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==== Bare copula ==== | ==== Bare copula ==== | ||
Ăn Yidiș also uses the so-called bare copula (''copula rüșçă'' 'naked copula', from an omitted ''iš'' without a following pronoun), mainly for fixed expressions like | Ăn Yidiș also uses the so-called bare copula (כּאָפּוֹלאַ רוּשצ׳א''copula rüșçă'' 'naked copula', from an omitted ''iš'' without a following pronoun), mainly for fixed expressions like | ||
* ''efșăr lă X'' 'X can' | * ''efșăr lă X'' 'X can' | ||
* ''tel lă X'' 'X likes' | * ''tel lă X'' 'X likes' | ||
Bare-copula questions are answered in the following way: | Bare-copula questions are answered in the following way: | ||
Say the question is ''Ăn efșăr lă Yual șeyņ?'' 'Can Yual (Yoel) sing?'. Then the 'yes' and 'no' answers are: | Say the question is אן אפֿשר לא יואל שעין׳ ''Ăn efșăr lă Yual șeyņ?'' 'Can Yual (Yoel) sing?'. Then the 'yes' and 'no' answers are: | ||
* ''Efșăr.'' 'Yes (he can).' | * אפֿשר ''Efșăr.'' 'Yes (he can).' | ||
* ''Chan efșăr.'' 'No (he can't).' | * כאן אפֿשר ''Chan efșăr.'' 'No (he can't).' | ||
The tag questions work as follows: | The tag questions work as follows: | ||
* ''Chan efșăr lă Yual șeyņ, ăn efșăr?'' 'Yual can't sing, can he?' | * כאן אפֿשר לא יואל שעין׳, אן אפֿשר ''Chan efșăr lă Yual șeyņ, ăn efșăr?'' 'Yual can't sing, can he?' | ||
* ''Efșăr lă Yual șeyņ, nach efșăr?'' 'Yual can sing, can't he?' | * אפֿשר לא יואל שעין׳, נאַך אפֿשר ''Efșăr lă Yual șeyņ, nach efșăr?'' 'Yual can sing, can't he?' | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||