Feminine Nouns: -ата – Macedonian Lesson
Grammar: Definite Articles · Practical
Feminine Nouns: -ата in Macedonian
This free Macedonian lesson teaches feminine nouns: -ата as part of the Grammar: Definite Articles course on OpaLingo. Learn how Macedonian expresses "the" by adding endings to nouns — masculine -от, feminine -ата, and neuter -то. книга becomes книгата, маж becomes мажот. Master all three genders with clear pattern drills. You'll learn 8 Macedonian words, including книга (book), книгата (the book), куќа (house), куќата (the house), мајка (mother), each with native audio pronunciation, interactive flashcards, and a quiz to check your progress. Spoken by roughly 1.5 million people, mainly in North Macedonia, Macedonian is a South Slavic language with a 31-letter Cyrillic alphabet. Its spelling is completely phonetic: each letter always represents the same sound, so reading and pronunciation come quickly once you know the alphabet.
Vocabulary in this lesson
| Macedonian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| книга | kniga | book |
| книгата | knigata | the book |
| куќа | kuḱa | house |
| куќата | kuḱata | the house |
| мајка | majka | mother |
| мајката | majkata | the mother |
| врата | vrata | door |
| вратата | vratata | the door |
Word by word
- книга is the Macedonian for “book”, pronounced “kniga”.
- книгата — pronounced “knigata” — means “the book” in English.
- куќа means “house”. Say it as “kuḱa”, exactly as the Cyrillic is written.
- куќата translates to “the house” and is pronounced “kuḱata”.
- мајка is the Macedonian for “mother”, pronounced “majka”.
- мајката — pronounced “majkata” — means “the mother” in English.
- врата means “door”. Say it as “vrata”, exactly as the Cyrillic is written.
- вратата translates to “the door” and is pronounced “vratata”.
How to practice feminine nouns: -ата in Macedonian
Play the native audio for each entry and say it aloud — hearing and speaking together builds pronunciation much faster than silent reading. Macedonian's phonetic Cyrillic spelling means what you see is exactly what you say, so sounding words out reinforces both reading and memory at once. After the introduction, the lesson moves into interactive flashcards and finishes with a quick quiz; coming back for a short review over the next few days locks the material into long-term memory. OpaLingo lessons are free, run on any device, and remember where you left off.
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