The Kriva Palanka dialect ( mk, Кривопаланечки дијалект, ''Krivopalanečki dijalekt'') is a member of the eastern subgroup of the northern group of
dialects
The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of linguistic phenomena:
One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a ...
of
Macedonian. This dialect is mainly spoken in the city of
Kriva Palanka and surrounding villages.
Phonological characteristics
*use of A instead of E: трева / treva > трава / trava;
*use of the letter U instead of the letter A: рака / raka > рука / ruka (hand), пат / pat > пут / put (road);
Morphological characteristics
*
imperfective verbs are typically derived from
perfective
The perfective aspect ( abbreviated ), sometimes called the aoristic aspect, is a grammatical aspect that describes an action viewed as a simple whole; i.e., a unit without interior composition. The perfective aspect is distinguished from the i ...
verbs by means of the suffix –ue (e.g. зборуе and текнуе)
*use of the preposition U (in).
Personal pronouns
Singular:
*Ја / ја (I)
*Ти / ti (you)
*Он / on (he)
*Она / ona (she)
*Оно / ono (it)
References
{{Macedonian dialects
Dialects of the Macedonian language
Kriva Palanka Municipality
Kriva Palanka