Learning how to express time and dates is essential for everyday conversations in Macedonia.

Knowing these words will help you schedule meetups, catch buses, and understand when local events happen.

I’ll show you exactly how to say the days of the week, the months of the year, and tell the time in Macedonian.

Days of the week in Macedonian

The Macedonian week officially starts on Monday.

Days of the week aren’t capitalized in Macedonian unless they appear at the very beginning of a sentence.

Here are the seven days of the week.

Months of the year in Macedonian

The Macedonian months sound very similar to their English equivalents.

Just like the days of the week, months are always written with lowercase letters.

Telling time in Macedonian

Macedonians typically use the 24-hour clock for formal situations like bus schedules, train tickets, and TV programs.

For casual daily conversations, the 12-hour format is much more common.

We don’t use AM or PM in Macedonia.

Instead, we clarify the time of day by adding words like наутро (in the morning) or попладне (in the afternoon) if it isn’t obvious.

To ask someone for the time, you use this simple phrase.

Колку е часот?

Kolku e chasot?

What time is it?

On the hour

When stating the exact hour, simply say the number followed by часот (the hour).

In very casual speech, people often drop the word часот entirely and just say the number.

Три часот е.

Tri chasot e.

It's three o'clock.

Точно осум е.

Tochno osum e.

It's exactly eight o'clock.

Half past the hour

To say it’s half past the hour, we use the word пол (half) connected by the word и (and).

Два и пол.

Dva i pol.

It's half past two (2:30).

Десет и пол.

Deset i pol.

It's half past ten (10:30).

Minutes past and to the hour

When talking about minutes past the hour, you state the hour, the word и (and), and then the minutes.

Четири и петнаесет.

Chetiri i petnaeset.

It's four and fifteen (4:15).

To say minutes to the next hour, Macedonians often use the word до (to/until).

Десет до пет.

Deset do pet.

It's ten to five (4:50).

Depending on the region, you might also hear people use the word без (without) to express minutes to the hour.

Пет без петнаесет.

Pet bez petnaeset.

It's five without fifteen (4:45 / quarter to five).

Useful time-related vocabulary

If you want to talk about your schedule, you’ll need some basic time reference words.

These words will help you explain exactly when something happened or will happen.