Macedonian Nouns

Welcome to the third Macedonian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Macedonian to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

potatoes компири [kompiri]

tomatoes домати [domati]

onions кромид [kromid]

carrots моркови [morkovi]

fruits овошје [ovoshјye]

apples јаболка [јabolka]

bananas банани [banani]

oranges портокали [portokali]

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Macedonian + Pronunciation
do you have milk? [verb + noun] имате млеко? [imatye mlyeko?]
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] имам млеко и кафе [imam mlyeko i kafye]
he has three apples [number + plural noun] тој има три јаболка [toј ima tri јabolka]
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] таа има само едно јаболко [taa ima samo yedno јabolko]
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] ние живееме во мала куќа [niye ʐivyeyemye vo mala kookja]
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] ми се допаѓа нашиот појадок [mi sye dopaѓa nashiot poјadok]

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread леб [lyeb]

milk млеко [mlyeko]

butter путер [pootyer]

cheese кашкавал [kashkaval]

coffee кафе [kafye]

sandwich сендвич [syendvich]

meat месо [myeso]

chicken пилешко [pilyeshko]

fish риба [riba]

breakfast појадок [poјadok]

lunch ручек [roochyek]

dinner вечера [vyechyera]

Conversation in Macedonian

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Macedonian - Pronunciation
Do you speak (English/ Macedonian)? дали зборувате (англиски/македонски)? [dali zboroovatye (anguliski/makyedonski)?]
Just a little малку [malkoo]
I like Macedonian ми се допаѓа македонскиот јазик [mi sye dopaѓa makyedonskiot јazik]
Can I practice with you? може да вежбам со вас? [moʐye da vyeʐbam so vas?]
How old are you? колку години имате? [kolkoo guodini imatye?]
I'm thirty three years old јас имам триесет и три години [јas imam triyesyet i tri guodini]
It was nice talking to you мило ми беше што разговаравме! [milo mi byeshye shto razguovaravmye!]

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