липсва ми

Missing Someone

Level 3Sounds Like lipsva mi

Липсваш ми. means 'I miss you'. Word for word it says 'You are missing to me'.

How It Works

1. Who is the subject. In English you say 'I miss you'. In Bulgarian the one you miss is the subject:

  • Липсваш ми. (I miss you.)
  • Мама ми липсва. (I miss Mom.)
  • Липсват ни приятелите. (We miss our friends.)
  • Липсвам ли ти? (Do you miss me?)

2. The forms. липсвам, липсваш, липсва, липсваме, липсвате, липсват. For missing someone in the past, the imperfect is the usual form: Много ми липсваше. (I missed you a lot.) The future is Ще ми липсваш. (I will miss you.)

3. Where the pronoun goes. If the verb starts the sentence, the pronoun follows it: Липсваш ми. If anything comes before the verb, the pronoun moves in front of the verb: Много ми липсваш., Не ми липсва., Мария ми липсва. See placement of short pronouns.

4. Adding emphasis. To stress who misses, add на with a full pronoun, and keep the short one too: На мен ми липсва морето, а на него не. (I miss the sea, but he doesn't.) See doubling the object.

5. Other meanings. The same verb means 'to lack' or 'to be missing': Липсва ми опит. (I lack experience.) Липсват два стола. (Two chairs are missing.)

6. A family of verbs. Харесва ми (I like it) and трябва ми (I need it) work the same way.

Examples (6)

  1. Липсваш ми.

    I miss you.

  2. Липсват ни приятелите.

    We miss our friends.

    Приятелите is plural, so the verb is липсват.

  3. Много ми липсваше морето.

    I missed the sea a lot.

  4. Ще ми липсваш!

    I will miss you!

  5. Липсвам ли ти?

    Do you miss me?

    Липсвам agrees with 'me', the one who is missed.

  6. Липсва ми опит.

    I lack experience.

    Here липсва means 'is lacking'.

Common Mistakes

  • Building the sentence like English 'I miss you'.

    Аз липсвам те.
    Липсваш ми.

    The person you miss is the subject, and you are shown by ми. Липсвам would mean 'I am missing'.

  • Leaving the verb singular when several things are missed.

    Липсва ми приятелите.
    Липсват ми приятелите.

    The verb agrees with what is missed. Приятелите is plural, so the verb must be липсват.

  • Putting the short pronoun after the verb when a subject comes first.

    Мария липсва ми.
    Мария ми липсва.

    When a word comes before the verb, the short pronoun goes in front of the verb.

How It Connects

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липсва миLevel 3Missing Someone

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Missing someone follows the харесва ми pattern.

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