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Rule for making present tense of verbs
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| Add the ending to the basic stem verb, which is the third-person form |
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To form the first person singular, the јас form, the stem vowel is dropped before adding the ending
-ам
чит-а чит (јас) чит-ам |
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2nd person singular
you (personal) |
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3rd person singular
he, she, it |
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| There is no addition to the end of the basic stem verb. |
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Add to the end of the verb
-ме |
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2nd person plural
you (formal and plural) |
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Add to the end of the verb
-те |
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Add to the end of the verb
-ат
In the а stem verbs the third person plural ending is added after the stem vowel, e.g.
чит-а (тие) чит-а–ат |
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| Placement of the letter ј in conjugaton |
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| The letter ј is always written in Macedonian between и and а, as in јас and тие forms of the verb пие: пејам, пејат. But, -ј is not written before е and и: пие,стои. In verrbal conjugation, j is also written between о and а, as in the јас an тие forms of стои: стојам, стојат. Similarly, in verbal conjugation ј is written between у and а, e.g. труе "to poison": јас трујам, ти труеш, тие трујат. |
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To negate most verbs place the negative particle не before the verb. In answering questions, the typical response is:
Не, (pause) не + verb
Place the negative particle не with verbs like се вика before the particle се. |
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