No. 239 in Macedonian
останатите
"The others" or "the rest."
In a sentence
Останатите книги се на полицата.
The remaining books are on the shelf.
Here, 'останатите' is used as an adjective to describe 'книги' (books), meaning the rest or the ones that are left out of a group.
Тој е добар, но останатите се подобри.
He is good, but the others are better.
In this context, 'останатите' functions as a pronoun representing other individuals in the group.
Иако останатите не дојдоа, продолживме со состанокот.
Although the rest did not come, we continued with the meeting.
Here, 'останатите' refers to other people in a context where not everyone from a group attended the meeting.
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