каков

Macedonian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkakɔf]

Determiner

каков • (kakov)

  1. what kind of, what type of

Declension
Declension of каков
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite каков каква какво какви
definite unspecified — — — —
definite proximal — — — —
definite distal — — — —

See also

Russian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɐˈkof]
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Pronoun

како́в • (kakóv) m

  1. what (referring to what comprises something)
    Synonym: како́й (kakój)
    Какова́ ва́ша цель в жи́зни? ― Kaková váša celʹ v žízni? ― What's your goal in life?
    Я не зна́ю, како́в бу́дет его́ отве́т. ― Ja ne znáju, kakóv búdet jevó otvét. ― I don't know what his answer will be.
  2. like what, how (referring to what something is like)
    Synonym: како́й (kakój)
    Каково́ э́то - быть же́нщиной? ― Kakovó éto - bytʹ žénščinoj? ― What is it like to be a woman?
    Она́ принима́ет меня́ таки́м, како́в я есть. ― Oná prinimájet menjá takím, kakóv ja jestʹ. ― She accepts me as I am.
    Мир тако́в, како́в он есть. ― Mir takóv, kakóv on jestʹ. ― The world is the way it is.
  3. (exclamative) what (a) (used to indicate an intense manifestation of something)
    Synonym: како́й (kakój) (more common)
    Како́в краса́вец! ― Kakóv krasávec! ― What a beauty!
    Како́в нагле́ц! ― Kakóv nagléc! ― What nerve! (literally, “What a brazen/arrogant person!”)

Declension
Declension of како́в (short-form-only class b)
masculine neuter feminine plural
short form како́в
kakóv		 каково́
kakovó		 какова́
kaková		 каковы́
kakový

Determiner

како́в • (kakóv) m

  1. short masculine singular of каково́й (kakovój)
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