Language/Bulgarian/Grammar/PRESENT-SIMPLE-TENSE-–-Сегашно-време
- The name of the tense is Bulgarian is Present Tense but Present Simple Tense is the closest corresponding English tense to it.
1. Verbs in Bulgarian have three persons – 1st, 2nd, and 3rd – and two numbers – singular and plural.
2. Verbs in Bulgarian do not have an infinitive form. Therefore the 1st person singular in present simple tense is used as a basic form of the verb.
3. The present simple tense of the verb “to be” is formed in an irregular way.
4. There are three groups or conjugations of verbs in the Bulgarian language: A/Я group (3rd conjugation), E group (1st conjugation), and И group (2nd conjugation).
5. We often skip the personal pronouns, as the grammatical person and number are clear by the form of the verb.
6. A/Я group (3rd conjugation) – All the verbs from the A/Я group end in -АМ/-ЯМ in 1st person singular.
7. Some verbs from this group are: вечерям, забравям, закусвам, затварям, искам, казвам, казвам се, купувам, обичам, харесвам, обядвам, отварям, отговарям, отивам, разбирам.
8. E group (1st conjugation) – Many of the verbs from the Е group end in a vowel + Я in 1st person singular.
9. Some verbs from this group are: желая, зная/знам, играя, мечтая, мия (се), мога, пея, пия, пиша, смея се, чета. Exception: ям – аз ям, ти ядеш, той/тя/ то яде, ние ядем, вие ядете, те ядат.
10.И group (2nd conjugation) – Almost all of the verbs from the И group end in a consonant + Я in 1st person singular.
11.Some verbs from this group are: вървя, говоря, готвя, каня, мисля, моля, мълча, правя, работя, свиря, търся, уча, ходя.
12.Verbs ending in consonant + A in 1st person singular belong either to E group or to И group.
13. Pay attention to the placement of the reflexive pronoun CE.
14. We use present simple tense to talk about:
- a fact
- a habit or repeated action
- an activity happening now
15. Present simple tense is often used with adverbs of frequency: винаги, обикновено, често, понякога, рядко, никога
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