Struga dialect

The location of the Struga dialect among the others Macedonian dialects

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 the Macedonian language. 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.

Phonological characteristic

Macchiato in Struga with inscription in local dialect

Morphological characteristic

Other specific characteristics

Typical words

Typical sayings

Example of the dialect

Mometo odit na ezeroto
Mometo odit na ezeroto
da mi naleit biserna voda.
Dve vedra v race, vedro na glava
da mu izmie beḱаru nodze
da mu izmiet, dur' do kolena,
da mu izbrišet so bela riza.
Mometo odit na ezeroto
da mi naleit biserna voda,
da mu izmiet beḱaru lice
da mu izbrišet so al šamija.
Mometo odit na ezeroto
da mi naleit bela voda.
da mu izmiet bеḱаru race
bеќаru race dur' dо ramena,
da mu izbrišet sos belo čevre.

References

  1. HENDRIKS, P. The Radozda-Vevcani Dialect of Macedonian: structure, texts, lexicon. The Peter de Ridder Press, 1976; 309pp
  2. str. 247 Makedonski jazik za srednoto obrazovanie- S.Bojkovska, D.Pandev, L.Minova-Ǵurkova, Ž.Cvetkovski- Prosvetno delo AD- Skopje 2001
  3. str. 248 Makedonski jazik za srednoto obrazovanie- S.Bojkovska, D.Pandev, L.Minova-Ǵurkova, Ž.Cvetkovski- Prosvetno delo AD- Skopje 2001
  4. Nestor was an old argumentative man from the village Draslajca who achieved regional fame
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