Macedonian pronouns


A pronoun is a substitute for a noun or a noun phrase, or things previously mentioned or understood from the context. These are words like јас 'I', мене 'me', себе 'himself, herself', ова 'this', кој 'who, which', некој 'somebody', никој 'nobody', сите 'all', секој 'everybody'.
Macedonian pronouns decline for case, i.e., their function in a phrase as subject, direct object, or object of a preposition.
Based on their meaning and the function in the sentence, pronouns fall into the following categories:
Types of pronounsExamples
Demonstrative pronounsова, тоа, овде, таму
Indefinite pronounsнекој, нешто
Interrogative pronounsкој, кого/кому, што
Personal pronounsјас, ти, тој, таа, она, ние
Possessive pronounsмој, твој, нејзин, негов, наш
Relative pronounsкој, што, чиј
Reflexive pronoun
and reciprocal pronouns
себе, се
Universal pronounsсите, секој, сешто, секаде

Formal and informal "you" pronouns

Use of ти is generally limited to friends and family, and is used among children. In formal usage only Вие occurs; ти may be used among peers in a workplace, but it is rare in official documents. Вие should always be capitalized when used in this way as a sign of respect. Ти, used when referring to God, should also be capitalized.

Personal pronouns

Possessive pronouns

Interrogative pronouns

Interrogative pronouns refer to an unknown person, object, quality or quantity and agree with the noun they denote in gender and number. Personal interrogative pronouns have two cases, nominative and genitive. There are also accusative and dative forms: кого and кому, respectively. The more analytical construction на кого is an optional alternative for the dative form. They are also used with nonhuman beings. Quality interrogative pronouns are used for asking one to specify the word in question. They are translated in English as what/what kind of/what sort of.
There is only one interrogative pronoun for quantity — колку and it is invariant for gender and number. It is used before plural nouns to ask about their quantity, and before an adjective or adverb to ask about the extent, degree, age, etc., of something or somebody.

Demonstrative pronominal adjectives

this that that
Masculineовојтојоној
Feminineоваатааонаа
Neuterоватоаона
Pluralовиетиеоние

Reflexive pronouns

An alternative full form, себеси, is used for emphasis.

Negative pronouns

Indefinite pronouns

Relative pronouns