Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions
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* copular pronouns (the forms used as copulas; cleft constructions use the emphatic forms); see the section on the copula | * copular pronouns (the forms used as copulas; cleft constructions use the emphatic forms); see the section on the copula | ||
** '''''Șe''' ăm pŗivrav ăģ ăm bală giņi e.'' 'He's the chief rabbi of our town.' | ** '''''Șe''' ăm pŗivrav ăģ ăm bală giņi e.'' 'He's the chief rabbi of our town.' | ||
** '''''Șesăn''' ăm pŗivrav | ** '''''Șesăn''' ăm pŗivrav.'' / '''''Șe șesăn''' ă șe ăm pŗivrav.'' = 'It's him who's the chief rabbi.' | ||
All of these forms have emphatic counterparts: mișă, t(h)üsă, (ș)esăn , (ș)ișă, șņi, (ș)ivșă, (ș)iedsăn. These are essentially the "default" independent forms. These are used to address someone: ''Tüsă!''/''Ivșă!'' 'You!'. Expressions for 'only', 'except' and 'also' also require emphatic pronouns: אן אף תּוּסא, בּרוֹתּוֹס ''Ăn af tüsă, Brutus?'' 'Et tu, Brute?' To emphasize ''șņi'' 'we' you have to use ''feyn'' after it (șņi itself comes from the emphatic form ''*siňə''). | All of these forms have emphatic counterparts: mișă, t(h)üsă, (ș)esăn , (ș)ișă, șņi, (ș)ivșă, (ș)iedsăn. These are essentially the "default" independent forms. These are used to address someone: ''Tüsă!''/''Ivșă!'' 'You!'. Expressions for 'only', 'except' and 'also' also require emphatic pronouns: אן אף תּוּסא, בּרוֹתּוֹס ''Ăn af tüsă, Brutus?'' 'Et tu, Brute?' To emphasize ''șņi'' 'we' you have to use ''feyn'' after it (șņi itself comes from the emphatic form ''*siňə''). | ||