Meaning of онзи | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used in indicating a person or thing that is away from the interlocutors, often in contrast with another person or thing nearby; that, that one
   demonstrative
2. Used in indicating something or someone already mentioned or known about, but that is away from the interlocutors either temporally or spatially; that, that one, the one
   demonstrative
3. Used to refer to a person or thing that fits a certain description, or to a group in general; he
   demonstrative
4. Used to indicate the speaker's derogatory attitude towards someone or something; he, that one
   demonstrative, derogatory

Equivalents

Examples

“Познаваш ли онзи човек?”

Do you know that man?

“Кой искаш? Този или онзи?”

Which do you want? This one or that one?

“Този влак ходи до Чикаго, а онзи – до Ню Йорк.”

This train goes to Chicago and that one to New York.

“Десет години от онзи трагичен инцидент.”

Ten years since that tragic incident.

“Той е онзи, на когото дадох парите.”

He is the one I gave the money to.

“Онзи-който-не-бива-да-се-назовава.”

He-who-must-not-be-named.

“Онзи, който търси, намира.”

He who seeks shall find.

“Какво искаше онзи?”

What did he want?/What was his problem?

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