кажа

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic казати (kazati), from Proto-Slavic *kazati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkaʒɐ]
  • Hyphenation(key): ка‧жа
  • (file)

Verb

ка́жа • (káža) first-singular present indicative, pf (imperfective ка́звам)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to say, to tell
    Synonym: река́ (reká)
    Той ка́за, че у́тре ще бъ́де тук.
    Toj káza, če útre šte bǎ́de tuk.
    He said he would be here tomorrow.
    Той ка́за на вси́чки, че е видя́л новини́те.
    Toj káza na vsíčki, če e vidjál noviníte.
    He told everybody he saw the news.
    Не бих ка́зал, че са бога́ти.
    Ne bih kázal, če sa bogáti.
    I wouldn’t say they were rich.
    Да ка́жем, че си изгу́биш ра́ботата. Какво́ ще пра́виш тога́ва?
    Da kážem, če si izgúbiš rábotata. Kakvó šte práviš togáva?
    Say you lose your job: what would you do then?
    Ми́сля, че е щастли́в. Тру́дно е да се ка́же.
    Míslja, če e štastlív. Trúdno e da se káže.
    I think he’s happy. It’s hard to tell.

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

  • кажу́вам (kažúvam)
  • казу́вам (kazúvam)

References

  • кажа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • кажа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈʐa]

Participle

кажа́ • (kažá)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of каза́ть (kazátʹ)
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