Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions
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* past neg. interrogative: nachăr + mhișă, thüsă, ve, vi, șņi, ivșă, bhid | * past neg. interrogative: nachăr + mhișă, thüsă, ve, vi, șņi, ivșă, bhid | ||
* future uses the ''bey me i mă-'' construction | * future uses the ''bey me i mă-'' construction | ||
When the predicate is indefinite, 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: | ||
:כֿאַניל שי נעי איח כּעראכּאן-שינט, כּי שי וועגאַן א בֿ' אינצי | :כֿאַניל שי נעי איח כּעראכּאן-שינט, כּי שי וועגאַן א בֿ' אינצי | ||
: '''''Chanel și ney ith cerăcăn-Șind, ci și vegán ă v' inți.''''' | : '''''Chanel și ney ith cerăcăn-Șind, ci și vegán ă v' inți.''''' | ||
: ''She did not eat turkeys, because she was a vegan.'' | : ''She did not eat turkeys, because she was a vegan.'' | ||
When the predicate is definite ("is-the"): | |||
* 1st and 2nd person: mișă PRED = I am PRED | |||
* 3rd person: șe PRED e TOPIC (or și...i, or șied...ied, as appropriate for the topic noun phrase) = TOPIC is PRED, or șe PRED e = he is PRED | |||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||