No. 914 in Macedonian
претходниот
The Macedonian word "претходниот" means "the previous" or "the preceding" in English.
In a sentence
Претходниот ден беше топол и сончев.
The previous day was warm and sunny.
In this sentence, 'претходниот' is used as an adjective to describe the day (ден) that came before the current one.
Ја прочитав претходната глава пред да продолжам со читањето.
I read the previous chapter before continuing reading.
'Претходната' here describes the chapter (глава) that is preceding the current chapter in a text.
На претходната лекција учевме за глаголи.
In the previous lesson, we studied verbs.
In this context, 'претходната' is modifying 'лекција' to indicate the lesson that came before the one currently being discussed.
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