Language/Bulgarian/Grammar/Types-of-Questions-–-Видове-въпроси
1. In Bulgarian there are two main types of questions: Yes/No questions and questions with a question word.
2. We form Yes/No questions using the particle ЛИ. In positive Yes/No questions with the verb “to be” in present simple tense we place ЛИ before the verb “to be”.
3. In other types of Yes/No questions we usually place ЛИ after the verb.
4. In most cases we can skip the personal pronouns without changing the word order.
5. When we use question words (кой, какъв, как, защо, etc.) we usually do not use ЛИ to form questions.
| Bulgarian | Translation |
|---|---|
| кой | who, which |
| какъв | what kind of; what |
| къде | where |
| кога | when |
| как | how |
| колко | how much; how many |
| защо | why |
6. Some question words in Bulgarian have gender and number.
| Bulgarian | Translation | |
|---|---|---|
| m. | кой | who / which |
| f. | коя | |
| n. | кое | |
| pl. | кои | |
| m. | какъв | what kind of / what |
| f. | каква | |
| n. | какво | |
| pl. | какви |
7. When we use question words to form questions we place the question words before the verb.
Question word + Verb ?
8. When question words are used with prepositions, the sentence starts with the preposition followed by the question word.
9. We can also ask questions using narrative sentences with a rising intonation.
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