Greetings & Introductions

• Здраво = Hello
• Добар ден = Good day
• Добро утро = Good morning
• Добра вечер = Good evening
• Добродојде / добродојдовте = Welcome

• Како си / сте? = How are you?
• Добар(man)/добра(woman) сум, како си ти / сте вие? = I'm good, how are you?
• Добро сум, благодарам = I'm fine, thank you
• Јас сум добар(man)/добра(woman), и/а ти / вие? = I am good, and you?

• Јас се викам = I call myself
• Моето име е = My name is
• Како се викаш / викате? = How do you call yourself?
• Мило ми е што те / ве запознав = It's nice to meet you
• Од каде си / сте? = Where are you from?
• Јас сум од = I am from

• Macedonian makes a distinction between singular you and plural you, and, as with many European languages the plural is used to show respect to someone who you don't know/haven't met/are deferent towards. The underlined word(s) behind the slash are the informal or singular way to say the phrase; the underline words in front of the slash are the formal or plural way.
• Some Macedonian phrases were translated in an unnatural way to show the difference between singular and plural verbs/nouns. They do not sound unnatural in Macedonian.
• Macedonian is almost completely phonetic, with 31 letters in the alphabet plus a few digraphs. For this reason a transliteration was not included - if you want to learn Macedonian, learn the alphabet! It's Cyrillic with a few extra letters added in the middle of the 20th century.
• In the standard dialect, the stress of each word is placed on the antepenultimate (third to last) syllable, with few exceptions.