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DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS in Bulgarian
Показателни местоимения

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➡ In today's lesson you will learn how to use the demonstrative pronouns in the Bulgarian language.

Happy learning!

Demonstrative pronouns are in fact demonstrative adjectives (This, that, these).

However, in sentence structures, demonstrative pronouns replace the noun phrase.

Finish this lesson and explore these related pages: DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS ..., GENERALIZING PRONOUNS ..., How to Use Be & Give your Opinion.

Gender and Number

Demonstrative pronouns in Bulgarian have gender and number.

Nearby persons and ojects

Gender	Bulgarian	English
m.	този	this
f.	тази
n.	това
pl.	тези	these

Distant persons and objects

Gender	Distant persons and objects	Denoting quality
m.	онзи         that	такъв        such as
f.	онази       that	такава      such as
n.	онова       that	такова      such as
pl.	онези       those	такива        such

 

Examples

Той е такъв сноб!	He is such a snob!
Искам такава рокля.	I want such a dress.

With or without a noun

We can use demonstrative pronouns with or without a noun. When used with a noun demonstrative pronouns go before it. The noun after the demonstrative pronoun is always without a definite article: този човек.

Sources

• https://caritas.bg/cms/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/A1-English.pdf?x10535
• https://www.colanguage.com/demonstrative-pronouns-bulgarian

Other Lessons

• Personal Pronouns
• DEFINITE ARTICLE OF NOUNS – Членуване на съществителните
• Future Tense
• PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE – Сегашно време
• CARDINAL NUMERALS – Бройни числителни
• Adverbs – Наречия
• NUMBER OF NOUNS – Число на съществителните
• Types of Questions – Видове въпроси
• DEGREES OF COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES – Степенуване на прилагателните
• PERSONAL PRONOUNS – Лични местоимения
• Comparatives and Superlatives
• Nouns
• Pronouns
• Plurals
• DEFINITE ARTICLE OF ADJECTIVES – Членуване на прилагателните