таков

Macedonian

таков • (takov)

Declension of *таков*
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	таков (takov)	таква (takva)	такво (takvo)	такви (takvi)
definite unspecified	таквиот (takviot)	таквата (takvata)	таквото (takvoto)	таквите (takvite)
definite proximal	таквиов (takviov)	таквава (takvava)	таквово (takvovo)	таквиве (takvive)
definite distal	таквион (takvion)	таквана (takvana)	таквоно (takvono)	таквине (takvine)

тако́в • (takóv) m

like that, like this (sometimes translated as simply "that"/"those"" or "this"/"these")
Synonym: тако́й (takój)

и был тако́в ― i byl takóv ― and took off / and off he went / and was gone

Все́ ко́шки таковы́. ― Vsé kóški takový. ― All cats are like that.

Вопро́с тако́в: заче́м они́ э́то де́лают? ― Voprós takóv: začém oní éto délajut? ― The question is, why are they doing this? (literally, “The question is this: why are they doing this?”)

Таковы́ фа́кты. ― Takový fákty. ― Such are the facts.
(immediately before a clause beginning with что (što)) such (in such a way that the following clause is true)
Synonym: тако́й (takój)

Ситуа́ция такова́, что э́то невозмо́жно. ― Situácija taková, što éto nevozmóžno. ― The situation is such that this is not possible.
(immediately before a clause beginning with како́в (kakóv), како́й (kakój) or как (kak)) as, the way (in the way described in the following clause)
Synonym: тако́й (takój)

Фа́кты таковы́, как я их изложи́л. ― Fákty takový, kak ja ix izložíl. ― The facts are as I have presented them.

Мир тако́в, како́в он есть. ― Mir takóv, kakóv on jestʹ. ― The world is the way it is.

Declension of тако́в (short-form-only class b)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
short form		тако́в takóv	таково́ takovó	такова́ taková	таковы́ takový

тако́в • (takóv) m