In Macedonian grammar, articles serve as determiners, providing information about the noun they go with. They either introduce a noun that is not yet known to the recipient, or refer back to a noun already known. Macedonian, unlike English, has post-positive definite articles, which means articles are attached to the end of the noun they define. The right use of articles is crucial for proper Macedonian grammar.
Exercise 1: Fill in the blank with the correct definite article at the end of the noun.
1. ะะฒะฐ ะต ะผะพัะพั *ััะฒะพะป*(tree).
2. *ะะฐัะบะฐัะฐ*(the cat) ัะฟะธะต ะฝะฐ ัะตะฟะธั ะพั.
3. *ะะตัะตัะพ*(the child) ะธะณัะฐ ะฒะพ ะฟะฐัะบะพั.
4. *ะงะฐัะฐัะฐ*(the glass) ะต ะฝะฐ ะผะฐัะฐัะฐ.
5. *ะะณัะฐะดะฐัะฐ*(the building) ะต ะฒะธัะพะบะฐ.
6. *ะฆะฒะตัะพั*(the flower) ะต ัะฑะฐะฒ.
7. *ะะฝะธะณะฐัะฐ*(the book) ะต ะฝะฐ ะผะฐัะฐัะฐ.
8. *ะฆััะตะถะพั*(the drawing) ะต ัััะฐะฝ ัะพ ะฑะพะธ.
9. *ะะตัะพัะพ*(the meat) ะต ะฒะพ ััะธะถะธะดะตัะพั.
10. *ะขะตะปะตัะพะฝะพั*(the phone) ะต ะฟะพะดะฐัะพะบ.
11. *ะะตะฟะตะฝะบะฐัะฐ*(the sticker) ะต ะฝะฐ ัะฐะบะฐัะฐ ะผะธ.
12. *ะคะพัะพะณัะฐัะธัะฐัะฐ*(the photo) ะต ะฒะพ ะฐะปะฑัะผะพั.
13. *ะขะพััะฐัะฐ*(the cake) ะธะทะณะปะตะดะฐ ะฒะบััะฝะพ.
14. *ะคะธะปะผะพั*(the movie) ะต ะธะฝัะตัะตัะตะฝ.
15. *ะฃัะตัะพ*(the lesson) ะต ะปะตัะฝะพ.
Exercise 2: Skim through the sentence and add the correct definite article at the right place.
1. ะะตัะทะธะฝะพัะพ *ะธะผะต*(name) ะต ะะฝะฐ.
2. *ะะตัะฝะฐัะฐ*(the song) ะต ะผะฝะพะณั ะดะพะฑัะฐ.
3. *ะััะฐัะฐ*(the house) ะธะผะฐ ะดะฒะต ัะพะฑะธ.
4. *ะัะพัะตัะพัะพั*(the professor) ะต ัััะพะณ.
5. *ะะตะฝะฐัะฐ*(the woman) ัะธัะฐ ะฒะตัะฝะธะบ.
6. *ะะฐัะบะฐ*(the mother) ะณะพัะฒะธ ะฒะตัะตัะฐ.
7. *ะะพัะพัะพั*(the motor) ะต ัะบะฐะฟ.
8. *ะัะธัะฐัะฐ*(the bird) ะปะตัะฐ ะฝะธะท ะฒะพะทะดัั ะพั.
9. *ะะฐััะธัะพั*(the shepherd) ะฟะฐัะต ะพะฒัะธัะต.
10. *ะัะฐะดะพั*(the city) ะต ะณะพะปะตะผ.
11. *ะะฐัะธะฝะฐัะฐ*(the machine) ะต ัะปะพะถะตะฝะฐ.
12. *ะกะพะฑะฐัะฐ*(the room) ะต ะฟัะฐะทะฝะฐ.
13. *ะฏะฑะพะปะบะพัะพ*(the apple) ะต ะฝะฐ ะดัะฒะพัะพ.
14. *ะกะฝะตะณะพั*(the snow) ะฟะฐะดะฝะฐ ะฒัะตัะฐ.
15. *ะะฒัะพะฑััะพั*(the bus) ะต ะฒะพ ะดะฒะพัะพั.