този
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɔzi]
Pronoun
то́зи • (tózi) m (demonstrative)
- Used in indicating something or someone nearby; this, that, this one, that one
- Познаваш ли този човек?
- Poznavaš li tozi čovek?
- Do you know this man?
- Кой искаш? Този или онзи?
- Koj iskaš? Tozi ili onzi?
- Which do you want? This one or that one?
- Ползвайте този нож, за да нарежете хляба.
- Polzvajte tozi nož, za da narežete hljaba.
- Use this knife to slice the bread.
- Този влак ходи до Чикаго.
- Tozi vlak hodi do Čikago.
- This train goes to Chicago.
- Used in indicating something or someone just mentioned or already known about; this, this one, that, that one, the one
- Ако участваш в този филм, ще загубиш от популярността си.
- Ako učastvaš v tozi film, šte zagubiš ot populjarnostta si.
- If you play in that film, you'll lose some of your popularity.
- Този материал все още не сме го вземали.
- Tozi material vse ošte ne sme go vzemali.
- We haven't studied that material yet.
- Той е този, на когото дадох парите.
- Toj e tozi, na kogoto dadoh parite.
- He is the one I gave the money to.
- Used to indicate the speaker's attitude (surprise, admiration, disregard and so on) towards someone or something.
- Много е умен този Петър.
- Mnogo e umen tozi Petǎr.
- He’s very clever, Peter is.
- Какво иска този?
- Kakvo iska tozi?
- What does he want?/What's his problem?
- Used to refer to a person or thing that fits a certain description, or to a group in general; he
- Този, който се смее последен, се смее най-добре.
- Tozi, kojto se smee posleden, se smee naj-dobre.
- He who laughs last laughs best.
- Този, който не работи, не трябва да яде.
- Tozi, kojto ne raboti, ne trjabva da jade.
- He who does not work, should not eat.
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) | |
References
- този in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- този in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)