Struga dialect

Phonological characteristic

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')

the stress is on the third syllable from the end of the word.

loss of the intervocalic /ɡ/ (г): сега → сеа / sega → sea ('now')

loss of the intervocalic /d/ (д): одиме → оиме or ојме / odime → ojme ('we go')

Morphological characteristic

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').

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 the vocal R and vocal L;

using vocal groups such as: -ea-, -oa- .

Typical words

Пипун/pipun as opposed to диња/dinja - 'melon'

Риза/riza as opposed to крпа/krpa - 'towel'

Кондури/konduri as opposed to чевли/čevli - 'shoes'

Карпуз/karpuz as opposed to лубеница/lubenica - 'watermelon'

Момиче/momiče as opposed to Девојче/devojche – 'young/little girl'

Пљачки/pljački as opposed to Алишта/Ališta – 'clothes'

Гужва/Gužva as opposed to Народ/Narod – 'people/crowd'

Блеблеби/Bleblebi as opposed to Леблеби/Leblebi -'chickpeas'

Губа/Guba as opposed to Мазник/Maznik - Pastry

Typical sayings

Не Биди енајџиа ко Нестора/Ne bidi enajdžija ko Nestora - 'Don't be a pain like Nestor'

Како Струга нема друга!/Kako Struga nema Druga! - There is no place like Struga.

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.