Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions
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==== Declension ==== | ==== Declension ==== | ||
An Ăn Yidiș noun effectively has three principal parts: the singular indefinite form, the singular definite accusative form and the plural form. | An Ăn Yidiș noun effectively has three principal parts: the singular indefinite form, the singular definite accusative form and the plural form. | ||
{| class="wikitable " style=" text-align: center;" | |||
! colspan="3" | Definite article | |||
|- | |||
! style="width: 90px;" | State/case | |||
! style="width: 100px;" | Masculine sg. | |||
! style="width: 100px;" | Feminine sg. | |||
! style="width: 100px;" | Plural | |||
|- | |||
! Non-accusative | |||
| (*) || (**) || ''nă h-'' | |||
|- | |||
! Accusative | |||
| (**) || nă h- || ''năn'' (''năm'' before ''b p m f v'') | |||
|} | |||
(*) See above on masculine non-accusative definite articles | |||
(*&) See above on feminine non-accusative definite articles | |||
A majority of nouns use -ă or zero for the genitive singular (the plural has to be memorized): | A majority of nouns use -ă or zero for the genitive singular (the plural has to be memorized): | ||