At the Pharmacy – Macedonian Lesson
Pharmacy & Health · Advanced
At the Pharmacy in Macedonian
This free Macedonian lesson teaches at the pharmacy as part of the Pharmacy & Health course on OpaLingo. Learn to describe symptoms, ask for medicine, and navigate a Macedonian doctor or pharmacy visit. Built on "Боли ме" (It hurts me) + body parts you already know. You'll learn 4 Macedonian words, including аптека (pharmacy), лекар (doctor), лек (medicine), таблета (tablet / pill), 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 |
|---|---|---|
| аптека | apteka | pharmacy |
| лекар | lekar | doctor |
| лек | lek | medicine |
| таблета | tableta | tablet / pill |
Word by word
- аптека is the Macedonian for “pharmacy”, pronounced “apteka”.
- лекар — pronounced “lekar” — means “doctor” in English.
- лек means “medicine”. Say it as “lek”, exactly as the Cyrillic is written.
- таблета translates to “tablet / pill” and is pronounced “tableta”.
How to practice at the pharmacy 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.
Continue with more lessons in the Pharmacy & Health module, explore all Macedonian course modules, or practice with language games on OpaLingo.