Verвal ce-constructions in Kosovo-Metohian dialects

Abstract

The article presents one of the morpfological phenomena in Serbian dialects of Kosovo and Metohia - verbal ce-constructions. It is shown that these constructions of futre tenses a??ear in two different models: - with forms of present tense - indicative meaning (e.g. "ce ti dadem jeno obuklo", "Ce mi dades" "a mi ce pazimo ovi ajduci"; "Ja ce da cuvam noceskena"); - with forms of active participle - relative meaning (e.g. "?a ce mu dala mravka", "Sto ce se setile da prospet ?o ulice dukati"). These constructions is of foreign origin and occucrs in other Balkan languages too. Specially the first model (ce + 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 a?pears in southern dialects. These dialects border upon Macedonian teritory. The paper includes examples excerpted from various diatectat source.