Feminine Forms: the -ка Ending – Macedonian Lesson
Work & Professions · Advanced
Feminine Forms: the -ка Ending in Macedonian
This free Macedonian lesson teaches feminine forms: the -ка ending 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 инженерка (engineer (f.)), готвачка (cook / chef (f.)), продавачка (shop assistant (f.)), програмерка (programmer (f.)), келнерка (waitress), each with audio pronunciation, interactive flashcards, and a quiz to check your progress. Macedonian is a South Slavic language written in the Cyrillic alphabet and spoken by about 1.5 million people, primarily in North Macedonia. It is fully phonetic — every letter makes a consistent sound — so once you learn the 31-letter alphabet you can read and pronounce any word.
Vocabulary in this lesson
| Macedonian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| инженерка | inženerka | engineer (f.) |
| готвачка | gotvačka | cook / chef (f.) |
| продавачка | prodavačka | shop assistant (f.) |
| програмерка | programerka | programmer (f.) |
| келнерка | kelnerka | waitress |
| наставничка | nastavnička | teacher (f.) |
Word by word
- инженерка is the Macedonian for “engineer (f.)”, pronounced “inženerka”.
- готвачка — pronounced “gotvačka” — means “cook / chef (f.)” in English.
- продавачка means “shop assistant (f.)”. Say it as “prodavačka”, exactly as the Cyrillic is written.
- програмерка translates to “programmer (f.)” and is pronounced “programerka”.
- келнерка is the Macedonian for “waitress”, pronounced “kelnerka”.
- наставничка — pronounced “nastavnička” — means “teacher (f.)” in English.
How to practice feminine forms: the -ка ending in Macedonian
Start by listening to the audio pronunciation for each word and repeating it out loud to build your pronunciation. Because Macedonian is written in Cyrillic and spelled phonetically, reading the words aloud is one of the fastest ways to remember them. This lesson then uses spaced flashcards and a short quiz to move the vocabulary into long-term memory — review it a few times across several days and you'll retain it far longer than from a single session. Every lesson on OpaLingo is free, works on mobile and desktop, and tracks your progress so you always know what to study next.
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