Lower Prespa Dialect - Morphological Characteristics

Morphological Characteristics

• use of the preposition OD with possessive case: внукот од брат ми/ vnukot od brat mi (Nephew through my brother)
• the plural suffix -ovi is often changed with the suffix -oj: лебови> лебој (lebovi> leboj/ bread);
• personal pronoun for third person singular and plural: тој, таа, тоа, тие (toj, taa, toa, tie/ he, she, it, they).
• shortening of words: Богројца/Bogrojca instead of Богородица/Bogorodica (Virgin Mary)
• loss of V in Hers / His: Nivno> Nino / Nivna> Nina