Vevčani-Radožda dialect
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The Vevčani-Radožda dialect (Macedonian: Вевчанско-радошки дијалект, Vevčansko-radoški dijalekt) is a member of the western and north western subgroup of the western group of dialects of Macedonian.cite-ref-1[1] Because of the old and rich tradition that this region has and because of the Vevčani Carnival, many old words are present in everyday communication of the people. The Vevčani-Radοžda dialect is the smallest dialect among the other dialects of Macedonian.
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Phonological characteristic
• change of word-initial /tsv/ (цв-) to /tsu/ (цу): цвет → цут / cvet → cut 'flower'
• loss of intervocalic /v/ (в): половина → полојна / polovina → polojna 'half'
• stress falls on the third syllable from the end of the word.cite-ref-2[2]
• use of intervocalic o instead of a
Morphological characteristic
• use of the suffix -уле / -ule: дете → детуле / dete → detule '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 'is come', 'was come'.cite-ref-3[3]
• change of (ќ) /kj/ to (шт) /št/ : гаќи /gakji/ → гашти /gašti/
Other specific characteristics
• change of the vocal R and vocal L;
• often use of the consonant groups шт (št) and жд (žd)
• using vocal groups such as: -ea-, -oa- .
Typical words
• Пипун/pipun as opposed to диња/dinja 'cantaloupe'
• Риза/riza as opposed to крпа/krpa 'towel'
• Карпуз/karpuz as opposed to лубеница/lubenica 'watermelon'
• Момиче/momiče as opposed to мома/moma 'girl'
• Иљачи/iljači as opposed to лекови/lekovi 'medicines'
• Гашти/eašti as opposed to гаќи/gaķi 'underwear'
• Кнок/knok as opposed to слаб/slab 'thin/skinny'
• Јаболце/jabolce as opposed to капаче/kapače 'kneecap'
• Фшинат/fšinat as opposed to шинат/šinat 'to sprain'
References
cite-note-11. ↑ Hendriks, Petra. The Radozda-Vevcani Dialect of Macedonian: Structure, Texts, Lexicon. The Peter de Ridder Press, 1976; 309 pp.
cite-note-22. ↑ str. 247 Makedonski jazik za srednoto obrazovanie- S. Bojkovska, D. Pandev, L. Minova-Ǵurkova, Ž. Cvetkovski- Prosvetno delo AD- Skopje 2001
cite-note-33. ↑ p. 248 Makedonski jazik za srednoto obrazovanie- S. Bojkovska, D. Pandev, L. Minova-Ǵurkova, Ž. Cvetkovski- Prosvetno delo AD- Skopje 2001
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