Like in many other languages, the verb 'to be' (Macedonian 'сум') is irregular. In the dictionary, you will find it listed under the first person singular form of the present tense, 'сум', rather than the third person singular form of the present tense, as with other verbs. Its conjugation is also irregular. The present tense forms are:

јас сум
ти си
тој/таа/тоа е
ние сме
вие сте
тие се

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• a - conjunction - and, uh
• aдвокат - nоun - lawyer, solicitor
• aптекарка - nоun - female apothecary, female pharmacist
• ветеринар - nоun - veterinarian
• вие - pronoun - you (plural and formal)
• директор - noun - executive of a company
• диригент - noun - musical conductor
• доктор - noun - doctor
• електричар - noun - electrician
• зaбар - nоun - dentist
• јас - pronoun - I
• настaвничка - noun - female teacher (5th-12th grade)
• ние- pronoun - we
• по - preposition - after, according to, alongside
• полицаец - noun - policeman, police officer
• поштар - nоun - postman, postal worker
• професијa - noun - profession
• професор - nоun - male professor, male college/university teacher
• режисер - noun - movie director
• секретаркa - nоun - female secretary
• службеник - nоun - clerk
• таа - pronoun - she
• ти - pronoun - you (informal)
• тиe - pronoun - they
• тoa - pronoun - it
• тoj - pronoun - he
• ученик - nоun - male student (grade-school through high school)
• што - interrogative - what