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Bulgarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
ний • (nij) (personal)
- (regional, nonstandard or poetic) Alternative form of ние (nie) (the first-person plural pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb); we
- Ний сме по-високи от теб.
- Nij sme po-visoki ot teb.
- We are taller than you.
Usage notes[edit]
Ний and вий are used in the Eastern Bulgarian dialects and are not considered standard. They can also be found in poetry (see quotations) where the number of syllables is important and these pronouns are one syllable shorter than their corresponding standard forms.
Quotations[edit]
- 1872-73, Hristo Botev, “In the Tavern”, Nezavisimost (newspaper):
- […] ний сме синца с чаши в ръка!
- […] nij sme sinca s čaši v rǎka!
- nij sme sinca s čaši v rǎka!
we all have drinks in our hands!
- 1872-73, Hristo Botev, “In the Tavern”, Nezavisimost (newspaper):
Related terms[edit]
Bulgarian personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Prepositional | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Short | Full | Short | |||||
| Singular | First | — | аз (az) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) |
ме (me) | ме́не (méne) | ми (mi) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) |
| Second | Informal | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) |
те (te) | те́бе (tébe) | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) | |
| Formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
| Third | Masculine | той (toj) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | |
| Feminine | тя (tja) | не́я (néja) | я (ja) | ней (nej) | ѝ (ì) | не́я (néja) | ||
| Neuter | то (to) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | ||
| Plural | First | — | ни́е (níe) ний (nij) |
нас (nas) | ни (ni) | нам (nam) | ни (ni) | нас (nas) |
| Second | Informal | ви́е (víe) вий (vij) |
вас (vas) | ви (vi) | вам (vam) | ви (vi) | вас (vas) | |
| Formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
| Third | — | те (te) | тях (tjah) | ги (gi) | тям (tjam) | им (im) | тях (tjah) | |
Eastern Mari[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Mari, from Proto-Uralic *ńijne.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ний • (ńij)
- bast
- шӱштымӧ ний
- šüštymö ńij
- softened bast
Declension[edit]
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References[edit]
Categories:
- Bulgarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bulgarian lemmas
- Bulgarian pronouns
- Bulgarian personal pronouns
- Regional Bulgarian
- Bulgarian nonstandard terms
- Bulgarian poetic terms
- Bulgarian terms with usage examples
- Bulgarian terms with quotations
- Eastern Mari terms inherited from Proto-Mari
- Eastern Mari terms derived from Proto-Mari
- Eastern Mari terms derived from Proto-Uralic
- Eastern Mari terms with IPA pronunciation
- Eastern Mari lemmas
- Eastern Mari nouns
- Eastern Mari terms with usage examples
- mhr:Trees