както
Manner Clauses with Както
Направи го, както искаш. (Do it as you like.) Както казах, ще закъснея. (As I said, I'll be late.)
How It Works
1. The way that. Направи го, както искаш. (Do it as you like.) Всичко стана точно така, както го планирахме. (Everything happened exactly as we planned it.)
2. As I said, as you know. A comment that points to shared knowledge: Както знаеш, ..., Както казах, ..., Както се вижда от таблицата, ... (As the table shows, ...). Do not use като here: като казах means when I said.
3. Set phrases. както обикновено (as usual), както винаги (as always), and както и (as well as): Поканихме приятелите си, както и съседите. (We invited our friends, as well as the neighbours.) The paired form както..., така и means both ... and. Както и да е means anyway or never mind.
In literary and conversational style, както + imperfect can also mean while: Както четеше, чу шум. (As he was reading, he heard a noise.)
4. Commas. A както clause is separated by a comma, like other subordinate clauses.
5. Как or както. Как asks a question or starts an indirect question: Не знам как се прави. (I don't know how it is done.) Както compares: Направи го, както аз го направих. (Do it the way I did it.)
Examples (6)
- Направи го, както искаш.
Do it as you like.
- Както казах, ще закъснея.
As I said, I'll be late.
- Както обикновено, той дойде последен.
As usual, he arrived last.
- Всичко стана точно така, както го планирахме.
Everything happened exactly as we planned it.
- Поканихме приятелите си, както и съседите.
We invited our friends, as well as the neighbours.
Както и means as well as.
- Както знаете, срещата е в петък.
As you know, the meeting is on Friday.
Common Mistakes
Using като for "as I said".
Като казах, ще закъснея.Както казах, ще закъснея.Като казах means when I said. To point back to something you said, use както.
Leaving out the comma after a comment with както.
Както знаеш срещата е в петък.Както знаеш, срещата е в петък.A comment such as както знаеш or както казах is set off from the rest of the sentence with a comma.
Using както for an indirect question.
Не знам както се прави.Не знам как се прави.After знам, питам and similar verbs, the question word как is used, not както.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Manner clauses follow като.
Related Patterns
- както..., така иBoth ... and in Formal Style
The paired form meaning "both ... and".
Level 5 - като + Time ClauseTime Clauses with Като
Като + verb means "when", which is why както is needed for "as I said".
Level 3 - какAsking How
The question word "how", used in questions and indirect questions.
Level 1 - сякаш/като че лиAs if
As if: a comparison with something not real.
Level 4 - Commas Before Subordinate Clauses
The comma rule for както clauses.
Level 3
Words in This Pattern
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