Abstract
The dual is a mandatory element of Contemporary Standard Slovene
and also appears in the majority of Slovene dialects to varying degrees.
As we shall see, some dialects are witnessing a gradual disappearance
of the dual and its replacement by plural forms. In colloquial
Slovene, which is by and large the spoken language of Ljubljana, the
capital of Slovenia, the dual is still used for masculine nouns, while
dual forms for feminine nouns have been replaced by the plural. The
geographical extent of dual use is presented also statistically (statistics
on dual use of noun and verb).
Dvojina je normirana v slovenskem knjižnem jeziku in se uporablja
tudi v veliki večini slovenskih narečij. V knjižni slovenščini je obvezna
za vse pregibne besedne vrste, v narečjih pa raba dvojine variira:
ponekod jo uporabljajo samo za moški spol, medtem ko se za ženskega
uporablja le množina, drugod samo v imenovalniku/tožilniku,
medtem ko so se ostali skloni izenačili z množinskimi, spet nekatera
narečja jo uporabljajo pri samostalnikih, medtem ko je glagolsko
dvojino nadomestila množina. Članek dopolnjujejo statistični podatki
rabe dvojinskih oblik samostalnikov in glagolov.