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кого́ • (kogó) sg (interrogative)

1. accusative singular of кой (koj); whom, who (used as the direct object of a verb.)

   Кого поканиха?

   Kogo pokaniha?

   Whom did they invite?

   Попитах я кого е видяла.

   Popitah ja kogo e vidjala.

   I asked her who she had seen.

2. prepositional singular of кой (koj); whom, who (used as the object of a preposition.)

   С кого разговарям?

   S kogo razgovarjam?

   With whom am I speaking?

   На кого да пиша?

   Na kogo da piša?

   To whom should I write?

   Чудя се от кого беше писмото.

   Čudja se ot kogo beše pismoto.

   I wonder who the letter was from.

The accusative and prepositional forms are used only when кой is on its own (not in front of a noun) and refers to a person. In informal Bulgarian the nominative form is often used instead of the accusative and prepositional ones (Кой поканиха, с кой разговарям). This usage is not considered standard.

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кого • (kogo)

1. Direct object form of кој (koj).

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• Rhymes: -o

кого́ • (kovó)

1. accusative/genitive of кто (kto)

From Proto-Turkic *kobga. Cognate to Turkish kova, etc.

кого • (kogo)

1. bucket

• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 273

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кого́ or ко́го • (kohó or kóho)

1. accusative/genitive of хто (xto)

The alternative form ко́го (with stress retraction onto the first syllable) is used after prepositions.