Editing Macedonian language (section)

====Definiteness====
{|class="wikitable floatright"
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|+The definite articles
|-
!rowspan="2" |
!colspan="3" | Singular
!colspan="3" | Plural
|-
!Masculine
!Feminine
!Neuter
!Masculine
!Feminine
!Neuter
|-
!Unspecified
| ''маж'''от'''''
| ''жена'''та'''''
| ''дете'''то'''''
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''мажи'''те'''''/''жени'''те'''''
| ''деца'''та'''''
|-
!Proximate
| ''маж'''ов'''''
| ''жена'''ва'''''
| ''дете'''вo'''''
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''мажи'''ве'''''/''жени'''ве'''''
|  ''деца'''ва'''''
|-
!Distal
| ''маж'''он'''''
| ''жена'''на'''''
| ''дете'''нo'''''
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''мажи'''не'''''/''жени'''не'''''
| ''деца'''на'''''
|}

A characteristic feature of the nominal system is the indication of [[definiteness]]. As with other Slavic languages, there is no [[indefinite article]] in Macedonian. The [[definite article]] in Macedonian is postpositive, i.e. it is added as a suffix to nouns. An individual feature of the Macedonian language is the use of three definite articles, inflected for gender and related to the position of the object, which can be unspecified, proximate or distal.
* Definite articles ''-ов, -ва, -во, -ве'' are used for objects located close to the speaker (''човек'''ов''''': - this person here)
* Definite articles ''-он, -на, -но, -не'' are used for objects located further away from the speaker that can still be perceived (''жена'''на''''': - that woman there)
* Definite articles ''-от, -та, -то, -те'' are most commonly used as general indicators of definiteness regardless of the referred object's position (''дете'''то''''': the child). Additionally, these suffixes can be used to indicate objects referred to by the speaker that are in the proximity of the listener, e.g. ''дај ми ја книгата што е до тебе'' - give me the book next to you.{{sfn|Bojkovska|Minova-Gjurkova|Pandev|Cvetanovski|2008|p={{page needed|date=August 2021}}}}

[[Proper nouns]] are per definition definite and are not usually used together with an article, although exceptions exist in the spoken and literary language such as ''Совче'''то''''', ''Маре'''то''''', ''Наде'''то''''' to demonstrate feelings of [[endearment]] to a person.