@@AB-yk2pq Well, she speaks Bulgarian with her family, but the slang is something that is specific to groups of people as a kind of informal in-group communication. Slang is often specific to the region. Since she never lived in Bulgaria, she would not have heard some those expressions. Also since Serbian and Bulgarian(especially the dialects that are spoken in Sofia and the western part of the country), are particularly close, it's not surprising if a Serbian person understands it better.
@@DMG380 Verovatno si razumeo/la moj komentar na srpskom. Naravno da Nina ne moze da zna sve slangove jer je odrasla u Kanadi,i u Americi mora da prica engleski. Moja poenta je, ona definitivno prica i razume bugarski i mislim da je ovde bila nervozna. Srpski i bugarski su slicni, pripadaju istoj grupi jezika :)
That's because she's Canadian. Even if she can speak the language, I don't think she'd be up on her slang as much as she would be if she had been born and raised there.
As a Bulgarian this was really funny to watch. She has great pronunciation and it was funny to hear what she thought some of the slang she didn't know meant.
deadmansfire she spoke it as her first language. She does say in some interview or articles that English was not aloud in her household. Her parents only spoke to her in Bulgarian
omg lol so it’s basically “kaşar”, meaning: 1. a type of cheese 2. girl who extremely cares about her look in a bad way, word used as “hoe” i hate the second meaning but it’s kinda interesting. is kilfa a type of insult as well?
Keep in mind, she was young and learned the language. She learned what was needed and NOT THE SLANG! Give her a break, okay? Not everyone even knows American slang.
faith Most of "slang" was not even slang though it's common words and expressions. The only modern slang word I noticed was kifwa the Instagram model thing
Actually in Bulgaria we say kifla to girls who are not natural. They are trying to be cute on social media and take pictures everywhere in any time. In here a lot of bulgarians are annoyed of those type of girls
I'm Bulgarian and for me this is actually really sweet of her to do that video slang thing although she doesn't remember much, which is totally understandable! Such cuteness ❤️
The things that she didn't know as slang, she was translating them literally and the translation was correct!!! Specially the "kifla" ones! Love you, Ninaaa❤️❤️❤️
Maggie Georgieva there wasn’t a single ounce of insult to her in my comment though. I was just pointing out that she was, in fact learning, that’s it. 😊
@@EJaramillo Exactly. Standard language takes more time to evolve, slang changes almost daily. And you need to live in a place to know it. She clearly speaks the standard language but idiomatic language needs to be experienced.
Musically Bulgaria wtf are you talking about? Her parents are Bulgarian so naturally she KNOWS the language, she may not be fluent as if she was living there but she knows what’s necessary not all the slang, keep in mind she grew up in an English speaking country and her parents also had to learn English so it’s more like her first language and Bulgarian is second but she still knows it, also she speaks French too.
@@AB-yk2pq they were right too, they just added to what she said, bc she didn't know the slang obviously. It has two meanings and the slang meaning is what they said - superficial girls who take too many selfies. Source: am Bulgarian.
@@AB-yk2pq We use кифла with two different meanings. The one is food like croissant but not exactly and the second one is like a spoiled girl who is putting on so much make up and looks like a doll
I absolutely love Bulgarian.. I’m VPD when she spoke it as Katerina it was beautiful! I think it sounds more romantic then French or Italian.. love love it!!
Ive never met anyone with the same name as me😂 I pronounce it as Diana with people who dont speak Spanish which is basically everyone I know. How do you pronounce it?
@@hayleywheeler9237 just a heads-up: Belgium and Bulgaria are different European countries. Belgium is the one with the pralines and waffles (and Jean Claude Van Damme) , Bulgaria is the one with Nina. Quite different.
Me: knows perfect English but full on bad in Bulgarian (I’m Bulgarian) Nina: full on American but doesn’t understand the Bulgarian letters Same sis, same 😂
You can start learning, but the most important is to practice it. In 21 century you can create a virtual room with other people who want the same and somebody who can help you.
proud of what? an american with a bulgarian name... give me a fckin break to call this woman a bulgarian means you have literally no respect to your countly
@@DarkDragonSlayerAQW European people give way more importance to blood/ethnicity than Americans do. So, she IS Bulgarian by blood, because her parents are Bulgarian.
I wish Katerina Petrova had more Bulgarian lines. It's so nice to hear and they captioned it all when she spoke Bulgarian so we still would have understood.
How about James McAvoy for Scottish,Jessie J or Emilia Clarke for British and Alexander Skarsgaard for Sweden but good job,Nina Dobrev is also phenomenally unique and special
Great video. I admire people who can be able to speak many different lenguages. I tried to understand bulgarian but sorry, only english although I'am cuban so I speak spanish and studied english as a second language. Good for Nina, she is a clever girl, and a very good person too. Keep doing it as well as you are. We never forget our place of birth, our country, our folklore. That's what we are. 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
The one with "kvo pravish ma" was a little bit rude. She translated most of the words correct, but is normal not to know some of the meanings. It's a slang, after all, and it would be weird if she knew all the translations. I completely agree on the fact that she needs to come and visit Bulgaria more - we need to see more often our Bulgarian pride, right? As a Bulgarian I feel so proud to have her as my idol. For the negative Bulgarians watching this - don't judge her. It's okay that she doesn't know some of the meanings. She moved to Canada at the age of two, after all, so it's a big accomplishment for her! We are waiting for you, Nina! ❤ #Namaste 🙏
Kind of agree with you, Theodora, but it was nice to hear her talk about her experiences in Bulgaria as well. If it was rehearsed then we would miss out on her explanations.
Sabrina Islam she would have explained them anyway it's not a matter of rehearsing her answers but rather reading them through so she didn't stumble when pronouncing them which wouldn't have happened If she'd seen the expressions before they filmed it
don't. it's considered a hard language for most foreigners, and it won't be of any use unless you decide to come to bulgaria on a vacation or to live here. or unless you are some kind of polyglot/linguist and like to learn languages for fun
Haha, this would be me with Polish slang, since I haven't lived there since I was 5. I'd be like her, knowing what it means literally but not what it means in current slang.
awww yes!!! finally something with bulgarian. i’m slovakian & i’m pretty sure bulgarian may be a slavic language because i can interpret some of the words or they sound similar. :) for the first one we’d say človek why do they shake their head for no when they mean yes 😂😭😭 we say brat too just not the same way but we dont exaggerate the a we all say nazdravie lol cheers or technically for health!
There a couple of theories about the shaking of the head for yes/no. The most popular one is that when bulgarians were under ottoman rule they used the gesture in reverse, in order to fool their Turkish overlords.
