онзи
Bulgarian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɔnzi]
Pronoun
о́нзи • (ónzi) m (demonstrative)
- Used in indicating a person or thing that is away from the interlocutors, often in contrast with another person or thing nearby; that, that one
- Познаваш ли онзи човек?
- Poznavaš li onzi čovek?
- Do you know that man?
- Кой искаш? Този или онзи?
- Koj iskaš? Tozi ili onzi?
- Which do you want? This one or that one?
- Този влак ходи до Чикаго, а онзи – до Ню Йорк.
- Tozi vlak hodi do Čikago, a onzi – do Nju Jork.
- This train goes to Chicago and that one to New York.
- Used in indicating something or someone already mentioned or known about, but that is away from the interlocutors either temporally or spatially; that, that one, the one
- Десет години от онзи трагичен инцидент.
- Deset godini ot onzi tragičen incident.
- Ten years since that tragic incident.
- Той е онзи, на когото дадох парите.
- Toj e onzi, na kogoto dadoh parite.
- He is the one I gave the money to.
- Used to refer to a person or thing that fits a certain description, or to a group in general; he
- Онзи-който-не-бива-да-се-назовава.
- Onzi-kojto-ne-biva-da-se-nazovava.
- He-who-must-not-be-named.
- Онзи, който търси, намира.
- Onzi, kojto tǎrsi, namira.
- He who seeks shall find.
- (derogatory) Used to indicate the speaker's derogatory attitude towards someone or something; he, that one
- Какво искаше онзи?
- Kakvo iskaše onzi?
- What did he want?/What was his problem?
Related terms
Bulgarian demonstrative pronouns
| Personal | Qualitative | Quantative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proximal | Distal | ||||
| Masculine | Nominative | то́зи (tózi) тоз (toz) то́я (tója) | о́нзи (ónzi) о́ня (ónja) | такъ́в (takǎ́v) онакъ́в (onakǎ́v) и́накъв (ínakǎv) | то́лкова (tólkova) то́лкоз (tólkoz) |
| Accusative | того́зи (togózi) того́з (togóz) того́ва (togóva) | оного́зи (onogózi) оного́з (onogóz) оного́ва (onogóva) | |||
| Dative | тому́ва (tomúva) | оному́ва (onomúva) | |||
| Feminine | — | та́зи (tázi) таз (taz) та́я (tája) | она́зи (onázi) она́з (onáz) она́я (onája) | така́ва (takáva) онака́ва (onakáva) и́наква (ínakva) | |
| Neuter | — | това́ (tová) туй (tuj) | онова́ (onová) ону́й (onúj) | тако́ва (takóva) онако́ва (onakóva) и́накво (ínakvo) | |
| Plural | — | те́зи (tézi) тез (tez) ти́я (tíja) | оне́зи (onézi) оне́з (onéz) они́я (oníja) | таки́ва (takíva) онаки́ва (onakíva) и́накви (ínakvi) | |