Verb conjugator

Bulgarian verb conjugation tables

Type any Bulgarian verb, or pick one of 16 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

Quick answer

Bulgarian verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 16 of the most common Bulgarian verbs across 3 core tenses. Pick a verb like съм (to be) or съм (to be), or type any Bulgarian verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing съм (to be) · irregular, essential auxiliary

съм

to be irregular, essential auxiliary
Сегашно време (present)
аз съм
ти си
той/тя/то е
ние сме
вие сте
те са
Минало несвършено време (past)
аз бях
ти беше
той/тя/то беше
ние бяхме
вие бяхте
те бяха
Бъдеще време (future)
аз ще бъда
ти ще бъдеш
той/тя/то ще бъде
ние ще бъдем
вие ще бъдете
те ще бъдат

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How Bulgarian conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 3 core tenses: Сегашно време (present), Минало несвършено време (past), Бъдеще време (future).

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (irregular, essential auxiliary for съм, for example). Irregular verbs like съм (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

You do not learn these by staring at the grid. You learn them by meeting them, over and over, in real sentences until the pattern feels obvious. That is what reading does, and it is what reading in Lingo7 is built for: open a real book in Bulgarian, tap any verb form to see its meaning, and the conjugations start to stick on their own.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Bulgarian verbs?

To conjugate a Bulgarian verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take съм (to be): in the аз form it is съм now, бях in the past, and ще бъда in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common Bulgarian verbs?

The most common Bulgarian verbs include съм (to be), имам (to have), отивам (to go), мога (can, to be able), ям (to eat), искам (to want), чета (to read), пиша (to write). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 16.

Is Bulgarian verb conjugation hard?

Bulgarian conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. Bulgarian is FSI Category III, about 1100 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does Bulgarian have?

These three, Сегашно време (present), Минало несвършено време (past), Бъдеще време (future), are the core of everyday Bulgarian and the right place to start. Real Bulgarian also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.