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Learning the Macedonian Articles is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Macedonian language. But first we need to know what the role of Articles is in the structure of the grammar in Macedonian.
Macedonian articles are words that combine with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Generally articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun. Examples are "the, a, and an".
Definite Article:
Like in English, where we have only one definite article “the", in Macedonian it is same but the article changes in accordance with the gender of the noun.
-от, -ов, -он (masculine singular), мажот, мажов, мажон (the man, this man, that man)
-та, -ва, -на (feminine singular) куќата, куќава, куќана (the house, this house, that house)
-то, -во, -но (neuter singular) детето, детево, детено (the child, this child, that child)
-те (ти), -ве (ви), -не (ни) (plural) куќите, куќиве, куќине (the houses, these houses, those houses)
The suffixes -ов, -ва, -во, -ве (ви) are used when the subjects (and persons) are near the speaker. Дај ми ја книгава - Give me this book.
The suffixes –он, -на, -но, -не (ни) are used when the subjects (and persons) are far from the speaker. Дај ми ја книгана - Give me that book.
Indefinite Article:
While we have (a / an ; some) in English as indefinite articles, we also have еден/една/едно; неколку in Macedonian.
In general, whenever (a, an) are used in English you don’t need to use (еден, едно) or (една) to say the equivalent in Macedonian.
Еден, една, едно are used as a substitution for a/an only when a/an are used with the meaning of "one".
The Macedonian equivalent of "some" is неколку.
книга (a book)
куќа (a house)
неколку книги (some books)
неколку куќи (some houses)
Example: Книгите кои ги имам се во куќа на еден пријател. (The books I have are in a house of a friend)
Here are some examples:
| English Articles | Macedonian Articles |
|---|---|
| articles | 4lenovi - членови |
| the | usually added after the noun as -ot, ta, to - usually added after the noun as -от, та, то |
| a | na - на |
| one | edna - една |
| some | nekoi - некои |
| few | nekolku - неколку |
| the book | knigata - книгата |
| the books | knigite - книгите |
| a book | kniga - книга |
| one book | edna kniga - една книга |
| some books | nekoi knigi - некои книги |
| few books | nekolku knigi - неколку книги |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Articles in Macedonian has a logical pattern. Locate the Articles above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Macedonian.
Below is a list of vocabulary where you can use the Definite and Indefinite Articles in Macedonian. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Macedonian vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Macedonian Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Food | hrana - храна |
| almonds | bademi - бадеми |
| bread | leb - леб |
| breakfast | doru4ek - доручек |
| butter | puter - путер |
| candy | bonboni - бонбони |
| cheese | sireњe - сирење |
| chicken | pile6ko - пилешко |
| cumin | Kim - Ким |
| dessert | desert - десерт |
| dinner | ve4era - вечера |
| fish | riba - риба |
| fruit | ovo6јe - овошје |
| ice cream | sladoled - сладолед |
| lamb | јagne6ko - јагнешко |
| lemon | limon - лимон |
| lunch | ru4ek - ручек |
| meal | obrok - оброк |
| meat | meso - месо |
| oven | rerna - рерна |
| pepper | biber - бибер |
| plants | rasteniјa - растенија |
| pork | svinsko meso - свинско месо |
| salad | salata - салата |
| salt | sol - сол |
| sandwich | sendvi4 - сендвич |
| sausage | kolbas - колбас |
| soup | supa - супа |
| sugar | 6eќer - шеќер |
| supper | ve4era - вечера |
| turkey | misirka - мисирка |
| apple | јabolko - јаболко |
| banana | banana - банана |
| oranges | portokali - портокали |
| peaches | praski - праски |
| peanut | kikiriki - кикирики |
| pears | kru6i - круши |
| pineapple | ananas - ананас |
| grapes | grozјe - грозје |
| strawberries | јagodi - јагоди |
| vegetables | zelen4uk - зеленчук |
| carrot | morkov - морков |
| corn | p4enka - пченка |
| cucumber | krastavica - краставица |
| garlic | luk - лук |
| lettuce | marula - марула |
| olives | maslinki - маслинки |
| onions | kromid - кромид |
| peppers | piperki - пиперки |
| potatoes | kompiri - компири |
| pumpkin | tikva - тиква |
| beans | grav - грав |
| tomatoes | domati - домати |
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