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Ъъ
Name ер голям
Sounds like u as in turn or cut
In Latin letters a
Four faces
- Ъъ Print
- Ъъ Bulgarian print
- Ъъ Italic
- Handwriting
coming
Words
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The first-grade primer's word for Ъ: two big yers in one word.
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bəl-GA-ri-ya: the ъ is the second sound you say.
Remember it
A b without its cap: the big yer, the Bulgarian vowel.
Trap
Not silent (that is Russian). It is a full vowel and it is everywhere: България, ъгъл. Official Latin spelling writes it as a.
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.