | two | #273 | #201 |
| брат | brother | #274 | #410 |
| ясно | clearly | #276 | #330 |
| трудно | with difficulty | #314 | #750 |
| почти | almost, nearly | #319 | #350 |
| вероятно | possibly, perhaps | #331 | #997 |
| сестра | sister | #348 | #617 |
| над | above, over | #353 | #335 |
| дам | to give | #376 | #924 |
| история | history | #434 | #733 |
| ужасно | terribly, horribly | #454 | #655 |
| против | against | #480 | #300 |
| информация | information | #497 | #1,562 |
| вчера | yesterday | #536 | #426 |
| едва | hardly, barely | #538 | #1,533 |
| вместо | instead of | #545 | #825 |
| план | plan, scheme | #554 | #600 |
| лично | personally, in person | #598 | #1,171 |
| ваше | your, yours | #603 | #368 |
| убийство | murder, homicide | #615 | #781 |
| бизнес | business | #631 | #1,366 |
| внимание | attention | #638 | #632 |
| идиот | idiot | #698 | #1,127 |
| ваша | your, yours | #704 | #310 |
| рано | early | #714 | #946 |
| детектив | detective | #723 | #830 |
| абсолютно | absolutely | #773 | #886 |
| дайте | to give | #775 | #718 |
| система | system | #795 | #1,731 |
| книга | book | #821 | #1,709 |
| телефон | telephone | #874 | #595 |
| президент | president | #891 | #920 |
| шоу | show | #910 | #745 |
| слава | glory | #926 | #1,128 |
| чай | tea | #941 | #1,742 |
| разговор | talk, conversation | #942 | #1,186 |
| пистолет | pistol, handgun | #951 | #932 |
| операция | operation | #1,031 | #1,948 |
| дал | to give | #1,039 | #639 |
| мои | my, mine | #1,062 | #193 |
| сезон | season | #1,063 | #1,348 |
| полковник | colonel | #1,068 | #1,711 |
| мир | peace | #1,095 | #413 |
| дон | don | #1,122 | #1,571 |
| наш | our, ours | #1,146 | #280 |
| директор | manager, director, principal, headmaster | #1,185 | #1,513 |
| ситуация | situation | #1,209 | #1,632 |
| наша | our, ours | #1,275 | #501 |
| генерал | general | #1,276 | #1,635 |
| офицер | officer | #1,285 | #1,388 |
| костюм | suit | #1,299 | #1,622 |
| такси | taxi; cab | #1,327 | #1,497 |
| нож | knife | #1,336 | #1,739 |
| брак | marriage, matrimony | #1,337 | #1,745 |
| тест | test | #1,346 | #1,853 |
| ваш | your, yours | #1,351 | #269 |
| офис | office | #1,450 | #1,266 |
| ключ | key | #1,483 | #1,169 |
| видео | video | #1,527 | #1,322 |
| сто | hundred | #1,566 | #1,514 |
| плюс | plus sign | #1,590 | #1,814 |
| адрес | address | #1,626 | #1,294 |
| наши | our, ours | #1,631 | #343 |
| урок | lesson | #1,653 | #1,969 |
| отношение | attitude | #1,684 | #1,947 |
| звук | sound | #1,755 | #1,752 |
| внезапно | suddenly, all of a sudden | #1,832 | #1,953 |
| закон | law | #1,835 | #1,489 |
| отец | father | #1,931 | #191 |
The overlap is the easy part.
The rest comes from using it with someone who speaks it.