COUNTABLE FORM OF MASCULINE NOUNS - БРОЙНА ФОРМА НА СЪЩЕСТВИТЕЛНИТЕ ОТ МЪЖКИ РОД
Bulgarian masculine nouns, which end in consonant, except the plural form, have another form, called countable form. This form is used after any number or after the adverbs колко (kolko - how many, how much - there is no difference in Bulgarian), толкова (tolkova - that much/many, so much/many), няколко (nyakolko - several, few, some).
| After the adverb много (mnogo - many, much, lots of...) the regular plural form is used! |
The masculine nouns form countable forms by adding -а or -я.
| singular | countable | plural | |
| град (city, town) | града | градове | |
| брой (number) | броя | броеве | |
| зъб (tooth) | зъба | зъби | |
| Човек има 32 зъба. | countable, because of the number "32" | ||
| A man has 32 teeth. | |||
| Птиците нямат зъби. | plural | ||
| The birds don't have teeth. | |||
| От това списание са излезли няколко броя. | countable, because of the adverb "няколко" | ||
| There have been several issues of this magazine. | |||
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Колко града има в България? |
countable, because of the adverb "колко" |
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| How many cities are there in Bulgaria? | |||
| В България има много градове. | plural, because of adverb "много" | ||
| There are lots of cities in Bulgaria. | |||
| Some nouns lose the vowel e or ъ in the last syllable when forming plural. When forming countable forms, they don't. |
| singular | plural | countable |
| театър | театри | театъра |
| прозорец | прозорци | прозореца |
| Important: The countable form is not used for masculine nouns, which refer to people. For these, the plural form is used. |
Колко
студенти, няколко учители, 5 ученициHow many students, several teachers, 5 schoolboys
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