PEACE CORPS MACEDONIA

PEACE CORPS MACEDONIA

__________________ MACEDONIAN LANGUAGE/ MAKEDONSKI JAZIK

For Invitees __________________

Table of Contents 1. Macedonian alphabet

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2. Greetings

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3. Numbers

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4. Days of the week

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5. Exchange

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6. Directions

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7. Expressions

p.12

8. Problems

p.13

9. Introducing

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Macedonian for Invitees, Peace Corps / Macedonia

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The script accompanies the following six audio tracks:

MC_Macedonian_Lesson_1.mp3

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MC_Macedonian_Lesson_2.mp3

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MC_Macedonian_Lessons_3_4.mp3



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MC_Macedonian_Lesson _9.mp3



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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:

Aa

a

father

avion

plane

Bb

b

boy

baba

grandmother

Vv

v

van

voda

water

Gg

g

girl

grad

town

Dd

d

dog

drvo

tree

\|

gy

argue

|erdan

necklace

Ee

e

pet

elen

deer

@`

zh

pleasure

`aba

frog

Zz

z

zebra

zab

tooth

Yy

dz

beds

yid

wall

II

i

pizza

igla

needle

Jj

y

yard

jajce

egg

Kk

k

skin

kapa

cap

Ll

l

look

lale

tulip

Qq

lj

azalea

qubov

love

Mm

m

moon

majka

mother

Nn

n

nose

nos

nose

Ww

ny

canyon

diwa

melon

Oo

o

knot

oblak

cloud


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Pp

p

spider

prst

finger

Rr

r

thrilled

radio

radio

Ss

s

sun

sabota

Saturday

Tt

t

toast

televizija

television

]}

cu

cute

}ebe

blanket

Uu

u

boot

uvo

ear

Ff

f

football

fudbal

football

Hh

h

hotel

hrana

food

Cc

ts

cats

cre{a

cherry

^~

ch

chocolate

~i~ko

uncle

Xx

j

jungle

xuxe

dwarf

[{

sh

shoe

{i{e

bottle


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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-dovtei!


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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-teeree


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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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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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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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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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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-yanka.

I am a vegetarian. (m.)

Jas sum vegetarijanec.

Jas sum vei-gei-ta-ree-yanets.


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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-reeka.

I'm from California.

Jas sum od Kalifornija.

Yas soum od Ka-lee-fornee-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 Korpous.

I'm Diana. I'm from America.

Jas sum Dijana. Jas sum od Amerika.

Yas soum Dee-ya-na. Yas soum od A-mei-reeka.

I'm from California.

Jas sum od Kalifornija.

Yas soum od Ka-lee-fornee-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 Korpous.

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!


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