Neuter & Irregular Plurals – Macedonian Lesson
Plural Nouns · Practical
Neuter & Irregular Plurals in Macedonian
This free Macedonian lesson teaches neuter & irregular plurals as part of the Plural Nouns course on OpaLingo. Learn Macedonian plural noun patterns — masculine -ови/-и, feminine -и, neuter -а/-иња — plus classic irregulars. Go from столче to столчиња and master the definite plural with -ите/-та. You'll learn 7 Macedonian words, including дете → деца (child → children (irregular!)), море → мориња (sea → seas), село → села (village → villages), Децата играат. (The children are playing.), Имаме две деца. (We have two children.), each with native audio pronunciation, interactive flashcards, and a quiz to check your progress. The Macedonian language — South Slavic, written in Cyrillic, and spoken by around 1.5 million people centred on North Macedonia — is one of the easier languages to read aloud: its 31-letter alphabet is fully phonetic, so each letter keeps the same sound in every word.
Vocabulary in this lesson
| Macedonian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| дете → деца | dete → deca | child → children (irregular!) |
| море → мориња | more → morinja | sea → seas |
| село → села | selo → sela | village → villages |
| Децата играат. | Decata igraat. | The children are playing. |
| Имаме две деца. | Imame dve deca. | We have two children. |
| Децата се гладни. | Decata se gladni. | The children are hungry. |
| Многу деца одат на училиште. | Mnogu deca odat na učilište. | Many children go to school. |
Word by word
- дете → деца is the Macedonian for “child → children (irregular!)”, pronounced “dete → deca”.
- море → мориња — pronounced “more → morinja” — means “sea → seas” in English.
- село → села means “village → villages”. Say it as “selo → sela”, exactly as the Cyrillic is written.
- Децата играат. translates to “The children are playing.” and is pronounced “Decata igraat.”.
- Имаме две деца. is the Macedonian for “We have two children.”, pronounced “Imame dve deca.”.
- Децата се гладни. — pronounced “Decata se gladni.” — means “The children are hungry.” in English.
- Многу деца одат на училиште. means “Many children go to school.”. Say it as “Mnogu deca odat na učilište.”, exactly as the Cyrillic is written.
How to practice neuter & irregular plurals in Macedonian
Work through the lesson in three passes: first listen to the native audio and repeat each word aloud, then test yourself with the flashcards, and finish with the quiz to confirm what stuck. Because Macedonian is spelled exactly as it sounds, reading the Cyrillic out loud doubles as pronunciation practice. Short, repeated reviews over several days are far more effective than a single long session — and since every OpaLingo lesson is free and tracks your progress on any device, picking up where you left off takes seconds.
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