The Bulgarianist

  • The gender of adjectives in Bulgarian

    As I mentioned in an earlier post, Bulgarian is a gendered language, which means that when we use adjectives, we need to make sure they match the gender of the noun they qualify. If you don’t know the difference between a masculine, feminine, or neuter noun, check out my post on the gender of Bulgarian…

  • The definite article and neuter nouns in Bulgarian

    A definite article is a word that makes a noun more specific. In English, the definite article is “the”, as opposed to the indefinite article, “a” or “an”. If we’re referring to a particular object, we use the definite article, for example: “the book I read last week.” Bulgarian also uses definite articles, but it…

  • The definite article and feminine nouns in Bulgarian

    In English, we have only one definite article (the). We use it to refer to specific objects or concepts, such as “the book I am reading.” In Bulgarian, the definite article changes according to the gender of the noun in question (check out my post on the gender of Bulgarian nouns). It also changes depending…

  • The definite article and masculine nouns in Bulgarian

    In English, we have two articles: indefinite (a, an) and definite (the). They appear before the noun they refer to, but they can be separated by adjectives, e.g. “the black book”. Bulgarian doesn’t have an indefinite article, or rather the indefinite article is implied by the lack of the definite article. Unlike in English, the…

  • Personal subject pronouns in Bulgarian

    A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun or a noun phrase. For example: Desi went to Plovdiv. She called me on arrival. There are two pronouns in the second sentence: she and me. “She” is the subject as it represents the person or thing doing the action. “Me” represents the object, or the…

  • The plural of neuter nouns in Bulgarian

    This post explains how to form the plural of regular neuter nouns in Bulgarian (I’ll cover the exceptions in another post). You might also like to check out my posts on the plural of feminine nouns or the plural of masculine nouns. I’d also advise reading my post on the gender of nouns if you…