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'''здрасти''', Bulgarian Learners! 😃
'''здрасти''', Bulgarian Learners! 😃


➡ In today's lesson you will learn about the gender and number agreement of adjectives in the Bulgarian language.
➡ In today's lesson you will learn about the gender and number agreement of adjectives in the Bulgarian language.


Happy learning!
Happy learning!


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1. Adjectives in Bulgarian change according to the gender and number of the noun they define. We call it agreement of nouns and adjectives.
1. Adjectives in Bulgarian change according to the gender and number of the noun they define. We call it agreement of nouns and adjectives.


2. Adjectives in Bulgarian have 3 forms – masculine, feminine and neuter. The typical ending for masculine adjectives is a consonant, for feminine adjectives -A, and for neuter adjectives -O. We form feminine and neuter adjectives by adding -A and –О to the masculine form.
2. Adjectives in Bulgarian have 3 forms – masculine, feminine and neuter. The typical ending for masculine adjectives is a consonant, for feminine adjectives -A, and for neuter adjectives -O. We form feminine and neuter adjectives by adding -A and –О to the masculine form.


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3. There is a group of masculine adjectives ending in -СКИ: български, детски, медицински.
3. There is a group of masculine adjectives ending in -СКИ: български, детски, медицински.


4. We form the plural of the adjectives by adding -И to the masculine singular form.
4. We form the plural of the adjectives by adding -И to the masculine singular form.


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5. For most of the adjectives ending in -ЕН (with the stress not falling on E in the masculine form), we drop -Е- in the ending of the feminine, neuter and plural forms. If the stress falls on E, we don’t drop it. For most of the adjectives ending in –ЪР and -ЪК in the masculine form, we drop -Ъ- in the ending of the feminine, neuter and plural forms.
5. For most of the adjectives ending in -ЕН (with the stress not falling on E in the masculine form), we drop -Е- in the ending of the feminine, neuter and plural forms. If the stress falls on E, we don’t drop it. For most of the adjectives ending in –ЪР and -ЪК in the masculine form, we drop -Ъ- in the ending of the feminine, neuter and plural forms.
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* [[Language/Bulgarian/Grammar/PERSONAL-PRONOUNS-–-Лични-местоимения|PERSONAL PRONOUNS – Лични местоимения]]
* [[Language/Bulgarian/Grammar/DEFINITE-ARTICLE-OF-NOUNS-–-Членуване-на-съществителните|DEFINITE ARTICLE OF NOUNS – Членуване на съществителните]]
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* [[Language/Bulgarian/Grammar/Pronouns|Pronouns]]
* [[Language/Bulgarian/Grammar/Pronouns|Pronouns]]
* [[Language/Bulgarian/Grammar/Adverbs-–-Наречия|Adverbs – Наречия]]
* [[Language/Bulgarian/Grammar/Adverbs-–-Наречия|Adverbs – Наречия]]
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Latest revision as of 13:58, 27 March 2023

GENDER AND NUMBER OF ADJECTIVES
Род и число на прилагателните
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здрасти, Bulgarian Learners! 😃

➡ In today's lesson you will learn about the gender and number agreement of adjectives in the Bulgarian language.

Happy learning!

1. Adjectives in Bulgarian change according to the gender and number of the noun they define. We call it agreement of nouns and adjectives.

2. Adjectives in Bulgarian have 3 forms – masculine, feminine and neuter. The typical ending for masculine adjectives is a consonant, for feminine adjectives -A, and for neuter adjectives -O. We form feminine and neuter adjectives by adding -A and –О to the masculine form.

Singular
m.  -consonant  хубав ресторант  nice restaurant
f.  +а  хубава къща  nice house
n.  +о  хубаво село  nice village

3. There is a group of masculine adjectives ending in -СКИ: български, детски, медицински.

4. We form the plural of the adjectives by adding -И to the masculine singular form.

Plural
m. хубави ресторанти  nice restaurants
f.  хубави къщи  nice houses
n.  хубави села  nice villages

5. For most of the adjectives ending in -ЕН (with the stress not falling on E in the masculine form), we drop -Е- in the ending of the feminine, neuter and plural forms. If the stress falls on E, we don’t drop it. For most of the adjectives ending in –ЪР and -ЪК in the masculine form, we drop -Ъ- in the ending of the feminine, neuter and plural forms.


-ен  -ър  -ък
m.  умен  добър  малък
f.  умна  добра  малка
n.  умно  добро  малко
pl.  умни  добри  малки

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