Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *vašь.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vaʃ]
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Determiner

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Ваш (Vašm sg (possessive)

  1. your, yours (polite form of the second-person singular or plural possessive determiner/pronoun)
    Госпожо Петрова, Вашата стая е на третия етаж.
    Gospožo Petrova, Vašata staja e na tretija etaž.
    Mrs. Petrova, your room is on the third floor.
    Извинете, това ли е Вашето място?.
    Izvinete, tova li e Vašeto mjasto?.
    Excuse me, is this your seat?
    Искрено Ваш.
    Iskreno Vaš.
    Yours sincerely/faithfully.
    Ваше величество.
    Vaše veličestvo.
    Your Majesty.

Usage notes

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  • The possessive pronoun Ваш (Vaš) is comparable to French votre, German Ihr, and is used not only in the informal plural sense, but also as the formal singular and plural, in which case it is always capitalised. The formal Ваш (Vaš) is appropriate with strangers, business contacts, and all but one's friends. (The informal твой (tvoj) should only be used with close family and friends.)

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References

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  • Ваш”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Ваш”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vašь, from Proto-Indo-European *wās-y-.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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Ваш (Vaš)

  1. (formal plural & singular) your, yours
    Од денес, бродов е Ваш.
    Od denes, brodov e Vaš.
    From today, this ship is yours.

Declension

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Declension of Ваш
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite Ваш (Vaš) Ваша (Vaša) Ваше (Vaše) Ваши (Vaši)
definite unspecified Вашиот (Vašiot) Вашата (Vašata) Вашето (Vašeto) Вашите (Vašite)
definite proximal Вашиов (Vašiov) Вашава (Vašava) Вашево (Vaševo) Вашиве (Vašive)
definite distal Вашион (Vašion) Вашана (Vašana) Вашено (Vašeno) Вашине (Vašine)

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