Verвal će-constructions in Kosovo-Metohian dialects

The article presents one of the morpfological phenomena in Serbian dialects of Kosovo and Metohia - verbal će-constructions. It is shown that these constructions of futre tenses aррear in two different models: - with forms of present tense - indicative meaning (e.g. "će ti dadem jeno obuklo&quo...

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Main Author: Radić Prvoslav
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for the Serbian Language, Belgrade 2004-01-01
Series:Južnoslovenski Filolog
Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-185X/2004/0350-185X0460135R.pdf
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Summary:The article presents one of the morpfological phenomena in Serbian dialects of Kosovo and Metohia - verbal će-constructions. It is shown that these constructions of futre tenses aррear in two different models: - with forms of present tense - indicative meaning (e.g. "će ti dadem jeno obuklo", "Će mi dadeš" "a mi će pazimo ovi ajduci"; "Ja će da čuvam noćeskena"); - with forms of active participle - relative meaning (e.g. "Рa će mu dala mravka", "Što će se setile da prospet рo ulice dukati"). These constructions is of foreign origin and occucrs in other Balkan languages too. Specially the first model (će + forms ofpresent tense) that is wide spread in Serbian dialects and even do the pressure on Modern Serbian. More attention is devoted to the second model that aрpears in southern dialects. These dialects border upon Macedonian teritory. The paper includes examples excerpted from various diatectat source.
ISSN:0350-185X