ме боли

Saying Something Hurts

Level 3Sounds Like me boli

To say something hurts, put the person in pain as an object pronoun before боли: Ме боли главата. (I have a headache, literally "Me hurts the head.")

How It Works

The pattern. Object pronoun + боли or болат + body part with the article:

  • Ме боли главата. — My head hurts.
  • Те боли ли грлото? — Does your throat hurt?
  • Го боли стомакот. — His stomach hurts.
  • Ја болат очите. — Her eyes hurt.

Macedonian does not add my or her here, because the pronoun already shows whose head it is.

Object pronouns, not to-someone pronouns. Боли uses the set from кратки заменки: ме; те; го; ја; нѐ; ве; ги: ме, not ми.

Other tenses. Ме болеше забот цела ноќ. (My tooth hurt all night.) · Утре ќе те болат мускулите. (Your muscles will hurt tomorrow.) · Не ме боли. (It doesn't hurt.)

Naming the person. Keep the short pronoun even when you name the person: Марко го боли коленото. (Marko's knee hurts.) · Мене ме боли главата, а тебе? This follows удвојување на определен објект.

Hurt feelings. Боли can also describe emotional pain: Ме боли што не ми се јави. (It hurts that you didn't call me.) The noun for pain is болка: Имам болки во грбот. (I have back pain.)

Examples (6)

  1. Ме боли главата.

    I have a headache.

    Word by Word: Me hurts head-the.

  2. Дали те боли забот?

    Does your tooth hurt?

    Word by Word: Whether you hurts tooth-the?

  3. Ме болат нозете од одење.

    My legs hurt from walking.

    Word by Word: Me hurt legs-the from walking.

    Нозете is plural, so the verb is болат.

  4. Детето го болеше стомакот цела ноќ.

    The child had a stomachache all night.

    Word by Word: Child-the it hurt stomach-the whole night.

  5. Не ме боли, не се грижи.

    It doesn't hurt, don't worry.

    Word by Word: Not me hurts, not self worry.

  6. Ја боли грлото, па не може да зборува.

    Her throat hurts, so she can't talk.

    Word by Word: Her hurts throat-the, so not can that she-talks.

Common Mistakes

  • Using a to-someone pronoun with боли.

    Ми боли главата.
    Ме боли главата.

    Боли takes the object pronouns ме, те, го, ја and so on. Ми belongs to a different set.

  • Keeping боли with a plural body part.

    Ме боли нозете.
    Ме болат нозете.

    The body part is the subject, so a plural part needs the plural verb болат.

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ме болиLevel 3Saying Something Hurts

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Saying something hurts combines object pronouns and the article.

Words in This Pattern

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