Macedonian and Russian: 62 words that are the same
Among the two thousand words each language uses most, these are written identically and carry the same meaning in both. If you have one of the two, this is the part you do not have to learn.
Macedonian Russian
A shared word is not proof of a shared root. Two languages can land on the same spelling by borrowing from a third β that is all tren and bomba are β and a word that looks the same can still be said quite differently. What this list is good for is the head start.
| Word | In English | Macedonian | Russian |
|---|---|---|---|
| Π΄Π° | yes | #1 | #14 |
| ΠΈ | and | #7 | #5 |
| ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ | or | #68 | #65 |
| Π΄ΠΎΠΌΠ° | at home | #131 | #225 |
| ΡΡΠΈ | three | #177 | #249 |
| Π±ΡΠ°Ρ | brother | #190 | #410 |
| Π΄Π²Π° | two | #193 | #201 |
| Π΄Π²Π΅ | two | #200 | #478 |
| ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ | who | #240 | #289 |
| Π²Π°ΠΆΠ½ΠΎ | importantly | #242 | #442 |
| ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ² | against | #253 | #300 |
| ΠΌΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ | moment | #266 | #505 |
| Π²Π΅ΡΠ΅Ρ | evening | #275 | #540 |
| Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π° | water | #309 | #1,397 |
| ΠΈΠ³ΡΠ° | game | #316 | #1,009 |
| ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΠ° | sister | #340 | #617 |
| ΡΡΡΠΎ | morning | #346 | #506 |
| ΠΌΠ°ΠΌΠ° | mama, mummy, mommy, mum, mom | #356 | #188 |
| Π½Π°Π΄ | above, over | #395 | #335 |
| ΡΠΊΠΎΡΠΎ | soon | #412 | #339 |
| ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ΡΠΎΠ½ | telephone | #438 | #595 |
| Π²ΡΠ΅ΡΠ° | yesterday | #451 | #426 |
| ΠΌΠΎΠΈ | my, mine | #503 | #193 |
| ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎ | body | #523 | #581 |
| Π²Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ | attention | #536 | #632 |
| ΠΎΠ½ | he | #545 | #10 |
| Π΄ΠΎΠΊΡΠΎΡ | doctor | #547 | #227 |
| Π°Π³Π΅Π½Ρ | agent | #568 | #824 |
| ΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π° | book | #577 | #1,709 |
| ΠΌΠΈΡ | peace | #579 | #413 |
| ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΡ | idiot | #623 | #1,127 |
| ΡΠΈΡΡΠΎ | cleanly, neatly | #637 | #1,670 |
| ΡΠ΄Π°Ρ | hit, blow, strike, kick, punch, cuff | #648 | #1,292 |
| Π½Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ | impossibly | #701 | #795 |
| ΠΏΠΈΠ²ΠΎ | beer | #703 | #1,766 |
| ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅Ρ | advice | #802 | #1,282 |
| ΡΠ°Π·Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡ | talk, conversation | #805 | #1,186 |
| Π½Π°Ρ | our, ours | #839 | #280 |
| Π±ΡΠ°ΠΊ | marriage, matrimony | #910 | #1,745 |
| ΡΠΎΡ | show | #995 | #745 |
| Π½ΠΎΠΆ | knife | #1,000 | #1,739 |
| Π΄Π΅ΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΈΠ² | detective | #1,006 | #830 |
| ΡΠ°Π½ΠΎ | early | #1,055 | #946 |
| ΡΠΈΠ³Π½Π°Π» | signal | #1,059 | #1,528 |
| ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΠΎ | simply, plainly, just | #1,062 | #35 |
| Π²ΠΊΡΡ | taste | #1,070 | #1,763 |
| Π·Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ½ | law | #1,097 | #1,489 |
| ΡΡΠ΄ | court | #1,114 | #1,142 |
| Π²Π°Ρ | your, yours | #1,190 | #269 |
| ΠΌΠΎΡΠ΅ | sea | #1,204 | #1,628 |
| Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅ΠΎ | video | #1,244 | #1,322 |
| ΠΊΠΎΠ΄ | code | #1,251 | #1,856 |
| Ρ ΠΌ | hmm, hum | #1,289 | #1,192 |
| Π³Π΅Π½Π΅ΡΠ°Π» | general | #1,302 | #1,635 |
| ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ | they | #1,309 | #31 |
| ΡΡΠΎ | hundred | #1,385 | #1,514 |
| ΠΊΠΎΠΌΡ | who | #1,392 | #616 |
| Π·Π²ΡΠΊ | sound | #1,477 | #1,752 |
| Π½ΠΎΡ | nose | #1,750 | #1,715 |
| ΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ΅Ρ | officer | #1,771 | #1,388 |
| ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΊΠΎΠ²Π½ΠΈΠΊ | colonel | #1,854 | #1,711 |
| ΡΠ°ΠΊΡ | fact | #1,906 | #1,598 |
The overlap is the easy part.
The rest comes from using it with someone who speaks it.