Basic Macedonian Language Course

PEACE CORPS MACEDONIA __________________

MACEDONIAN LANGUAGE/ MAKEDONSKI JAZIK For Invitees __________________

Table of Contents 1. Macedonian alphabet p.4 / p.5

2. Greetings p.6

3. Numbers p.7 /p.8

4. Days of the week p.9

5. Exchange p.10

6. Directions p.11

7. Expressions p.12

8. Problems p.13

9. Introducing p.14

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The script accompanies the following six audio tracks:

MC_Macedonian_Lesson_1.mp3 (Time: 1:54) (File Size: 1.30 MB) MC_Macedonian_Lesson_2.mp3 (Time: 0:33) (File Size: 393 KB)

MC_Macedonian_Lessons_3_4.mp3 (Time: 2:52) (File Size: 1.97 MB)

MC_Macedonian_Lessons_5_6.mp3 (Time: 1:18) (File Size: 922 KB)

MC_Macedonian_Lessons_7_8.mp3 (Time: 2:16) (File Size: 1.56 MB)

MC_Macedonian_Lesson _9.mp3 (Time: 2:02) (File Size: 1.39 MB)


LESSON 1 The Macedonian Cyrillic Alphabet The Macedonian alphabet is a form of the Cyrillic alphabet. It consists of 31 letters and each letter corresponds to a single sound. There are 5 vowels: A, E, I, O, U. The remaining sounds are consonants. The stress in the Macedonian language in all one-syllable, two-syllable and three-syllable words falls on the first syllable. In the case when a word has more than three syllables the stress falls on the third syllable from the end of the word (antepenultimate syllable).

Cyrillic: Pronunciation:

Example: Meaning:

A a a father avion plane

B b b boy baba grandmother

V v v van voda water

G g g girl grad town

D d d dog drvo tree

\ | gy argue |erdan necklace

E e e pet elen deer

@ ` zh pleasure `aba frog

Z z z zebra zab tooth

Y y dz beds yid wall

I I i pizza igla needle

J j y yard jajce egg

K k k skin kapa cap

Ll l look lale tulip

Qq lj azalea qubov love

M m m moon majka mother

N n n nose nos nose

W w ny canyon diwa melon

O o o knot oblak cloud


P p p spider prst finger

R r r thrilled radio radio

S s s sun sabota Saturday

T t t toast televizija television

] } cu cute }ebe blanket

U u u boot uvo ear

F f f football fudbal football

H h h hotel hrana food

C c ts cats cre{a cherry

^ ~ ch chocolate ~i~ko uncle

X x j jungle xuxe dwarf

[ { sh shoe {i{e bottle


LESSON 2: Greetings

English: Macedonian: Pronunciation:

Hello! Zdravo! zdra-vo!

Good morning! Dobro utro! dob-ro-out-ro!

Good afternoon! Dobar den! do-bar-dein!

Good evening! Dobra ve~er! dob-ra- vei-cher!

Good night! Dobra no}! dob-ra- noch!

Good bye! Prijatno! pree-yat-no!

Welcome! Dobre dojdovte! dob-rei- doy-dov-tei!


LESSON 3: Numbers


one eden ei-dein

two dva dva

three tri trei

four ~etiri chei-tee-ree

five pet peit

six {est sheist

seven sedum sei-doum

eight osum o-soum

nine devet dei-veit

ten deset dei-seit

eleven edinaeset ei-dee-na-ei-seit

twelve dvanaeset dva-na-ei-seit

thirteen trinaeset tree-na-ei-seit

fourteen ~etirinaeset chei-tee-ree-na-ei-seit

fifteen petnaeset peit-na-ei-seit

sixteen {esnaeset sheist-na-ei-seit

seventeen sedumnaeset sei-doum-na-ei-seit

eighteen osumnaest o-soum-na-ei-seit

nineteen devetnaeset dei-veit-na-ei-seit

twenty dvaeset dva-ei-seit

twenty one dvaeset i eden dva-ei-set –ee –ei-dein

twenty two dvaeset i dva dva-ei-set-ee-dva

twenty three dvaeset i tri dva-ei-set-ee-tree

twenty four dvaeset i ~etiri

dva-ei-set-ee-chei-tee-ree


twenty five dvaeset i pet dva-ei-set-ee-peit

twenty six dvaeset i {est dva-ei-set-ee-sheist

twenty seven dvaeset i sedum

dva-ei-set-ee-sei-doum

twenty eight dvaeset i osum dva-ei-set- ee-o-soum

twenty nine dvaeset i devet dva-ei-set- ee-dei-veit

thirty trieset tri-eiset

forty ~etirieset che-tee-ree-eiset

fifty pedeset pei-dei-set

sixty {eeset shei-eiset

seventy sedumdest sei-doum-deiset

eighty osumdeset o-soum-deiset

ninety devedeset dei-vei-deiset

one hundred sto sto

one thousand iljada ee-lya-da


LESSON 4: Days of the week


Monday ponedelnik po-nei-deil-nik

Tuesday vtornik vtor-nik

Wednesday sreda srei-da

Thursday ~etvrtok chei-tvr-tok

Friday petok pei-tok

Saturday sabota sa-bo-ta

Sunday nedela nei-dei-la


LESSON 5: Exchange English: Macedonian: Pronunciation:

What is your name? Kako se vikate? Ka-ko sei vei-ka-tei?

My name is... Jas se vikam ... Yas sei vei-kam...

Where are you from? Od kade ste? Od kai-dei stei?

I am from... Jas sum od ... Yas soum od...

How are you? Kako ste? Ka-ko stei?

Fine, thank you. Dobro, blagodaram. Do-bro, bla-go-da-ram.

And you? A, vie? A, vee-ei?

Do you speak English?

Dali zboruvate angliski?

Da-lee zbo-ru-va-tei an-glee-skee?

A little. Malku. Mal-kou.

Yes. Da. Da.

No. Ne. Nei.


LESSON 6: Directions


Excuse me, where is…? Izvinete, kade e...? Eez-vee-nei-tei, ka-dei ei...?

straight pravo pra-vo

left levo lei-vo

right desno dei-sno

here tuka tou-ka

there tamu ta-mou


LESSON 7: Expressions


Do you understand? Dali razbirate? Da-lee raz-bee-ra-tei?

I don’t understand. Ne razbiram. Nei raz-bee-ram.

I don’t know. Ne znam. Nei znam.

Please, speak slowly. Ve molam, zboruvajte pobavno.

Vei mo-lam, zbo-rou-vay-te po-bav-no.

How do you say coffee in Macedonian?

Kako se vika coffee na makedonski?

Ka-ko sei vei-ka coffee na ma-kei-don-skee.

What is this? [to e ova? Shto ei ova?

This is... Ova e... Ova ei...

How much is it? Kolku ~ini? Kol-kou chee-nee?

Here you are. Povelete. Po-vei-lei-tei.

May I help you? Povelete. Po-vei-lei-tei.

Thank you. Blagodaram. Bla-go-da-ram.

Excuse me. Izvinete. Eez-vee-nei-tei.

Sorry. Izvinete. Eez-vee-nei-tei.

Bless you. Na zdravje. Na zdrav-yei.

Cheers. Na zdravje. Na zdrav-yei.

I am a vegetarian. (f.) Jas sum vegetarijanka. Jas sum vei-gei-ta-ree-yan-ka.

I am a vegetarian. (m.) Jas sum vegetarijanec. Jas sum vei-gei-ta-ree-yan-ets.


LESSON 8: Problems


I have a problem. Imam problem. Im-am pro-bleim.

Help! Pomo{¡! Po-mosh!

I need help. Mi treba pomo{. Mee trei-ba po-mosh.

I’m not feeling well. Ne mi e dobro. Nei mee ei do-bro.

I'm sick. (f.) Bolna sum. Bol-na soum.

I’m sick. (m.) Bolen sum. Bo-lein soum.

I’m hungry. (f.) Gladna sum. Glad-na soum.

I’m hungry. (m.) Gladen sum. Gla-dein soum.

I’m full. (f.) Sita sum. See-ta soum.

I’m full. (m.) Sit sum. Seet soum.



LESSON 9: Introducing


I'm John. I'm from America.

Jas sum Xon. Jas sum od Amerika.

Yas soum Dzhon. Yas soum od A-mei-ree-ka.

I'm from California. Jas sum od Kalifornija.

Yas soum od Ka-lee-for-nee-ya.

I'm a Peace Corps Volunteer. (m.)

Jas sum dobrovolec na Mirovniot Korpus.

Yas soum do-bro-vo-lets na Mee-rov-nee-ot Kor-pous.

I'm Diana. I'm from America.

Jas sum Dijana. Jas sum od Amerika.

Yas soum Dee-ya-na. Yas soum od A-mei-ree-ka.

I'm from California. Jas sum od Kalifornija.

Yas soum od Ka-lee-for-nee-ya.

I'm a Peace Corps Volunteer. (f.)

Jas sum dobrovolka na Mirovniot Korpus.

Yas soum do-bro-vol-ka na Mee-rov-nee-ot Kor-pous.

Hello! My name is Goce.

Zdravo! Jas sum Goce.

Zdra-vo! Yas soum Go-tse.

Hello! My name is Radmila.

Zdravo! Jas sum Radmila.

Zdra-vo! Yas soum Rad-mee-la.

Nice to meet you! Milo mi e! Mee-lo mee ei!

Nice to meet you! Milo mi e! Mee-lo mee ei!

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