кого
Bulgarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
кого́ • (kogó) sg (interrogative)
- accusative singular of кой (koj); whom, who (used as the direct object of a verb.)
- Кого поканиха?
- Kogo pokaniha?
- Whom did they invite?
- Попитах я кого е видяла.
- Popitah ja kogo e vidjala.
- I asked her who she had seen.
- prepositional singular of кой (koj); whom, who (used as the object of a preposition.)
- С кого разговарям?
- S kogo razgovarjam?
- With whom am I speaking?
- На кого да пиша?
- Na kogo da piša?
- To whom should I write?
- Чудя се от кого беше писмото.
- Čudja se ot kogo beše pismoto.
- I wonder who the letter was from.
Usage notes edit
The accusative and prepositional forms are used only when кой is on its own (not in front of a noun) and refers to a person. In informal Bulgarian the nominative form is often used instead of the accusative and prepositional ones (Кой поканиха, с кой разговарям). This usage is not considered standard.
Related terms edit
Bulgarian interrogative pronouns
Personal | Qualitative | Possessive | Quantitative | ||
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Masculine | Nominative | кой (koj) | какъ́в (kakǎ́v) ко́лкав (kólkav) |
чий (čij) | ко́лко (kólko) колци́на (kolcína) |
Accusative | кого́ (kogó) | ||||
Dative | кому́ (komú) | ||||
Prepositional | с кого́ (s kogó) | ||||
Feminine | — | коя́ (kojá) | каква́ (kakvá) ко́лкава (kólkava) |
чия́ (čijá) | |
Neuter | — | кое́ (koé) какво́ (kakvó) що (što) |
какво́ (kakvó) ко́лкаво (kólkavo) |
чие́ (čié) | |
Plural | — | кои́ (koí) | какви́ (kakví) ко́лкави (kólkavi) |
чии́ (čií) |
Macedonian edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
кого • (kogo)
- Direct object form of кој (koj).
Russian edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
кого́ • (kovó)
- accusative/genitive of кто (kto)
Ukrainian edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
кого́ or ко́го • (kohó or kóho)
- accusative/genitive of хто (xto)
Usage notes edit
The alternative form ко́го (with stress retraction onto the first syllable) is used after prepositions.