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.
A shared word is not proof of a shared root. Two languages can land on the same spelling by borrowing from a third — that is all tren and bomba are — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| даmk [da(ː)]ru [ˈda] | yes | #1 | #14 |
| иmk /i/ru [i] | and | #7 | #5 |
| илиmk [ili]ru [ˈilʲɪ] | or | #68 | #65 |
| домаmk [ˈdɔma]ru [ˈdomə] | at home | #131 | #225 |
| триmk [tri]ru [trʲi] | three | #177 | #249 |
| брат[brat] | brother | #190 | #410 |
| дваmk [dva]ru [ˈdva] | two | #193 | #201 |
| двеmk [dvɛ]ru [ˈdvʲe] | two | #200 | #478 |
| когоmk [ˈkɔɡɔ]ru [kɐˈvo] | who | #240 | #289 |
| важноmk [ˈvaʒnɔ]ru [ˈvaʐnə] | importantly | #242 | #442 |
| противmk [ˈprɔtif]ru [ˈprotʲɪf] | against | #253 | #300 |
| моментmk [mɔˈmɛnt]ru [mɐˈmʲent] | moment | #266 | #505 |
| вечерmk [ˈvɛt͡ʃɛr]ru [ˈvʲet͡ɕɪr] | evening | #275 | #540 |
| водаmk [ˈvɔda]ru [vɐˈda] | water | #309 | #1,397 |
| играmk [ˈiɡra]ru [ɪˈɡra] | game | #316 | #1,009 |
| сестраmk [ˈsɛstra]ru [sʲɪˈstra] | sister | #340 | #617 |
| утроmk [ˈutrɔ]ru [ˈutrə] | morning | #346 | #506 |
| мамаmk [ˈmama]ru [ˈmamə] | mama, mummy, mommy, mum, mom | #356 | #188 |
| надmk [nat]ru [nət] | above, over | #395 | #335 |
| скороmk [ˈskɔɾɔ]ru [ˈskorə] | soon | #412 | #339 |
| телефонmk [tɛlɛˈfɔn]ru [tʲɪlʲɪˈfon] | telephone | #438 | #595 |
| вчераmk [ˈft͡ʃɛɾa]ru [ft͡ɕɪˈra] | yesterday | #451 | #426 |
| моиmk [ˈmɔi]ru [mɐˈi] | my, mine | #503 | #193 |
| телоmk [ˈtɛɫɔ]ru [ˈtʲeɫə] | body | #523 | #581 |
| вниманиеmk [vniˈmani(j)ɛ]ru [vnʲɪˈmanʲɪje] | attention | #536 | #632 |
| онmk [ɔn]ru [on] | he | #545 | #10 |
| докторmk [ˈdɔktɔr]ru [ˈdoktər] | doctor | #547 | #227 |
| агентmk [aˈɡɛnt]ru [ɐˈɡʲent] | agent | #568 | #824 |
| книгаmk [ˈkniɡa]ru [ˈknʲiɡə] | book | #577 | #1,709 |
| мирmk [mir]ru [mʲir] | peace | #579 | #413 |
| идиотmk [idiˈɔt]ru [ɪdʲɪˈot] | idiot | #623 | #1,127 |
| чистоmk [ˈt͡ʃistɔ]ru [ˈt͡ɕistə] | cleanly, neatly | #637 | #1,670 |
| ударmk [ˈudar]ru [ʊˈdar] | hit, blow, strike, kick, punch, cuff | #648 | #1,292 |
| невозможноmk [nɛˈvɔzmɔʒnɔ]ru [nʲɪvɐzˈmoʐnə] | impossibly | #701 | #795 |
| пивоmk [ˈpivɔ]ru [ˈpʲivə] | beer | #703 | #1,766 |
| советmk [ˈsɔvɛt]ru [sɐˈvʲet] | advice | #802 | #1,282 |
| разговорmk [ˈrazɡɔvɔr]ru [rəzɡɐˈvor] | talk, conversation | #805 | #1,186 |
| нашmk [naʃ]ru [naʂ] | our, ours | #839 | #280 |
| брак[brak] | marriage, matrimony | #910 | #1,745 |
| шоуmk [ˈʃɔu]ru [ˈʂoʊ] | show | #995 | #745 |
| ножmk [nɔʃ]ru [noʂ] | knife | #1,000 | #1,739 |
| детективmk [dɛtɛkˈtif]ru [dɨtɨkˈtʲif] | detective | #1,006 | #830 |
| раноmk [ˈranɔ]ru [ˈranə] | early | #1,055 | #946 |
| сигналmk [siˈɡnaɫ]ru [sʲɪɡˈnaɫ] | signal | #1,059 | #1,528 |
| простоmk [ˈprɔstɔ]ru [ˈprostə] | simply, plainly, just | #1,062 | #35 |
| вкус[fkus] | taste | #1,070 | #1,763 |
| законmk [ˈzakɔn]ru [zɐˈkon] | law | #1,097 | #1,489 |
| суд[sut] | court | #1,114 | #1,142 |
| вашmk [vaʃ]ru [vaʂ] | your, yours | #1,190 | #269 |
| мореmk [ˈmɔɾɛ]ru [ˈmorʲe] | sea | #1,204 | #1,628 |
| видеоmk [ˈvidɛɔ]ru [ˈvʲidʲɪo] | video | #1,244 | #1,322 |
| кодmk [kɔt]ru [kot] | code | #1,251 | #1,856 |
| хмmk [xm̩]ru [m̥m̩] | hmm, hum | #1,289 | #1,192 |
| генералmk [ɡɛnɛˈraɫ]ru [ɡʲɪnʲɪˈraɫ] | general | #1,302 | #1,635 |
| ониmk [ˈɔni]ru [ɐˈnʲi] | they | #1,309 | #31 |
| стоmk [stɔ]ru [sto] | hundred | #1,385 | #1,514 |
| комуmk [ˈkɔmu]ru [kɐˈmu] | who | #1,392 | #616 |
| звук[zvuk] | sound | #1,477 | #1,752 |
| носmk [nɔs]ru [nos] | nose | #1,750 | #1,715 |
| офицерmk [ˈɔfit͡sɛr]ru [ɐfʲɪˈt͡sɛr] | officer | #1,771 | #1,388 |
| полковникmk [ˈpɔɫkɔvnik]ru [pɐɫˈkovnʲɪk] | colonel | #1,854 | #1,711 |
| факт[fakt] | fact | #1,906 | #1,598 |
The speaker plays the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a native speaker, so treat it as a guide.
The overlap is the easy part.
The rest comes from using it with someone who speaks it.