Bulg. counted plur.

[Milena Slavcheva]

>Which of the following forms would you use and in what situations?
>Are some of the forms concomitant with additional connotations?
>I am especially curious to find out whether some of the forms below are
>pejorative or mark a special register.
>
>Masc. personal nouns:
>
(1) dvama / petima / desetima studenti  -  this is the standard grammatical form

(2) dvama / petima / desetima dushi studenti - this is a possible colloquial
phrase

(3) dva / pet / deset studenti - this is ungrammatical

(4) dva / pet / deset dushi studenti - see (2) and (5)

(5) dva / pet / deset studenta - the norm says that the masc. personal form
of the numeral should be used, but in the spoken language the norm is very
often violated

(6) dvama / petima / desetima studenta - absolutely ungrammatical - the
combination of the masc. pers. form of the numeral and the count form of the
noun is not allowed

>Masc. non-personal nouns:
>
(1) dva / pet / deset stola, vola, meseca - absolutely grammatical

(2) dva / pet / deset stolove, volove, meseci - not grammatical - after
numerals the count form of the noun is obligatory for inanimate and animate
non-human nouns

(3) dvama / petima / desetima stolove, volove, meseci - absolutely ungrammatical

(4) dvama / petima / desetima stola, vola, meseca - absolutely ungrammatical
>
>My last question pertains to forms with _dvoj(e)_ and _troje_.
>I have not found any examples in the lit. lang.  Can you provide me with
>any?  Regionally, I have encountered e.g. troje chorapi. How is this best
>translated: "three sets [=pairs] of socks"?   Is it fair to speak of
>collectivity here?
>
>All comments are most appreciated and will be acknowledged.
>
>Many thanks in advance,
>Barbara

As for dvoj(e) and troje - these are words which do not belong to Standard
Contemporary Bulgarian.

Milena Slavcheva, a native speaker of Bulgarian, computational linguist


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Milena Slavcheva

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Linguistic Modelling Laboratory
25A, Acad.G.Bonchev St.
1113 Sofia
Bulgaria
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