Da & Ne (дa & не)

‘Yes’ and ‘no’. Pretty straightforward – unless you’re in Greece where ne means yes and there’s the more familiar head shaking action. There’s also da be da (дa бе дa) which essentially means ‘no’ – the rough equivalent of: ‘yeah, right’. You can often tag ne on the front of something to mean the opposite, like ne znam (не знам) for ‘I don’t know’ or neobiknoven (необикновен) for ‘extraordinary’. This means it’s very functional for getting by. If you know one word such as toplo (топло) which means ‘warm’, but don’t know ‘cold’, you can make yourself understood by saying: ne toplo.