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 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
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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: 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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7. 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 ~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: 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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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: 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.
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!