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кому

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See also: Komu, komu, and kömu

Bulgarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [koˈmu]
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Pronoun

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кому́ (komúsg (interrogative)

  1. (dated) dative singular of кой (koj); to whom, for whom, whom (used as the indirect object of a verb.)
    Кому да пиша?
    Komu da piša?
    To whom should I write?
    Кому дадоха наградата?
    Komu dadoha nagradata?
    To whom was the award given?
    Кому е нужно?
    Komu e nužno?
    Who needs it?
    Няма кому да се оплача.
    Njama komu da se oplača.
    There is no one to complain to.

Usage notes

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The dative form is used only when кой (koj) is on its own (not in front of a noun) and refers to a person. It is considered dated and is often replaced by на (na) + the prepositional form:

На кого да пиша? На кого дадоха наградата?
Na kogo da piša? Na kogo dadoha nagradata?
To whom should I write? To whom did they give the award?

In informal Bulgarian the nominative form is often used instead of the prepositional:

На кой да пиша? На кой дадоха наградата.
Na koj da piša? Na koj dadoha nagradata.
To who should I write? To who did they give the award?

This usage is not standard.

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Bulgarian interrogative pronouns
personal qualitative possessive quantitative
masculine nominative кой (koj) какъ́в (kakǎ́v)
ко́лкав (kólkav)
чий (čij) ко́лко (kólko)
колци́на (kolcína)
accusative кого́ (kogó)
dative кому́ (komú)
prepositional с кого́ (s kogó)
feminine коя́ (kojá) каква́ (kakvá)
ко́лкава (kólkava)
чия́ (čijá)
neuter кое́ (koé)
какво́ (kakvó)
що (što)
какво́ (kakvó)
ко́лкаво (kólkavo)
чие́ (čié)
plural кои́ (koí) какви́ (kakví)
ко́лкави (kólkavi)
чии́ (čií)

Macedonian

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кому (komu)

  1. Indirect object form of кој (koj).

Russian

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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кому́ (komú)

  1. dative of кто (kto)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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ко́му (kómum inan

  1. dative singular of ко́м (kóm)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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ко́му (kómuf inan

  1. accusative singular of ко́ма (kóma)

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kǒmu/
  • Hyphenation: ко‧му

Pronoun

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ко̀му (Latin spelling kòmu)

  1. to whom (dative)

Declension

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Ukrainian

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Pronunciation

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  • кому́: IPA(key): [koˈmu]
  • ко́му: IPA(key): [ˈkɔmʊ]
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Pronoun

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кому́ (komú)

  1. dative of хто (xto)

Pronoun

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ко́му (kómu)

  1. locative of хто (xto)
    Alternative form: кім (kim)

Noun

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ко́му (kómuf inan

  1. accusative singular of ко́ма (kóma)