Macedonian and Ukrainian: 53 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 Ukrainian
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 | Ukrainian |
|---|---|---|---|
| Π±Π΅Π· | without | #109 | #99 |
| Π΄ΠΎΠΌΠ° | at home | #131 | #335 |
| Π±ΠΎΠΆΠ΅ | god | #140 | #107 |
| ΡΠ°ΡΠΎ | dad | #150 | #381 |
| ΡΡΠΈ | three | #177 | #169 |
| Π±ΡΠ°Ρ | brother | #190 | #269 |
| Π΄Π²Π° | two | #193 | #140 |
| ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ | who | #240 | #206 |
| Π±ΠΎΠ³ | god | #282 | #384 |
| Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π° | water | #309 | #686 |
| ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΠ° | sister | #340 | #525 |
| Π½Π°Π΄ | above, over | #395 | #232 |
| ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ΡΠΎΠ½ | telephone | #438 | #500 |
| ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠ½Π° | half | #453 | #1,674 |
| ΡΠΈΠ»Π° | force | #513 | #951 |
| Π½Π°ΠΏΠ°Π΄ | attack, assault | #533 | #1,762 |
| Π°Π³Π΅Π½Ρ | agent | #568 | #914 |
| ΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π° | book | #577 | #1,154 |
| ΠΌΠΈΡ | peace | #579 | #561 |
| Π°Ρ | ah | #587 | #476 |
| ΡΠΎΠΌ | tome, volume | #588 | #223 |
| Π³ΡΡΠΏΠ° | group | #621 | #1,556 |
| Π°Π΄Π²ΠΎΠΊΠ°Ρ | lawyer | #651 | #985 |
| ΠΏΠΈΠ²ΠΎ | beer | #703 | #1,185 |
| ΠΌΡΠ·ΠΈΠΊΠ° | music | #770 | #1,218 |
| Π±ΠΎΠ± | bobsled | #790 | #767 |
| Π²ΠΈΠ½ΠΎ | wine | #814 | #1,198 |
| Π½Π°Ρ | our, ours | #839 | #179 |
| ΠΎΠΊΠΎ | eye | #946 | #1,525 |
| ΠΌΠ΅Ρ | sword | #950 | #1,492 |
| ΡΠΎΡ | show | #995 | #797 |
| ΠΊΡΡΠ²Π° | whore, prostitute | #997 | #467 |
| ΠΊΠ»ΡΠ± | club | #1,015 | #1,317 |
| ΠΌΠΎΠ·ΠΎΠΊ | brain | #1,023 | #1,443 |
| ΡΠ°Π½ΠΎ | early | #1,055 | #627 |
| ΡΠΈΠ³Π½Π°Π» | signal | #1,059 | #949 |
| Π·Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ½ | law | #1,097 | #1,205 |
| ΡΡΠ΄ | court | #1,114 | #933 |
| Π½ΠΎΠ³Π° | leg | #1,139 | #1,887 |
| Π²Π°Ρ | your, yours | #1,190 | #191 |
| ΠΌΠΎΡΠ΅ | sea | #1,204 | #1,274 |
| ΠΊΠΎΠ΄ | code | #1,251 | #1,309 |
| ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅ | field | #1,279 | #1,047 |
| ΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΠΎ | rule | #1,283 | #1,415 |
| Π³Π΅Π½Π΅ΡΠ°Π» | general | #1,302 | #1,740 |
| ΡΡΠΎ | hundred | #1,385 | #847 |
| ΠΊΠΎΠΌΡ | who | #1,392 | #484 |
| ΡΠΎΠ½ΡΠ΅ | sun | #1,398 | #1,196 |
| Π·Π²ΡΠΊ | sound | #1,477 | #1,041 |
| ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΎΡΠ°Π½ | restaurant | #1,494 | #1,437 |
| ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½Ρ | prince | #1,498 | #1,615 |
| ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠΎΡ | professor | #1,625 | #1,695 |
| ΡΠ°ΠΊΡ | fact | #1,906 | #1,208 |
The overlap is the easy part.
The rest comes from using it with someone who speaks it.