Struga dialect
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The Struga Dialect (Macedonian: Струшки дијалект, Struški dijalekt) is a member of the western and north western subgroup of the western group of dialects of Macedonian. The dialect is spoken in Struga, Pogradec, Pustec, and up to the Golo Brdo and in the surrounding hinterland. The dialect has many similarities with the Vevčani-Radožda,[1] Ohrid and Korča dialects.
- change of word-initial /tsv/ (цв-) to /tsu/ (цу): цвет → цут / cvet → cut 'flower'
- loss of intervocalic /v/ (в): право → прао / pravo → prao 'straight ahead'
- loss of intervocalic /ɡ/ (г): сега → сеа / sega → sea 'now'
- loss of intervocalic /d/ (д): одиме → оиме or ојме / odime → ojme 'we go'[2]
- merger of /c/ (ќ) with /t͡ʃ/ (ч): ќе → че 'will'
- merger of /ɟ/ (ѓ) with /d͡ʒ/ (џ): луѓе → луџе 'people'
Morphological characteristics
- use of the suffix -иче / -iče: мома → момиче / moma → momiče 'kid'
- use of the preposition в/во 'in': во вода, в град / vo voda, v grad 'in water', 'in city'
- use of the suffix -т: тој пишит / toj pišit 'he writes'
- frequent use of the perfect construction: е дојден, беше дојден / e dojden, beše dojden, literally 'is come', 'was come'.[3]
- replacement of the consonant з/z with г/g: влезиме → влегваме / vlezime → vlegvame 'we enter'
- use of the suffix- ка/-ka: јас → јаска / jas → jaska 'I/me'
Other specific characteristics
- change of vocalic r and vocalic l
- using vowel groups such as -ea-, -oa-
