Language/Bulgarian/Grammar/NUMBER-OF-NOUNS-–-Число-на-съществителните
Singular and plural forms[edit | edit source]
Nouns in Bulgarian have singular and plural forms.
Typical ending for plural masculine nouns[edit | edit source]
The typical ending for plural masculine nouns that have more than one syllable is -И. If the noun ends in a consonant we add -И to the word and if it ends in -Й we replace -Й with -И to form the plural.
Singular forms | Plural forms | |
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един | много | |
(more than 1 syllable) | +и / -и | |
-consonant | сандвич | сандвичи |
-й | музей | музеи |
Exceptions[edit | edit source]
There are a few masculine nouns ending in -А/-Я in singular. They replace -А/-Я with -И to form plural: баща – бащи.
Typical plural ending for one-syllable masculine nouns[edit | edit source]
The typical plural ending for one-syllable masculine nouns is -ОВЕ. Exceptions: мъже, братя, крака, пътища, гости, зъби, филми, дядовци.
Singular forms | Plural forms |
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един | много |
(1 syllable) | +ове |
стол | столове |
Masculine nouns for non-persons[edit | edit source]
Masculine nouns for non-persons have a special plural form called count plural. We use it after cardinal numbers, КОЛКО (how many) and НЯКОЛКО (some, a few). We form count plural by adding -А after the consonant or replacing -Й with -Я.
Singular forms | Count plural forms | ||
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един | два, три… сто … колко, няколко | ||
-consonant | сандвич | +а | сандвича |
-й | чай | -я | чая |
Typical ending for feminine nouns[edit | edit source]
The typical ending for feminine nouns in plural is -И. -И replaces -A/-Я at the end of the noun.
Singular forms | Plural forms | ||
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една | две, три…. сто, много | ||
-а | жена | -и | жени |
-я | кухня | кухни |
Typical plural endings for neuter nouns[edit | edit source]
The typical plural endings for neuter nouns are -А and -TA. If the ending in singular is -О we replace it with -А to form the plural. If the ending in singular is -E, we add -TA to form the plural. Exceptions: There are some exceptions of neuter nouns that form the plural with different endings: яйце – яйца, име – имена, дете – деца, училище – училища, око – очи, ухо – уши.
Singular forms | Plural forms | ||
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едно | две, три…. сто, много | ||
-о | село | -а | села |
-е | кафе | +та | кафета |
Mixed group of males and females[edit | edit source]
When we have a mixed group of males and females the plural is formed out of the masculine noun. For homogeneous groups we use the masculine or feminine nouns respectively.
сириец + сирийка = сирийци
сириец + сириец = сирийци
сирийка + сирийка = сирийки
1 singular form[edit | edit source]
There is a group of nouns that have only a singular form: захар, сол, чесън, лук, грозде.
1 plural form[edit | edit source]
There is a group of nouns that have only a plural form: очила, спагети.
ЧОВЕК[edit | edit source]
The word ЧОВЕК has irregular plural forms: един човек – двама души – много хора.
Videos[edit | edit source]
Bulgarian lesson - Countable forms of nouns[edit | edit source]
Bulgarian lesson - Plural forms of nouns[edit | edit source]
Sources[edit | edit source]
- https://caritas.bg/cms/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/A1-English.pdf?x10535
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r95ptAQPhNg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU16bmrMZCE
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Nouns
- GENDER AND NUMBER OF ADJECTIVES – Род и число на прилагателните
- Conditional Mood
- DEFINITE ARTICLE OF NOUNS – Членуване на съществителните
- Adverbs – Наречия
- DEFINITE ARTICLE OF ADJECTIVES – Членуване на прилагателните
- Comparatives and Superlatives
- Adjectives
- Personal Pronouns
- Questions
- Future Tense
- GENDER OF NOUNS – Род на съществителните
- CARDINAL NUMERALS – Бройни числителни
- Negation