PEACE CORPS MACEDONIA

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MACEDONIAN
LANGUAGE/
MAKEDONSKI JAZIK

For Invitees
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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:

ƒ MC_Macedonian_Lesson_1.mp3 (Time: 1:54) (File Size: 1.30 MB)

ƒ MC_Macedonian_Lesson_2.mp3 (Time: 0:33) (File Size: 393 KB)

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

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

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

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

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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:

Aa a father avion plane

Bb b boy baba grandmother
Vv v van voda water
Gg g girl grad town
Dd d dog drvo tree
\| gy argue |erdan necklace
Ee e pet elen deer
@` zh pleasure `aba frog

Zz z zebra zab tooth

Yy dz beds yid wall
II i pizza igla needle
Jj y yard jajce egg
Kk k skin kapa cap
Ll l look lale tulip
Qq lj azalea qubov love
Mm m moon majka mother
Nn n nose nos nose
Ww ny canyon diwa melon
Oo o knot oblak cloud

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Pp p spider prst finger
Rr r thrilled radio radio
Ss s sun sabota Saturday
Tt t toast televizija television
]} cu cute }ebe blanket
Uu u boot uvo ear
Ff f football fudbal football
Hh h hotel hrana food
Cc ts cats cre{a cherry
^~ ch chocolate ~i~ko uncle
Xx j jungle xuxe dwarf
[{ sh shoe {i{e bottle

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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!

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LESSON 3: Numbers

English: Macedonian: Pronunciation:

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

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 twenty five dvaeset i pet dva-ei-set-ee-peit
twenty six dvaeset i {est dva-ei-set-ee-sheist
twenty seven dvaeset i dva-ei-set-ee-sei-doum
sedum
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

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LESSON 4: Days of the week

English: Macedonian: Pronunciation:

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

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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 Dali zboruvate Da-lee zbo-ru-va-tei

English? angliski? an-glee-skee?
A little. Malku. Mal-kou.

Yes. Da. Da.

No. Ne. Nei.

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LESSON 6: Directions

English: Macedonian: Pronunciation:

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

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 LESSON 7: Expressions

English: Macedonian: Pronunciation:

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 Vei mo-lam, zbo-rou-vay-te
pobavno. po-bav-no.
How do you say coffee in Kako se vika coffee na Ka-ko sei vei-ka coffee na
Macedonian? makedonski? 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.

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LESSON 8: Problems

English: Macedonian: Pronunciation:

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.

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LESSON 9: Introducing

English: Macedonian: Pronunciation:

I'm John.
I'm from America.
I'm from California.
I'm a Peace Corps
Volunteer. (m.)
Jas sum Xon. Yas soum Dzhon.
Jas sum od Amerika. Yas soum od A-mei-ree-
ka.
Jas sum od Yas soum od Ka-lee-for-
Kalifornija. nee-ya.
Jas sum dobrovolec na Yas soum do-bro-vo-lets
Mirovniot Korpus. na Mee-rov-nee-ot Kor-
pous.

I'm Diana. Jas sum Dijana. Yas soum Dee-ya-na.

I'm from America.
I'm from California.
I'm a Peace Corps
Volunteer. (f.)
Jas sum od Amerika. Yas soum od A-mei-ree-
ka.
Jas sum od Yas soum od Ka-lee-for-
Kalifornija. nee-ya.
Jas sum dobrovolka na Yas soum do-bro-vol-ka
Mirovniot Korpus. na
Mee-rov-nee-ot Kor-
pous.

Hello! Zdravo! Zdra-vo!

My name is Goce. Jas sum Goce. Yas soum Go-tse.
Hello! Zdravo! Zdra-vo!
My name is Radmila. Jas sum Radmila. 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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