ходя / вървя

Going Regularly and Walking Now

Level 2Sounds Like hodâ i vʺrvâ

Ходя: go somewhere regularly, walk around, be able to walk. Вървя: be walking or moving along now. Ходя на фитнес. (I go to the gym.) Вървя по улицата. (I am walking along the street.)

How It Works

1. Ходя.

  • Regular trips: Ходя на фитнес три пъти седмично. (I go to the gym three times a week.) Децата ходят на училище. (The children go to school.)
  • Walking as an ability or activity: Бебето вече ходи. (The baby can already walk.) Обичам да ходя пеша. (I like walking.)
  • A finished trip there and back, in the past: Миналото лято ходих на море. (Last summer I went to the seaside.)

2. Вървя.

  • Walking along right now: Вървя по улицата и говоря по телефона. (I am walking along the street and talking on the phone.)
  • Directions: Вървете направо. (Go straight on.)
  • Things that run or progress: Часовникът не върви. (The clock isn't working.) Как върви работата? (How is work going?)

3. Отивам. When the focus is on the destination of one trip, use отивам: Отивам на работа. (I am going to work.)

Quick test: a habit or a round trip → ходя; moving along right now → вървя; heading to a place → отивам.

Examples (6)

  1. Ходя на фитнес три пъти седмично.

    I go to the gym three times a week.

    A regular trip uses ходя.

  2. Вървя по улицата и търся аптека.

    I'm walking along the street looking for a pharmacy.

    Movement in progress uses вървя.

  3. Миналото лято ходихме на море.

    Last summer we went to the seaside.

    Ходихме describes a finished trip there and back.

  4. Бебето вече ходи.

    The baby can already walk.

  5. Вървете направо до светофара.

    Go straight on to the traffic lights.

  6. Как върви работата?

    How is work going?

    Вървя also means "to go, progress".

Common Mistakes

  • Using вървя for a regular trip.

    Всяка събота вървя на пазар.
    Всяка събота ходя на пазар.

    Going somewhere as a habit uses ходя. Вървя describes walking along at a particular moment.

  • Using вървя for a finished trip in the past.

    Миналата година вървях в Гърция.
    Миналата година ходих в Гърция.

    The intended meaning is "I went to Greece". Вървях в Гърция means "I was walking in Greece". For a trip there and back, use ходих.

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ходя / вървяLevel 2Going Regularly and Walking Now

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Going regularly and walking now follow going and coming.

Words in This Pattern

ходявървя