тез

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tɛs]

Pronoun

тез • (tez) pl (demonstrative)

(regional, nonstandard or poetic) alternative form of тези (tezi) (the plural of този (tozi)); these, these ones, those, those ones, the ones, they
Познаваш ли тез хора?
Poznavaš li tez hora?
Do you know these people?

Usage notes

Тез and the other shortened demonstrative pronouns (тоз, таз, туй, оназ, онуй, онез) 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

1873, Hristo Botev, “Hadzhi Dimitar”, Nezavisimost (newspaper):
Пейте, робини, тез тъжни песни!
Pejte, robini, tez tǎžni pesni!
So sing, you slave girls, sing those sad songs!

Related terms

**Bulgarian demonstrative pronouns**
		personal		qualitative	quantitative
		proximal	distal	qualitative	quantitative
masculine	nominative	то́зи (tózi) тоз (toz) то́я (tója)	о́нзи (ónzi) о́ня (ónja)	такъ́в (takǎ́v) онакъ́в (onakǎ́v) и́накъв (ínakǎv)	то́лкова (tólkova) то́лкоз (tólkoz)
	accusative	того́зи (togózi) того́з (togóz) того́ва (togóva)	оного́зи (onogózi) оного́з (onogóz) оного́ва (onogóva)
	dative	тому́ва (tomúva)	оному́ва (onomúva)
feminine		та́зи (tázi) таз (taz) та́я (tája)	она́зи (onázi) она́з (onáz) она́я (onája)	така́ва (takáva) онака́ва (onakáva) и́наква (ínakva)
neuter		това́ (tová) туй (tuj)	онова́ (onová) ону́й (onúj)	тако́ва (takóva) онако́ва (onakóva) и́накво (ínakvo)
plural		те́зи (tézi) тез (tez) ти́я (tíja)	оне́зи (onézi) оне́з (onéz) они́я (oníja)	таки́ва (takíva) онаки́ва (onakíva) и́накви (ínakvi)