занимавам

Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian занима́ть (zanimátʹ), formed from за- (za-) +‎ -имам (-imam); cf. занятие (zanjatie) and заемам се (zaemam se). The н was inserted due to reanalysis of the Russian verbs внима́ть (vnimátʹ) and снима́ть (snimátʹ); see -нимать (-nimatʹ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [zɐniˈmavɐm]
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Verb edit

занима́вам (zanimávam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective занима́я)

  1. to entertain
  2. to educate, to teach
  3. (transitive, reflexive) to serve a certain duty; to keep oneself busy
    Занимавам се с търговия на едро.
    Zanimavam se s tǎrgovija na edro.
    I work as a wholesale trader.

Conjugation edit

References edit

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

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