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 - 'rockmelon'
• 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 Мома/moma – 'girl'
• Плачки/plački as opposed to Алишта/Ališta – 'clothes'
• Гужба/Gužba as opposed to Народ/Narod – 'people/crowd'
• Блеблеби/Bleblebi as opposed to Леплеби/Leplebi -'chickpeas'
• Губа/Guba as opposed to Мазник/Maznik - Pastry
  Banitsa (pastry)
  Banitsa is a traditional Bulgarian food prepared by layering a mixture of whisked eggs and pieces of cheese between filo pastry and then baking it in an oven....
  
  

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! - Like from Struga there is no other.

Example of the dialect

Mometo odit na ezeroto

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.