Prilep-Bitola Dialect - Morphological Characteristics

Morphological Characteristics

• tripartite definite article pertaining to the position of the object (see Macedonian grammar);
• merger of thematic е-group verbs to и-group verbs; e.g. јаде /ˈjade/ → јади /ˈjadi/ (3P sg. PRS of 'to eat');
• the third-person personal pronouns: тој, та/таа/таја, то, тие/тија (he, she, it, they);
  • some of the outermost dialects of the Lerin subdialect have он, она, то, они;
• imperfective verbs are typically derived from perfective verbs by means of the suffix –ва (e.g. зборва and боледва);
• 'expansion' where other dialects have palatalization: падина ("to fall", sing. present third-person) versus the standard паѓа;
• use of the oblique form for proper names;
• no distinction between masculine and feminine short possessive pronouns, i.e. consistent use of му and го for both genders and also the plural third person.