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 pronouns | Examples |
Demonstrative pronouns | ова, тоа, овде, таму |
Indefinite pronouns | некој, нешто |
Interrogative pronouns | кој, кого/кому, што |
Personal pronouns | јас, ти, тој, таа, она, ние |
Possessive pronouns | мој, твој, нејзин, негов, наш |
Relative pronouns | кој, што, чиј |
Reflexive pronoun and reciprocal pronouns | себе, се |
Universal pronouns | сите, 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 | |
Masculine | овој | тој | оној |
Feminine | оваа | таа | онаа |
Neuter | ова | тоа | она |
Plural | овие | тие | оние |
Reflexive pronouns
An alternative full form, себеси, is used for emphasis.- Ана ѝ ја даде нејзината книга на Марија.
- Ана ѝ ја даде својата книга на Марија.
Summative pronouns