No. 208 in Bulgarian
ч
The Bulgarian letter "ч" is the Cyrillic script equivalent of the English "ch" sound, as in "church."
In a sentence
Често чета книги.
I often read books.
In this sentence, 'често' means 'often', representing frequency, unrelated to the individual letter 'ч'.
Буквата 'ч' е след 'ц' в азбуката.
The letter 'ch' is after 'ts' in the alphabet.
Here, 'ч' is used as a reference to the Bulgarian letter and its position in the alphabet.
Той каза, че ще дойде утре.
He said that he will come tomorrow.
In this example, 'че' is a conjunction translating to 'that', used to introduce a subordinate clause.
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