Category: Nouns
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The definite article and neuter nouns in Bulgarian
A definite article is a word that makes a noun more specific. In English, the definite article is “the”, as opposed to the indefinite article, “a” or “an”. If we’re referring to a particular object, we use the definite article, for example: “the book I read last week.” Bulgarian also uses definite articles, but it…
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The definite article and feminine nouns in Bulgarian
In English, we have only one definite article (the). We use it to refer to specific objects or concepts, such as “the book I am reading.” In Bulgarian, the definite article changes according to the gender of the noun in question (check out my post on the gender of Bulgarian nouns). It also changes depending…
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The definite article and masculine nouns in Bulgarian
In English, we have two articles: indefinite (a, an) and definite (the). They appear before the noun they refer to, but they can be separated by adjectives, e.g. “the black book”. Bulgarian doesn’t have an indefinite article, or rather the indefinite article is implied by the lack of the definite article. Unlike in English, the…
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The plural of neuter nouns in Bulgarian
This post explains how to form the plural of regular neuter nouns in Bulgarian (I’ll cover the exceptions in another post). You might also like to check out my posts on the plural of feminine nouns or the plural of masculine nouns. I’d also advise reading my post on the gender of nouns if you…
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The plural of feminine nouns in Bulgarian
This post explains how the plural of feminine nouns is formed in Bulgarian. If you’d like to learn more about the gender of nouns, you should check out my post on the gender of Bulgarian nouns. For those of you who’ve already read my post on the plural of masculine nouns in Bulgarian, you’ll be…
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The plural of masculine nouns in Bulgarian
This post looks at how to form the plurals of masculine nouns in Bulgarian. There are broadly three ways to do this, depending on the ending of the noun in question. You might have clocked I said “broadly”. This is because in Bulgarian when a masculine noun is used after a number it takes a…