# вземам
## Bulgarian
### Alternative forms

* взимам (vzimam)

### Etymology

See взе́ма (vzéma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvzɛmɐm]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛmɐm
* Hyphenation: взе‧мам

### Verb

взе́мам • (vzémam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective взе́ма)
* (transitive) to take (to grasp with the hands)
    Тя взе детето в ръцете си и го целуна.Tja vze deteto v rǎcete si i go celuna.She took the child in her arms and kissed him.
* (transitive) to take or carry with oneself when going from one place to another
    Забравих да си взема чантанта, когато отивах до магазина.Zabravih da si vzema čantanta, kogato otivah do magazina.I forgot to take my bag with me when I went to the store.
    Когато отиваха до Варна, ни взеха със себе си.Kogato otivaha do Varna, ni vzeha sǎs sebe si.When they were going to Varna, they took us with them.
* (transitive) to take (to get something into one's possession without permission or by mistake)
    Някой ми е взел книгата.Njakoj mi e vzel knigata.Someone has taken my book.
* (transitive) to take (to capture a place or person, to get control of something)
    Взеха го за заложник.Vzeha go za založnik.They took him hostage.
* (transitive) to take (to get something from somewhere)
    Учените вземат водни проби от реката.Učenite vzemat vodni probi ot rekata.The scientists are taking water samples from the river.
    От къде взехте тези ягоди?Ot kǎde vzehte tezi jagodi?Where did you get these strawberries from?
* (transitive) to take (to choose, to buy)
    Ще взема черните панталони.Šte vzema černite pantaloni.I'll take the black trousers.
* (transitive) to take (to ingest medicine, drugs, etc)
    Вземам аспирин всеки ден, за да си разредя кръвта.Vzemam aspirin vseki den, za da si razredja krǎvta.I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.
* (transitive) to take (to accept)
    Ако ми предложат работата, ще я взема.Ako mi predložat rabotata, šte ja vzema.If they offer me the job, I'll take it.
* (transitive) to take (to assume or interpret to be, to consider)
    За глупак ли ме вземаш?Za glupak li me vzemaš?Do you take me for a fool?
    Като го видях да влиза в стаята, го взех за баща му.Kato go vidjah da vliza v stajata, go vzeh za bašta mu.Looking at him as he came into the room, I took him for his father.
* (transitive) to pass an exam
    Взе ли шофьорския изпит?Vze li šofjorskija izpit?Did you pass your driving test?
* (transitive) to take (to use)
    Нека днес да вземем автобуса.Neka dnes da vzemem avtobusa.Let's take the bus today.
* (transitive) to hire
    Взеха го на работа в компанията.Vzeha go na rabota v kompanijata.He was hired to work at the company.
* (transitive) to bring home, to collect
    Тя отиде да вземе сина си от училище.Tja otide da vzeme sina si ot učilište.She's gone to collect her son from school.
* (transitive) to allow somebody or something to stay at your home, to take in
    Намерих това коте на улицата и го взех да го гледам.Namerih tova kote na ulicata i go vzeh da go gledam.I found this kitten in the street and I took it in to look after it.
    вземам квартирантиvzemam kvartirantito take in lodgers
* (transitive) to earn, to make (to receive money for working)
    Колко вземаш на месец?Kolko vzemaš na mesec?How much do you make a month?
* (transitive) to marry, to take as wife or husband
    Кой ще я вземе такава грозница?Koj šte ja vzeme takava groznica?Who will marry such an ugly woman?
* (ambitransitive) to learn about something at school, to have studied a particular material
    Този материал все още не сме го вземали.Tozi material vse ošte ne sme go vzemali.We haven't studied that material yet.
    Днес взехме за втората световна война.Dnes vzehme za vtorata svetovna vojna.Yesterday, we learned about the Second World War.
* (intransitive) to begin, to start to do something
    Взе да вали.Vze da vali.It started raining.
    Взе да пише по-бързо.Vze da piše po-bǎrzo.She started writing faster.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Dialectally marked.

### References

* “вземам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “вземам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010