A Dialectical Dictionary of Neret – Macedonian to English

– J –

ja – 1. of course, yes, certainly. 2. her. 3. Come on! 4. here

jabka (see javka) (jabolka) – apples

jablko (jabolko) – apple

jadat – they eat

jadea – they ate

jadenieto (jadenjeto) – the food

jadi – eat

jadoa – they ate, can be used metaphorically as in jadoa boi – they were beaten up/ severely beaten

jadome (jademe) – we ate, we dined

jadovishcha (jadenje) – food

jadovishchata (jadenjeto) – the food

jadovishche (jadenje) – food

jadovishcheto (jadenjeto) – the food

jagne – lamb

jagneshko – of lamb, as in jagneshko meso – lamb meat

jagninia (jagninja) – lambs

jagniniata (jagninjata) – the lambs

Jalta – Yalta

Jane Sandanski (*) – the Macedonian freedom fighter Jane Sandanski

Janei livagie (*) – the field that belongs to the Janev family

Jangk Strit (*) – Young Street, a street in Melbourne

janichari – abducted Christian boys who were trained as soldiers in the Ottoman army

Janis Kalergis (*) – (also Kalergi), a former policeman in Neret

Japonia (Japonija) – Japan

jare – young goat

Jarem (*) – the town of Yarram in Victoria

jashol (jadeshe) – ate

jaska – I

jasum (*, jas sum) – I am

jat (jad) – sorrow, sadness, sad

javeno (javen, javelo) – told, announced, communicated

javka (jabolknici) (see jabka) – apple trees, apples

jazmo (*) – holy water, essence

jazmoto (*) – the holy water, the essence

jazo (jaz) – the dam, the ditch, the irrigation channel

je (see e) – is

Jiankoflas (*) – a small mountain in the Neret area

jobata – both, the two

jobete – both, the two

Jugoslavia – Yugoslavia

Jugoslovencki – of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav

junaci – brave men, heros

junak – brave man, hero

junashfo (junashtvo) – bravery, heroism

Justin(*) – former Roman Emperor Justinian

Justinianos (*) – the Greek name for former Roman Emperor Justinian

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