Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions

@@ Line 438: / Line 438: @@
 * otherwise אן ''ăn'' :אן צעך ''ăn țech'' = the house, אן נס ''ăn nes'' = the miracle
-Feminine nouns: Nouns beginning with a lenitable consonant (except ''s'', ''ș'', ''t'' and ''ț'') lenite and take א ''ă'' (bu in the case of a lenited ''f'', ''ăn'', except ''ă'' before historical liquids and non-sibilant fricatives)
+Feminine nouns: Nouns beginning with a lenitable consonant (except ''s'', ''ș'', ''t'' and ''ț'') lenite, and the following rule is applied to the lenited form:
-*א גּֿעל'אך ''ăn ģhełăch'' = the moon
+* א ''ă'' before historical liquids, and non-sibilant fricatives (/j/ doesn't count as a fricative):  א מֿען ''ă mhen'' = the woman/wife, א °ףר'עקארץ ''ă fhŗegărț'' = the answer
-*א מֿען ''ă mhen'' = the woman/wife
+* אן ''ăn'' otherwise: אן °ז'על'אך ''ăn ģhełăch'' = the moon, אן אות ''ăn oas'' = the letter (character)
-*אן אות ''ăn oas'' = the letter (character)
+* Words beginning in ''s ș t ț'' don't lenite: אן סוכּה ''ăn sücă'' = the booth
-*אן סוכּה ''ăn sücă'' = the booth
-*א °ףר'עקארץ ''ă fhŗegărț'' = the answer
 Plural nouns take נא ''nă'' /nə(h)/