Number of the Bulgarian nouns
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In the Bulgarian language the nouns have singular and plural forms.
Lesson outline
Hide- 1.Number of masculine nouns
- 1.1.Masculine nouns ending in -А/-Я
- 1.2.Masculine nouns ending in -ИН
- 1.3.Masculine nouns with more than one syllable ending in -К, -Г, -Х in singular
- 1.4.Masculine nouns with more than one syllable ending in -Ец in singular
- 1.5.Masculine nouns with one syllable
- 1.6.Exceptions
- 2.Number of feminine nouns
- 3.Number of the neuter gender
- 4.Mixed group of males and females people
- 5. Nouns with only singular, plural and other exceptions
- 6.Exercises
- 6.1.Write the plural form of the noun part 1
- 6.2.Write the plural form of the noun part 2
1. Number of masculine nouns
The typical way to form the plural form of the masculine nouns is by adding - И in the ending of the word. If the masculine noun is ending on -Й, we just replace it with -И.
Singular form един | Plural form много | |
|---|---|---|
| - consonant | сандвич | сандвичи |
| - й | музей | музеи |
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Masculine nouns ending in -А/-Я
In this case we form the plural in the following way:
| баща - бащи | father - fathers |
| роднина - роднини | relative - relatives |
| съдия - съдии | judge - judges |
Masculine nouns ending in -ИН
In the plural form we drop the -Н
| българин - българи | Bulgarian - Bulgarians |
| селянин - селяни | villager - villagers |
| гражданин - граждани | citizen - citizens |
Masculine nouns with more than one syllable ending in -К, -Г, -Х in singular
Change the last letter to -Ц,-З and -С in plural.
| речник - речници | dictionary - dictionaries |
| учебник - учебници | student - students |
| ученик - ученици | textbook - textbooks |
| белег - белези | scar - scars |
| монах - монаси | monk - monks |
Masculine nouns with more than one syllable ending in -Ец in singular
Drop the -E and add an -И at the end to form the plura form.
| американец - американци | American - Americans |
| испанец - испанци | Spaniard - Spaniards |
| немец - немци | German - Germans |
| певец - певци | singer - singers |
Masculine nouns with one syllable
All of these nouns receive the ending -Ове
| стол - столове | chair - chairs |
| чай -чайове | tea - teas |
Exceptions
| Един | Много |
|---|---|
| мъж | мъже |
| кон | коне |
| брат | братя |
| крак | крака |
| път | пътища |
| гост | гости |
| зъб | зъби |
| филм | филми |
| дадо | дядовци |
2. Number of feminine nouns
In the most cases to form the plural form of the feminine nouns we add -И in the ending of the noun. Or -И replaces the -А/-Я endings of the feminine nouns.
Singular form една | Plural form много |
|---|---|
| жена | жени |
| кухня | кухни |
3. Number of the neuter gender
The typical plural forms for the neuter gender are -А and -ТА, depending on the ending in the main form of the noun.
Singular form едно | Plural form много |
|---|---|
| село | села |
| кафе | кафета |
Exceptions:
| Едно | Много |
|---|---|
| яйце | яйца |
| събитие | събития |
| име | имена |
| дете | деца |
| училище | училища |
| око | очи |
| ухо | уши |
4. Mixed group of males and females people
When we talk about a mixed group of people, we form the plural form using the masculine plural form.
| ученик + | ученик = | ученици | masculine |
| ученик + | ученичка = | ученици | masculine |
| ученичка + | ученичка = | ученички | feminine |
5. Nouns with only singular, plural and other exceptions
Words that have only singular form
| радост | joy |
| въздух | air |
| захар | sugar |
| сол | salt |
| чесън | garlic |
| лук | onion |
| грозде | grape |
Words with only plural form
| очила | glasses |
| спагети | spaghetti |
The word "човек" has two irregular plural forms:
| един човек | one person |
| много хора | a lot of people |
| двама души | two people |
Exercises
Write the plural form of the noun part 1
Write the plural form of the noun part 2
Exercises
Write the plural form of the noun part 1
Write the plural form of the noun part 2
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