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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I come from the town of Vidin, Bulgaria. I am a qualified English and Bulgarian teacher. I graduated back in 1972 from Sofia University with an MA in English Philology and Bulgarian Philology as a second subject. Since then I have spent most of my professional career teaching Bulgarian students.
First of all, we will have a 20-30-minute trial lesson during which we can get to know each other, set expectations towards the lessons and schedule the timetable. The next step is simple - we start learning the language of your choice!
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Hi there,
I am glad to meet you.
First of all, let me congratulate you on the decision to learn or improve a new language. In your case this is Bulgarian.
My country, Bulgaria, is a beautiful country with nice and hospitable people. It is an ancient land with a great history and rich culture. Having learned our language you will be able to get in touch freely with our good people and country.
I come from the town of Vidin, Bulgaria. I am a qualified English and Bulgarian teacher. I graduated back in 1972 from Sofia University with an MA in English Philology and Bulgarian Philology as a second subject. Since then I have spent most of my professional career teaching Bulgarian students.
First of all, we will have a 20-30-minute trial lesson during which we can get to know each other, set expectations towards the lessons and schedule the timetable. The next step is simple - we start learning the language of your choice!
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I am Daniela, a qualified teacher of Bulgarian as a foreign language.
I will be delighted to help you learn Bulgarian. I am originally from Sofia, Bulgaria. I am passionate about languages; I am fluent in English and Spanish, Czech and Slovenian. I have helped many foreigners now living in Bulgaria to better understand and speak with confidence in their social environment. I am always interested in their motivation to learn Bulgarian and I adapt myself completely to the needs and tastes of each student. My teaching style is very communicative, I teach through dialogues, and real situations so my students start speaking from the very first lesson. I make my classes fun and enjoyable for all students, as I believe it is very important that the student enjoys learning, that they look forward to the next class. We often talk about culture, traditions, history and all kinds of topics that interest the student and in this way, progress is much more natural and faster.
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