Professions – Macedonian Lesson
Work & Professions · Advanced
Professions in Macedonian
This free Macedonian lesson teaches professions as part of the Work & Professions course on OpaLingo. Talk about your job in Macedonian: professions in masculine and feminine forms (инженер / инженерка), the office, colleagues, meetings and your working day. You'll learn 6 Macedonian words, including инженер (engineer), готвач (cook / chef), продавач (shop assistant), програмер (programmer), келнер (waiter), each with 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 |
|---|---|---|
| инженер | inžener | engineer |
| готвач | gotvač | cook / chef |
| продавач | prodavač | shop assistant |
| програмер | programer | programmer |
| келнер | kelner | waiter |
| возач | vozač | driver |
Word by word
- инженер is the Macedonian for “engineer”, pronounced “inžener”.
- готвач — pronounced “gotvač” — means “cook / chef” in English.
- продавач means “shop assistant”. Say it as “prodavač”, exactly as the Cyrillic is written.
- програмер translates to “programmer” and is pronounced “programer”.
- келнер is the Macedonian for “waiter”, pronounced “kelner”.
- возач — pronounced “vozač” — means “driver” in English.
How to practice professions in Macedonian
Play the audio pronunciation 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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