17 year old Momce Makedonce from Sydney

[Momce Makedonce]

Hello my fellow Macedonians. I am 17 years old and live in Sydney Australia. My dad`s side of the family is from the Prilep region while my mum`s is from the Bitola region. In the last few years I have become very interested in Macedonian history and the direction that Macedonia is heading. I have learnt a lot from reading the History Section of this forum along with other sites. If it is alright with the members of the forum I would like to ask some general questions which I do not know the answers of or not enough about. I am willing to become a participant on this forum in order to learn more and assist where I can. I will post up some general questions soon.

[lavce pelagonski]

Welcome Momce it is good to have more young Macedonians interested about their own history.

[EgejskaMakedonia]

Hello my fellow Macedonians. I am 17 years old and live in Sydney Australia. My dad`s side of the family is from the Prilep region while my mum`s is from the Bitola region. In the last few years I have become very interested in Macedonian history and the direction that Macedonia is heading. I have learnt a lot from reading the History Section of this forum along with other sites. If it is alright with the members of the forum I would like to ask some general questions which I do not know the answers of or not enough about. I am willing to become a participant on this forum in order to learn more and assist where I can. I will post up some general questions soon.

Welcome. Go ahead and ask anything, there are many here who would be glad to help. As lavce said, it's great to see young Macedonians showing interest in their heritage and culture. I'm a year older than you, so there's a handful of us here in the same age bracket now.

[Čento]

Welcome Momce Makedonce. Do you can speak Macedonian?

[Momce Makedonce]

We have the same age momce makedonce but i'm from Paris

Very nice, I have some relatives living in France but not Paris though

[Momce Makedonce]

Welcome Momce Makedonce. Do you can speak Macedonian?

Mozam da se razberam po nashe ama nekogash malce tesko mie. But yes I do speak Macedonian

[Momce Makedonce]

Welcome Momce it is good to have more young Macedonians interested about their own history.

Thanks Lavce, agreed it seems to me there isnt enough interested in my age group. But perhaps that is only the Macedonians I know.

[Momce Makedonce]

Welcome. Go ahead and ask anything, there are many here who would be glad to help. As lavce said, it's great to see young Macedonians showing interest in their heritage and culture. I'm a year older than you, so there's a handful of us here in the same age bracket now.

Thanks EgejskaMakedonia. I am just trying to think of all the questions which I have had recently.

[Risto the Great]

Welcome MM.
Plenty of resources here.
All the best.

[chentovist]

Dobrodojde Momce i golem pozdrav

[makedonche]

MomcheMakedonce

Welcome, and bring more of your Macedonian friends as well!

[George S.]

welcome aboard MM there's quite abit of history here on macedonia.If you need guidance there's plenty of help here you have come to the right place.

[Momce Makedonce]

Thank you all for the warm welcomes. I have come up with a few questions which I hope people here can provide me with answers. Probably common knowledge questions for a lot of members but anyway.

Why did Macedonia join Yugoslavia?

How did the current Macedonian last names come to be? Also why do some end in “ski” and others in a ” v”?

Is the current Macedonian language different from Ancient Macedonian?
Why is the Macedonian language similar to its neighbours such as Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria?

Why do Greeks call us Slavs when we are related to the Ancient Macedonians?

Is there any way in which Macedonia can get its lost land back?

This is probably a childish question to ask. But I always wonder why don’t most of the Macedonians of today not care about Macedonia? This is mostly regarding the younger generation in their teenage years like me. They seem to me like they have no clue of general Macedonian history, events, accomplishments and have no self respect. My friend who is Maco gets angry when I say I dislike Serbs even after I told him the reasons behind it. According to him “we should be brothers”. Maybe its just the fact that he knows nothing like a lot of the other ones that are so Westernised you could mistake them for a skip if you didn’t know any better. Its really strange because with a country with a history like Macedonia a kid should be proud and want to know about it. Its really sad when you ask a kid a simple question like when Macedonia was split between Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia and they don’t know the answer.


Thats about it for now

[Daskalot]

Thank you all for the warm welcomes. I have come up with a few questions which I hope people here can provide me with answers. Probably common knowledge questions for a lot of members but anyway.

Why did Macedonia join Yugoslavia?

How did the current Macedonian last names come to be? Also why do some end in “ski” and others in a ” v”?

Is the current Macedonian language different from Ancient Macedonian?
Why is the Macedonian language similar to its neighbours such as Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria?

Why do Greeks call us Slavs when we are related to the Ancient Macedonians?

Is there any way in which Macedonia can get its lost land back?

This is probably a childish question to ask. But I always wonder why don’t most of the Macedonians of today not care about Macedonia? This is mostly regarding the younger generation in their teenage years like me. They seem to me like they have no clue of general Macedonian history, events, accomplishments and have no self respect. My friend who is Maco gets angry when I say I dislike Serbs even after I told him the reasons behind it. According to him “we should be brothers”. Maybe its just the fact that he knows nothing like a lot of the other ones that are so Westernised you could mistake them for a skip if you didn’t know any better. Its really strange because with a country with a history like Macedonia a kid should be proud and want to know about it. Its really sad when you ask a kid a simple question like when Macedonia was split between Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia and they don’t know the answer.


Thats about it for now

Welcome Momce, you have a lot of questions but I will start with why our language is similar to other Balkan languages.
Macedonian belongs to the Slavic grouping of languages. There are many theories as to why the languages are similar.
There are many more language groups in the world, the Latin and Germanic are other such examples.
I will try and find more detailed information for you here on the forum.

[Risto the Great]

Is the current Macedonian language different from Ancient Macedonian?

Of course it is. It has had many influences over the last 2000 years. English of 1000 years ago is completely unintelligible to modern English speakers. Do you think this is a huge problem Momce?

Momce, are you aware the Greeks actually changed their language to make it more like something the ancient Greek states spoke 2000 years earlier? They did this in the 1800's and finally settled on their written language in 1976.

Very little is known of the ancient Macedonian language. However we do know that the Macedonian language of 500 years ago has virtually remained unchanged to this very day.

http://macedoniantruth.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3066

In direct contrast, the English language of 500 years ago could barely be compared to modern English in the same fashion.

I hope that helps for a start.