STRESS IN MACEDONIAN LANGUAGE

The rules for stressing of words in Macedonian are simple:

• Disyllabic words are stressed on the second syllable, counting right to left.

Examples: дé-те, мáj-кa, тáт-ко - déte, májka, tátko (child, mother, father)

• Trisyllabic and polysyllabic words are stressed on the third syllable, also counting right to left.

Examples: тáт-ко-то, тáт-ков-ци, тат-кóв-ци-те, ма-кé-до-нец - tátkoto, tátkovci, tátkovcite, mákedonec (fathers, the fathers, Macedonian [nationality, male gender])

Deviations

• Verbal adverbs: викáјќи, одéјќи - vikájki, odéjkji (shouting, walking)
• Foreign loanwords: клишé, генéза, литератýра - klishé, genéza, literatúra (cliché, genesis, literature)

Notes

• The words are transliterated under the common system of transliteration of Macedonian.