Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions
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:'' The candles are now lighted.'' | :'' The candles are now lighted.'' | ||
=== The auxiliary ''bi'' === | === The auxiliary ''bi'' === | ||
The auxiliary ''bi'' is used with predicates that are verbs, existentials, adjectives and adjuncts. For verbs, this comes with the tense system (pres, past/conditional, fut, jussive‚ imperative) x (imperfective, perfective). The auxiliary controls the tense and the preposition controls the aspect: | The auxiliary ''bi'' is used with predicates that are verbs, existentials, adjectives and adjuncts. ''bi'' is the imperative and the infinitive form of the auxiliary. For verbs, this comes with the tense system (pres, past/conditional, fut, jussive‚ imperative) x (imperfective, perfective). The auxiliary controls the tense and the preposition controls the aspect: | ||
* to ș' ă(g) = present (to becomes t' before a vowel) | * to ș' ă(g) = present (to becomes t' before a vowel) | ||