Macedonian Grammar

The Macedonian grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Macedonian and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: и  [i]	Under: под  [pod]
Before: пред  [pryed]	After: по  [po]
Inside: внатре  [vnatrye]	Outside: надвор (од)  [nadvor (od)]
With: со  [so]	But: но, ама  [no, ama]
For: за  [za]	From: од  [od]
To: кон, накај, за   [kon, nakaј, za ]	In: во  [vo]

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: што?  [shto?]	Who?: кој?  [koј?]
How?: како?  [kako?]	Why?: зошто?  [zoshto?]
Where?: каде?  [kadye?]

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: никогаш  [nikoguash]	Rarely: ретко  [ryetko]
Sometimes: понекогаш  [ponyekoguash]	Usually: обично  [obichno]
Always: секогаш  [syekoguash]	Very: многу  [mnoguoo]

Most commonly used pronouns in Macedonian:

I: јас  [јas]	You: ти / вие   [ti / viye ]
He: тој  [toј]	She: таа  [taa]
We: ние  [niye]	They: тие  [tiye]

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: мој  [moј]	Your: твој / ваш   [tvoј / vash ]
His: негов  [nyeguov]	Her: нејзин  [nyeјzin]
Our: наш  [nash]	Their: нивен  [nivyen]

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: јас зборувам англиски (јазик)  [јas zboroovam anguliski (јazik)]

You speak French: вие зборувате француски  [viye zboroovatye frantzooski]

He speaks German: тој зборува германски  [toј zboroova guyermanski]

She speaks Italian: таа зборува италијански  [taa zboroova italiјanski]

I visited France: јас ја посетив франција  [јas јa posyetiv frantziјa]

I will drink milk: јас ќе пијам млеко  [јas kjye piјam mlyeko]

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: јас ве разбирам  [јas vye razbiram]

I don't understand you: јас не ве разбирам  [јas nye vye razbiram]

I don't speak French: јас не зборувам француски  [јas nye zboroovam frantzooski]

This is my house: ова е мојата куќа  [ova ye moјata kookja]

That restaurant is far: тој ресторан е далеку  [toј ryestoran ye dalyekoo]

No problem: нема проблем  [nyema problyem]

The above Macedonian grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Macedonian vocabulary to obtain some popular Macedonian phrases.