тоз

Bulgarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t̪ɔs/

Pronoun

тоз • (toz) m (demonstrative)

  1. (regional, nonstandard or poetic) Alternative form of този (tozi); this, that, this one, that one, he
    Познаваш ли тоз човек?
    Poznavaš li toz čovék?
    Do you know this man?
    Много е умен тоз Петър.
    Mnogo e umen toz Petǎr.
    He’s very clever, Peter is.

Usage notes

Тоз and the other shortened demonstrative pronouns (таз, туй, тез, оназ, онуй, онез) are used in the Eastern Bulgarian dialects and are not considered standard. They can also be found in poetry (see quotations) where the number of syllables is important and these pronouns are one syllable shorter than their corresponding standard forms.

Quotations
  • 1873, Hristo Botev, “Hadzhi Dimitar”, Nezavisimost (newspaper):
    […] / Тоз, който падне в бой за свобода, / той не умира […]
    Toz, kojto padne v boj za svoboda, / toj ne umira...
    "He who falls in freedom's fight / Dies not..."
  • 1922, Hristo Smirnenski, “A Youth”, Worker's newspaper:
    Аз не зная защо съм на тоз свят роден […]
    Az ne znaja zašto sǎm na toz svjat roden...
    "I do not know why I was born into this world...
Bulgarian demonstrative pronouns
Personal Qualitative Quantative
Proximal Distal
MasculineNominative този (tózi)
тоз (toz)
тоя (tója)		 онзи (ónzi)
оня (ónja)		 такъв (takǎ̀v)
онакъв (onakǎ̀v)
инакъв (ínakǎv)		 толкова (tólkova)
толкоз (tólkoz)
Accusative тогози (togózi)
тогоз (togóz)
тогова (togóva)		 оногози (onogózi)
оногоз (onogóz)
оногова (onogóva)
Dative томува (tomúva) ономува (onomúva)
Feminine— тази (tázi)
таз (taz)
тая (tája)		 онази (onázi)
оназ (onáz)
оная (onája)		 такава (takáva)
онакава (onakáva)
инаква (ínakva)
Neuter— това (tová)
туй (tuj)		 онова (onová)
онуй (onúj)		 такова (takóva)
онакова (onakóva)
инакво (ínakvo)
Plural— тези (tézi)
тез (tez)
тия (tíja)		 онези (onézi)
онез (onéz)
ония (oníja)		 такива (takíva)
онакива (onakíva)
инакви (ínakvi)
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