Inherited from Old Church Slavonic казати (kazati), from Proto-Slavic *kazati.
ка́жа • (káža) first-singular present indicative, pf (imperfective ка́звам)
| participles | present active participle | past active aorist participle | past active imperfect participle | past passive participle | verbal noun | adverbial participle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | indefinite | — | ка́зал, каза́л1 kázal, kazál1 |
ка́жел kážel |
ка́зан kázan |
— | |
| definite subject form | — | ка́залият, каза́лият1 kázalijat, kazálijat1 |
— | ка́заният kázanijat | |||
| definite object form | — | ка́залия, каза́лия1 kázalija, kazálija1 |
— | ка́зания kázanija | |||
| feminine | indefinite | — | ка́зала, каза́ла1 kázala, kazála1 |
ка́жела kážela |
ка́зана kázana | ||
| definite | — | ка́залата, каза́лата1 kázalata, kazálata1 |
— | ка́заната kázanata | |||
| neuter | indefinite | — | ка́зало, каза́ло1 kázalo, kazálo1 |
ка́жело káželo |
ка́зано kázano |
— | |
| definite | — | ка́залото, каза́лото1 kázaloto, kazáloto1 |
— | ка́заното kázanoto |
— | ||
| plural | indefinite | — | ка́зали, каза́ли1 kázali, kazáli1 |
ка́жели káželi |
ка́зани kázani |
— | |
| definite | — | ка́залите, каза́лите1 kázalite, kazálite1 |
— | ка́заните kázanite |
— | ||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| present | ка́жа káža |
ка́жеш kážeš |
ка́же káže |
ка́жем kážem |
ка́жете kážete |
ка́жат kážat | |
| imperfect | ка́жех kážeh |
ка́жеше kážeše |
ка́жеше kážeše |
ка́жехме kážehme |
ка́жехте kážehte |
ка́жеха kážeha | |
| aorist | ка́зах, каза́х1 kázah, kazáh1 |
ка́за, каза́1 káza, kazá1 |
ка́за, каза́1 káza, kazá1 |
ка́захме, каза́хме1 kázahme, kazáhme1 |
ка́захте, каза́хте1 kázahte, kazáhte1 |
ка́заха, каза́ха1 kázaha, kazáha1 | |
| future | pos. | Use ще followed by the present indicative tense | |||||
| neg. | Use ня́ма да followed by the present indicative tense | ||||||
| future in the past | pos. | Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense | |||||
| neg. | Use ня́маше да followed by the present indicative tense | ||||||
| present perfect | Use the present indicative tense of съм and ка́зал/каза́л1 m, ка́зала/каза́ла1 f, ка́зало/каза́ло1 n, or ка́зали/каза́ли1 pl | ||||||
| past perfect | Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and ка́зал/каза́л1 m, ка́зала/каза́ла1 f, ка́зало/каза́ло1 n, or ка́зали/каза́ли1 pl | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future indicative tense of съм and ка́зал/каза́л1 m, ка́зала/каза́ла1 f, ка́зало/каза́ло1 n, or ка́зали/каза́ли1 pl | ||||||
| future perfect in the past | Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and ка́зал/каза́л1 m, ка́зала/каза́ла1 f, ка́зало/каза́ло1 n, or ка́зали/каза́ли1 pl | ||||||
| renarrative | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| present and imperfect | Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and ка́жел m, ка́жела f, ка́жело n, or ка́жели pl | ||||||
| aorist | Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and ка́зал/каза́л1 m, ка́зала/каза́ла1 f, ка́зало/каза́ло1 n, or ка́зали/каза́ли1 pl | ||||||
| future and future in the past | pos. | Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense | |||||
| neg. | Use ня́мало да and the present indicative tense | ||||||
| present and past perfect | Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and ка́зал/каза́л1 m, ка́зала/каза́ла1 f, ка́зало/каза́ло1 n, or ка́зали/каза́ли1 pl | ||||||
| future perfect and future perfect in the past | Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and ка́зал/каза́л1 m, ка́зала/каза́ла1 f, ка́зало/каза́ло1 n, or ка́зали/каза́ли1 pl | ||||||
| dubitative | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| present and imperfect | Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and ка́жел m, ка́жела f, ка́жело n, or ка́жели pl | ||||||
| aorist | Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and ка́зал/каза́л1 m, ка́зала/каза́ла1 f, ка́зало/каза́ло1 n, or ка́зали/каза́ли1 pl | ||||||
| future and future in the past | pos. | Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense | |||||
| neg. | Use ня́мало било́ да and the present indicative tense | ||||||
| present and past perfect | none
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| future perfect and future perfect in the past | Use the future/future in the past dubitative tense of съм and ка́зал/каза́л1 m, ка́зала/каза́ла1 f, ка́зало/каза́ло1 n, or ка́зали/каза́ли1 pl | ||||||
| conclusive | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| present and imperfect | Use the present indicative tense of съм and ка́жел m, ка́жела f, ка́жело n, or ка́жели pl | ||||||
| aorist | Use the present indicative tense of съм and ка́зал/каза́л1 m, ка́зала/каза́ла1 f, ка́зало/каза́ло1 n, or ка́зали/каза́ли1 pl | ||||||
| future and future in the past | pos. | Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense | |||||
| neg. | Use ня́мало е да and the present indicative tense | ||||||
| present and past perfect | Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and ка́зал/каза́л1 m, ка́зала/каза́ла1 f, ка́зало/каза́ло1 n, or ка́зали/каза́ли1 pl | ||||||
| future perfect and future perfect in the past | Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and ка́зал/каза́л1 m, ка́зала/каза́ла1 f, ка́зало/каза́ло1 n, or ка́зали/каза́ли1 pl | ||||||
| conditional | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and ка́зал/каза́л1 m, ка́зала/каза́ла1 f, ка́зало/каза́ло1 n, or ка́зали/каза́ли1 pl | |||||||
| imperative | - | ти | - | - | вие | - | |
| кажи́ kaží |
каже́те kažéte |
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1Dialectally marked.
кажа́ • (kažá)