колку е убаво / каков убав ден

Exclamations

Level 4Sounds Like kolku e ubavo; kakov ubav den

Question words can start exclamations: Колку е убаво! (How nice it is!) and Каков убав ден! (What a nice day!)

How It Works

Колку + adjective or adverb. A form of сум comes right after колку: Колку е убаво! (How nice it is!), Колку е убава оваа куќа! (How beautiful this house is!). You can also leave the verb out: Колку убаво!

Колку + noun. It means "so many" or "so much": Колку луѓе! (So many people!), Колку работа! (So much work!)

Каков + noun. Каков agrees in gender and number with the noun, as in questions with каков:

  • Каков ден! What a day!
  • Каква жена! What a woman!
  • Какво време! What weather!
  • Какви луѓе! What people!

An adjective can come between them: Каков убав ден! The noun stays without the article: say Каков ден!, not каков денот.

Како + verb. Како starts an exclamation about how something is done: Како пее! (How beautifully she sings!)

Good or bad? The words only show that the feeling is strong. The situation tells you which feeling: Какво време! can praise sunshine or complain about a storm.

Question or exclamation? The same words ask questions: Колку е часот? Каков е филмот? See question words. In speech, the voice falls at the end of an exclamation. In writing, it ends with !

Examples (6)

  1. Колку е убаво!

    How nice it is!

    Word by Word: How-much is nice!

  2. Каков убав ден!

    What a beautiful day!

    Word by Word: What-kind nice day!

  3. Каква убава куќа!

    What a beautiful house!

    Word by Word: What-kind nice house!

    Куќа is feminine, so каков and убав become каква and убава.

  4. Колку луѓе!

    So many people!

    Word by Word: How-many people!

  5. Колку си пораснал!

    How you've grown!

    Word by Word: How-much you-are grown!

    Си пораснал means "you have grown".

  6. Какви глупости!

    What nonsense!

    Word by Word: What-kind nonsense-things!

Common Mistakes

  • Not making каков agree with the noun.

    Каков убава куќа!
    Каква убава куќа!

    Каков changes like an adjective: каков for masculine, каква for feminine, какво for neuter and какви for plural nouns.

  • Adding the article to the noun after каков.

    Каков убав денот!
    Каков убав ден!

    In exclamations with каков, the noun has no article.

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колку е убаво / каков убав денLevel 4Exclamations

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Exclamations build on каков.

Words in This Pattern

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