Macedonian Pronouns
Learning the Macedonian Pronouns 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 Pronouns is in the structure of the grammar in Macedonian.
Macedonian pronouns include personal pronouns (refer to the persons speaking, the persons spoken to, or the persons or things spoken about), indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns (connect parts of sentences) and reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which the object of a verb is being acted on by verb's subject).
Grammar Tips:
In
English personal pronouns are (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they), and (me,
you, him, her, it, us, you, them), In Macedonian, the personal pronouns are:
Јас… (I), ти… (you), тој… (he), таа… (she), тoa… (it)
Ние… (we),
вие… (you), тие… (they)
Examples: јас учам (I learn), ти учиш
(you learn), тој учи (he learns), таа учи
(she learns), Вие учите (you
learn [polite]), ние учиме (we
learn), вие учите (you
learn [plural, friendly]), тие учат (they learn), Вие учите
(you learn [plural, polite]).
Indirect
Object Pronouns:
Indirect
object pronouns are words that replace the indirect object, which is usually a
person. In the Macedonian
language, there are long and short forms (used in direct and indirect speech as
well)
мене ме (me), тебе
те (you), него го (him), неа
ја (her), него го (it), нас
нè (us),
вас
ве (you), ним им (them):
Examples:
Дај
ми ја
книгата (give me the book).
Јас те сакам тебе(I love you).
Possessive
Pronouns:
The
possessive pronoun depends on the noun. If the noun is masculine gender, the
possessive pronoun must be of masculine gender. The same goes for feminine and
neuter gender nouns, as well as for the plural.
|
|
SINGULAR
|
PLURAL
|
|
Masculine
gender
|
Feminine
gender
|
Neuter
gender
|
Plural
gender
|
|
my, mine
|
мој
|
моја
|
мое
|
мои
|
|
yours
|
твој
|
твоја
|
твое
|
твои
|
|
his
|
негов
|
негова
|
негово
|
негови
|
|
hers
|
нејзин
|
нејзини
|
нејзино
|
нејзини
|
|
its
|
негов
|
негова
|
негово
|
негови
|
|
ours
|
наш
|
наша
|
наше
|
наши
|
|
yours (plural)
|
ваш
|
ваша
|
ваше
|
ваши
|
|
theirs
|
нивен
|
нивна
|
нивно
|
нивни
|
Here are some examples:
| English Pronouns | Macedonian Pronouns |
| Pronouns | Zamenki - Заменки |
| I | Јas - Јас |
| you | ti / vie - ти / вие |
| he | toј - тој |
| she | taa - таа |
| we | nie - ние |
| they | tie - тие |
| |
| me | mene / me - мене / ме |
| you | tebe te / vas ve - тебе те / вас ве |
| him | nego go - него го |
| her | neјze јa - нејзе ја |
| us | nas ne - нас не |
| them | niv gi - нив ги |
| |
| my | moј - мој |
| your | tvoј / va6 - твој / ваш |
| his | negov - негов |
| her | neјzin - нејзин |
| our | na6 - наш |
| their | niven - нивен |
| |
| mine | moј - мој |
| yours | tvoј / va6 - твој / ваш |
| his | negov - негов |
| hers | neјzin - нејзин |
| ours | na6 - наш |
| theirs | niven - нивен |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Pronouns in Macedonian has a logical pattern. Locate the Pronouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Macedonian.
List of Pronouns in Macedonian
Below is a list of the Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns in Macedonian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Macedonian vocabulary.
| English Pronouns | Macedonian Pronouns |
| I speak | Јas zboruvam - Јас зборувам |
| you speak | ti zboruva6 / vie zboruvate - ти зборуваш / вие зборувате |
| he speaks | toј zboruva - тој зборува |
| she speaks | Taa zboruva - Таа зборува |
| we speak | zboruvame - зборуваме |
| they speak | tie zboruvaat - тие зборуваат |
| |
| give me | daј mi - дај ми |
| give you | ti dava tebe / vi dava vas - ти дава тебе / ви дава вас |
| give him | daј mu - дај му |
| give her | daј i - дај и |
| give us | daј ni - дај ни |
| give them | daј im - дај им |
| |
| my book | moјata kniga - мојата книга |
| your book | tvoјata kniga / va6ata kniga - твојата книга / вашата книга |
| his book | Negovata kniga - Неговата книга |
| her book | neјzinata kniga - нејзината книга |
| our book | na6ata kniga - нашата книга |
| their book | nivnata kniga - нивната книга |
Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns have a very important role in Macedonian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Macedonian Pronouns, you might want to check the rest of our Macedonian lessons here: Learn Macedonian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.