Basic Macedonian Language Course

An introductory Macedonian language course prepared by the U.S. Peace Corps for its volunteers.

View and download the full course (with audio) at:

http://www.101languages.net/peace-corps-courses/

1. PEACE CORPS MACEDONIA
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MACEDONIAN
LANGUAGE/
MAKEDONSKI JAZIK








For Invitees
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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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 p et elen deer
@ ` zh pleasure `aba frog
Z z z zebra zab tooth
Y y dz beds yid wall
I I i p izza 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
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5. 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




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6. LESSON 2: Greet ings





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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7. LESSON 3: N umbers



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
~etiri
dva-ei-set-ee-chei-tee-
ree
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8. 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




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9. 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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10. 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.

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11. LESSON 6: D irections



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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12. 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
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.

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13. LESSON 8: P roblems



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.
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!