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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tъ.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
то́зи • (tózi) m (demonstrative)
- Used in indicating something or someone nearby; this, that, this one, that one
Познаваш ли този човек?- Poznavaš li tozi čovek?
- Do you know this man?
Кой искаш? Този или онзи?- Koj iskaš? Tozi ili onzi?
- Which do you want? This one or that one?
Ползвайте този нож, за да нарежете хляба.- Polzvajte tozi nož, za da narežete hljaba.
- Use this knife to slice the bread.
Този влак ходи до Чикаго.- Tozi vlak hodi do Čikago.
- This train goes to Chicago.
- Used in indicating something or someone just mentioned or already known about; this, this one, that, that one, the one
Ако участваш в този филм, ще загубиш от популярността си.- Ako učastvaš v tozi film, šte zagubiš ot populjarnostta si.
- If you play in that film, you'll lose some of your popularity.
Този материал все още не сме го вземали.- Tozi material vse ošte ne sme go vzemali.
- We haven't studied that material yet.
Той е този, на когото дадох парите.- Toj e tozi, na kogoto dadoh parite.
- He is the one I gave the money to.
- Used to indicate the speaker's attitude (surprise, admiration, disregard and so on) towards someone or something.
Много е умен този Петър.- Mnogo e umen tozi Petǎr.
- He’s very clever, Peter is.
Какво иска този?- Kakvo iska tozi?
- What does he want?/What's his problem?
- Used to refer to a person or thing that fits a certain description, or to a group in general; he
Този, който се смее последен, се смее най-добре.- Tozi, kojto se smee posleden, se smee naj-dobre.
- He who laughs last laughs best.
Този, който не работи, не трябва да яде.- Tozi, kojto ne raboti, ne trjabva da jade.
- He who does not work, should not eat.
Bulgarian demonstrative pronouns
References
- “този”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “този”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010