какво
/[kɐˈkvɔ]/
Bulgarianprondet
Grammatical form
какво is the neuter singular form of какъ́в ; what, what kind of, what sort of, what type of.
Definitions
- 1.what (used to ask for information about a thing or an animal)
Какво е това?
Kakvo e tova? — What is that?
Какво правиш тук?
Kakvo praviš tuk? — What are you doing here?
Какво ти е?
Kakvo ti e? — What's the matter with you?
- 2.what (used to introduce a noun or an adjectival clause.)
Не зная какво да правя.
Ne znaja kakvo da pravja. — I don't know what to do.
Незнанието, какво се е случило, ни измъчваше.
Neznanieto, kakvo se e slučilo, ni izmǎčvaše. — Not knowing what had happened was torture to us.
- 3.what (used when one has not heard or has not understood something.)
Какво? Говори по-високо!
Kakvo? Govori po-visoko! — What? Speak up!
- 4.what (used to express surprise or disbelief.)
A: Ще струва $1000. B: Какво?
A: Šte struva $1000. B: Kakvo? — A: It will cost $1000. B: What?
Etymology
See какъв (kakǎv).
Forms
- какво́canonical
- kakvóromanization