Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions
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(Both clauses have falling intonation, as in Scottish Gaelic!) | (Both clauses have falling intonation, as in Scottish Gaelic!) | ||
* present affirmative: mișă tüsă șe și | * present affirmative: mișă tüsă șe și șņi șivșă șied | ||
** also used for "yes" (for a copula sentence) | ** also used for "yes" (for a copula sentence) | ||
* present interrogative: ăn mișă, ăn tüsă, ăn e, ăn i, ăn | * present interrogative: ăn mișă, ăn tüsă, ăn e, ăn i, ăn șņi, ăn ivșă, ăn ied | ||
* present negative: chamșă, chatsă, chan e, chan i, cha | * present negative: chamșă, chatsă, chan e, chan i, cha șņi, chavșă, chan ied | ||
** also used for "no" (for a copula sentence) | ** also used for "no" (for a copula sentence) | ||
* present neg. interrogative: nach + mișă tüsă e i | * present neg. interrogative: nach + mișă tüsă e i șņi ivșă ied | ||
* relative present ''ăș'': ''Deș tel led?'' = What do you like? | * relative present ''ăș'': ''Deș tel led?'' = What do you like? | ||
* past affirmative: bhașă, bhă thüsă, bhe, bhi, bha | * past affirmative: bhașă, bhă thüsă, bhe, bhi, bha șņi, bhivșă, bhied | ||
** also used for "yes" (for a copula sentence) | ** also used for "yes" (for a copula sentence) | ||
* past interrogative: ăr + mhișă, thüsă, bhe, bhi, | * past interrogative: ăr + mhișă, thüsă, bhe, bhi, șņi, ivșă, bhied | ||
* past negative: char + mhișă, thüsă, bhe, bhi, | * past negative: char + mhișă, thüsă, bhe, bhi, șņi, ivșă, bhied | ||
** also used for "no" (for a copula sentence) | ** also used for "no" (for a copula sentence) | ||
* past neg. interrogative: nachăr + mhișă, thüsă, ve, vi, | * past neg. interrogative: nachăr + mhișă, thüsă, ve, vi, șņi, ivșă, bhid | ||
* future uses the ''bey me i mă-'' construction | * future uses the ''bey me i mă-'' construction | ||
When the predicate is indefinite, the construction "șe PRED ă t'in (def noun phrase)" is used, where ''șe/și/șied'' inflects according to the above rules: | When the predicate is indefinite, the construction "șe PRED ă t'in (def noun phrase)" is used, where ''șe/și/șied'' inflects according to the above rules: | ||