тоз
BulgarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
тоз • (toz) m (demonstrative)
- (regional, nonstandard or poetic) Alternative form of този (tozi); this, that, this one, that one, he
- Познаваш ли тоз чове́к?
- Poznavaš li toz čovék?
- Do you know this man?
- Много е умен тоз Петър.
- Mnogo e umen toz Petǎr.
- He’s very clever, Peter is.
Usage notesEdit
Тоз (Toz) and the other shortened demonstrative pronouns (таз (taz), туй (tuj), тез (tez), оназ (onaz), онуй (onuj), онез (onez)) are used in the Eastern Bulgarian dialects and are not considered standard. They can also be found in poetry (see quotations) where the number of syllables is important and these pronouns are one syllable shorter than their corresponding standard forms. These forms should not be used in the Bulgarian written language.
QuotationsEdit
- 1873, Hristo Botev, “Hadži Dimitǎr”, Nezavisimost (newspaper):
- […] Тоз, който падне в бой за свобода, той не умира […]
- […] Toz, kojto padne v boj za svoboda, toj ne umira […]
- He who falls in freedom's fight dies not...
- 1922, Hristo Smirnenski, “Junoša”, Rabotičesky vestnik:
- Аз не зная защо съм на тоз свят роден […]
- Az ne znaja zašto sǎm na toz svjat roden […]
- I do not know why I was born into this world...
- 1873, Hristo Botev, “Hadži Dimitǎr”, Nezavisimost (newspaper):
Related termsEdit
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) | |