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Bulgarian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Pronoun
о́нзи • (ónzi) m (demonstrative)
- Used in indicating a person or thing that is away from the interlocutors, often in contrast with another person or thing nearby; that, that one
Познаваш ли онзи човек?- Poznavaš li onzi čovek?
- Do you know that man?
Кой искаш? Този или онзи?- Koj iskaš? Tozi ili onzi?
- Which do you want? This one or that one?
Този влак ходи до Чикаго, а онзи – до Ню Йорк.- Tozi vlak hodi do Čikago, a onzi – do Nju Jork.
- This train goes to Chicago and that one to New York.
- Used in indicating something or someone already mentioned or known about, but that is away from the interlocutors either temporally or spatially; that, that one, the one
Десет години от онзи трагичен инцидент.- Deset godini ot onzi tragičen incident.
- Ten years since that tragic incident.
Той е онзи, на когото дадох парите.- Toj e onzi, na kogoto dadoh parite.
- He is the one I gave the money to.
- Used to refer to a person or thing that fits a certain description, or to a group in general; he
Онзи-който-не-бива-да-се-назовава.- Onzi-kojto-ne-biva-da-se-nazovava.
- He-who-must-not-be-named.
Онзи, който търси, намира.- Onzi, kojto tǎrsi, namira.
- He who seeks shall find.
- (derogatory) Used to indicate the speaker's derogatory attitude towards someone or something; he, that one
Какво искаше онзи?- Kakvo iskaše onzi?
- What did he want?/What was his problem?
Bulgarian demonstrative pronouns