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Аа
Name а
Sounds like a as in father (short)
German: a in Mann
In Latin letters a
Four faces
- Аа Print
- Аа Bulgarian print
same shape - Аа Italic
- Handwriting
coming
Words
Remember it
Same as your A.
Trap
When unstressed it drifts towards ъ (the u in turn): България sounds like bəl-GA-ri-ya.
Try it
Three one-tap exercises come next: hear → tap the letter · see the letter → choose the sound · read a word → choose the picture.
Recordings: Lingua Libre speakers on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC0). A dotted ▶ means your phone's own Bulgarian voice speaks, because no native recording exists yet.