Phonological characteristic
*change of word-initial (цв-) to (цу): цвет → цут / ''cvet'' → ''cut'' 'flower' *loss of intervocalic (в): половина → полојна / ''polovina'' → ''polojna'' 'half' *stress falls on the third syllable from the end of the word. *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'.p. 248 Makedonski jazik za srednoto obrazovanie- S. Bojkovska, D. Pandev, L. Minova-Ǵurkova, Ž. Cvetkovski- Prosvetno delo AD- Skopje 2001 *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
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