Kriva Palanka dialect

The Kriva Palanka dialect (Кривопаланечки дијалект, Krivopalanečki dijalekt) is a member of the eastern subgroup of the northern group of dialects 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 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)