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The auxiliary ''bi'' is used with predicates that are verbs, existentials, adjectives and adjuncts. ''bi'' is the imperative and the infinitive form of the auxiliary.
The auxiliary ''bi'' is used with predicates that are verbs, existentials, adjectives and adjuncts. ''bi'' is the imperative and the infinitive form of the auxiliary.


Ăn Yidiș innovated the tense-aspect system (pres, past/conditional, fut, jussive‚ imperative) x (imperfective, perfective) using the form of ''bi'' and the preverbal aspect marker. The auxiliary controls the tense and the preposition controls the aspect:
Ăn Yidiș innovated the tense-aspect system (pres, past/conditional, fut, jussive‚ imperative) x (imperfective, perfective) using the form of ''bi'' and the preverbal aspect marker. The auxiliary marks tense and the preposition marks perfectivity:


* to ș' ă(g) = present (to becomes t' before a vowel)
* to ș' ă(g) = present (to becomes t' before a vowel)