Pronunciation

Consonants

Б

B бука - buka - noise...like 'b' in "book"

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В

V вера - vera - faith...like 'v' in "very"

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Г

G гора - gora - wood...like 'g' in "go" [hard sound always]

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Д

D да - da - yes...like 'd' in "dust"

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Ѓ

Gj луѓе - lugje - people...there is no sound like this in English, but you can pronounce it like 'gi' in "give"

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Ж

Zh жаба - zhaba - frog...like 'si' in "vision"

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З

Z за - za - for...like 'z' in "zoo"

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Ѕ

Dz ѕид - dzid - wall...there is no sound like this in English; it is similar to the word suds(suhdz) pronounce d and z together > d-z=dz

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Ј

J јас - jas - I...like 'y' in "yacht"

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К

K кама - kama - dagger...like 'c' in "camera" [hard sound]

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Л

L лук - luk - garlic...like 'l' in "look"

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Љ

Lj виљушка - viliushka - fork...like the 'li' in "million" [li]

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M

M ми - mi - me...like 'm' in "me"

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Н

N но - no - but...like 'n' in "no"

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Њ

Nj диња - dinja - melon...like 'ni'- or 'ny'- in "onion" or "canyon"; the spanish ñ [nyi]

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П

P пат - pat - path...like 'p' in "path"

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Р

R роб - rob - slave...like 'r' in "roca" [usually trilled]

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С

S сон - son - dream...like 's' in "son"

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Т

T тука - tuka - here...like 't' in "too"

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Ќ

Kj ќе - kje - will...like 'cu' in "cute" [ki]

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Ф

F факт - fakt - fact...like 'f' in "fact"

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Х

H химна - himna - anthem...like 'h' in "him"

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Ц

C цар - car = tsar - tsar...like 'ts' in "bits"

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Ч

Ch чај - chaj - tea...like 'ch' in "much"

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Џ

Dzh џин - dzhin - giant...like 'gi' in "giant" or 'j' in "jungle"

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Ш

Sh шума - shuma - forest...like 'sh' in "shop"