ми е студено / ми е жал
Feelings with a To-Me Pronoun
Macedonian says "to me it is cold" rather than "I am cold": Ми е студено. · Дали ти е топло?
How It Works
Common feelings.
- Ми е студено / топло / жешко. — I'm cold / warm / hot.
- Ми е лошо. — I feel sick.
- Ми е досадно. — I'm bored.
- Ми е тешко. — It's hard for me.
- Ми е жал. — I'm sorry.
- Ми е драго. — I'm glad. Драго ми е! also means Nice to meet you!
Person and time. Only the pronoun changes for the person: Дали ти е студено? · Му е лошо. · Ни е досадно. The verb stays in the it form: беше for the past and ќе биде for the future, never person forms such as сум or бев: Ми беше студено. · Ќе ти биде топло.
Weather or feeling? Студено е describes the weather or a room (see врне; студено е). Adding the pronoun makes it a personal feeling: Ми е студено.
Word order. Both orders are common: Ми е жал and Жал ми е. When the feeling word comes first, the pronoun and е follow it.
Naming the person. Keep the short pronoun: На мајка ми ѝ е лошо. · Мене ми е студено, а тебе?
Shame and fear. These two are often said with the object pronoun: Срам ме е. (I'm ashamed.) · Ме е страв. (I'm scared.) You will also hear Страв ми е. To give the reason for a feeling, add што: see драго ми е што.
Examples (6)
- Ми е студено, затвори го прозорецот.
I'm cold, close the window.
Word by Word: To-me is cold, close it window-the.
- Дали ти е топло?
Are you warm?
Word by Word: Whether to-you is warm?
- Жал ми е, не можам да дојдам.
I'm sorry, I can't come.
Word by Word: Pity to-me is, not I-can that I-come.
- Драго ми е!
Nice to meet you!
Word by Word: Pleasing to-me is!
Said when you meet someone; literally "It is pleasing to me."
- На децата им беше досадно.
The children were bored.
Word by Word: To children-the to-them was boring.
- Му е лошо од возењето.
He feels sick from the car ride.
Word by Word: To-him is bad from riding-the.
Common Mistakes
Using сум the way English uses "I am".
Јас сум студено.Ми е студено.Feelings like this are said as "it is cold to me". The person is the pronoun ми, and the verb is е.
Giving the past verb the person's ending.
Ми бев студено.Ми беше студено.The person is shown only by ми, so the verb stays in the it form: беше, not бев.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Feelings with ми combine weather phrases and to-someone pronouns.
Related Patterns
- драго ми е штоGlad That and Sorry That
Што adds the reason for the feeling: Драго ми е што дојде.
Level 3 - ми се спие / ми се јадеFeeling Like Doing Something
Another pattern that puts the person in the to-someone form.
Level 3 - ме болиSaying Something Hurts
Pain uses the object pronoun ме instead.
Level 3 - бев / бешеPast Forms of Be
Беше gives these feelings a past time.
Level 2
Words in This Pattern
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