еден / една / едно
One and a
The word for one changes with the noun: еден брат, една сестра, едно дете.
How It Works
Match the noun.
- Masculine: еден брат (one brother), еден град
- Feminine: една сестра (one sister), една куќа
- Neuter: едно дете (one child), едно кафе
When you simply count out loud, use еден: еден, два, три.
Like English a. Macedonian has no required word for a. A bare noun is usually enough: Тоа е книга. (That is a book.) Имам куче. (I have a dog.)
Speakers add еден, една or едно when they introduce someone or something new, or describe it: Еден човек те бара. (A man is looking for you.) Тоа е еден стар град. (It is an old city.)
Not with the article. Еден means a, and the article means the, so they do not go together: една книга or книгата. See The Definite Article.
For two and more, see Numbers One to Ten.
Examples (6)
- Имам една сестра.
I have one sister.
Сестра is feminine, so it takes една.
- Тоа е еден стар град.
It is an old city.
- Едно кафе, ве молам.
One coffee, please.
Кафе is neuter, so it takes едно.
- Имам еден брат и две сестри.
I have one brother and two sisters.
- Еден човек те бара.
A man is looking for you.
Еден introduces someone new, like English a.
- Тоа е книга.
That is a book.
No word for a is needed here.
Common Mistakes
Using the masculine form with a feminine noun.
Имам еден куќа.Имам една куќа.Куќа is feminine, so the form is една.
Using the feminine form with a neuter noun in -е.
Една кафе, ве молам.Едно кафе, ве молам.Кафе is neuter, so the form is едно.
Using one and the article together.
Тоа е една книгата.Тоа е една книга.Една means a, so the noun stays without the article.
How It Connects
Learn This First
The number one follows gender.
Related Patterns
- Numbers One to Ten
Еден is the first number; the others follow.
Level 1 - -от / -та / -то / -теThe Definite Article
The article means the, the opposite of еден meaning a.
Level 1 - When to Use the Article
When a noun takes the article and when it stays bare.
Level 2 - уште еден / другAnother One and a Different One
Уште еден means one more.
Level 2 - нов / нова / ново / новиAdjective Agreement
Like еден, adjectives agree with the noun.
Level 1
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Patterns that build on this one.
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