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THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE CONSONANTS



The consonants
б,в,г,д,ѓ,ж,з,ѕ,ј,к,л,љ,м,н,њ,п,р,с,т,ќ,ф,х,ц,ч,џ,ш
are pronounced like their English equivalents in the following words:



Macedonian Cyrillic Latin equivalent Pronunciation

Б B бука - buka - noise ... like b in book
В V вера - vera - faith ... like v in very
Г G гора - gora - wood ... like g in go
Д D да - da - yes ... like d in dust
Ѓ Gj луѓе - lugje - people ... no English equiv, like gi in give
Ж Zh жаба - zhaba - frog ... like sio in vision
З Z за - za - for ... like z in zoo
Ѕ Dz ѕид - dzid - wall ... no sound in English; pronounce together > d-z > dz
Ј J јас - jas - I ... like y in yacht
К K кама - kama - dagger ... like c in camera
Л L лук - luk - garlic ... like l in look
Љ Lj љубов - ljubov - love ... like lio in million
М M ми - mi - me ... like "m" in "me"
Н N но - no - but ... like "n" in "no"
Њ Nj диња - dinja - melon ... like "ni-" or "ny-" in "onion" or "canyon";
П P пат - pat - path ... like "p" in "path "
Р R роб - rob - slave ... like r in robot
С S сон - son - dream ... like s in son, sun
Т T тука - tuka - here ... like t in too
Ќ Kj ќе - kje - will ... like cu in cute
Ф F факт - fakt - fact ... like f in fact
Х H химна - himna - anthem ... like h in him
Ц C = Ts цар - car = tsar - tsar ... like ts in tsar
Ч Ch чај - chaj - tea ... like ch in much
Џ Dzh џин - dzhin - giant ... like gi in giant or j in jungle
Ш Sh шума - shuma - forest ... like sh in shop


Sample: Македонски јазик - Macedonian language /makedonski jazik/ - read it: ma-keh-don-skee yah-zeek

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