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* past neg. interrogative: nach + past aff. | * past neg. interrogative: nach + past aff. | ||
* future uses ''bey ș' '' + relative present copula | * future uses ''bey ș' '' + relative present copula | ||
* "if" pres: ''măș, mă nach'' (rather than a cognate of Irish ''mura'') | |||
* "if" past: ''mă bă, mă nach bă'' | |||
When the predicate is indefinite ("is-a"), 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 ("is-a"), the construction "șe PRED ă t'in (def noun phrase)" is used, where ''șe/și/șied'' inflects according to the above rules: | ||