Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions
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(Both clauses have falling intonation, as in Scottish Gaelic!) | (Both clauses have falling intonation, as in Scottish Gaelic!) | ||
* present affirmative: mișă | * present affirmative: mișă tusă șe și șņi șivșă șied | ||
** also used for "yes" (for a copula sentence) | ** also used for "yes" (for a copula sentence) | ||
* present affirmative, in cleft constructions: mișă | * present affirmative, in cleft constructions: mișă tusă șesăn șișă șņi șivșă șiedsăn | ||
* present interrogative: ă mișă, ăn | * present interrogative: ă mișă, ăn tusă, ăn e, ăn i, ăn șņi, ăn ivșă, ăn ied | ||
* present negative: chamșă, | * present negative: chamșă, chadsă, chan e, chan i, cha șņi, chavșă, chan ied | ||
** also used for "no" (for a copula sentence) | ** also used for "no" (for a copula sentence) | ||
* present neg. interrogative: nach + mișă | * present neg. interrogative: nach + mișă tusă e i șņi ivșă ied | ||
* relative present ''ăș'', interrogative ''deș'': ''Deș tel led?'' = What do you like? ''Deș efșăr lum?'' = What can I do? | * relative present ''ăș'', interrogative ''deș'': ''Deș tel led?'' = What do you like? ''Deș efșăr lum?'' = What can I do? | ||
* past affirmative: ba vișă, ba | * past affirmative: ba vișă, ba thusă, ba e, ba i, ba șņi, ba ivșă, bied | ||
** also used for "yes" (for a copula sentence) | ** also used for "yes" (for a copula sentence) | ||
* past interrogative: ăr + mhișă, | * past interrogative: ăr + mhișă, thusă, bhe, bhi, șņi, ivșă, bhied | ||
* past negative: char + mhișă, | * past negative: char + mhișă, thusă, bhe, bhi, șņi, ivșă, bhied | ||
** also used for "no" (for a copula sentence) | ** also used for "no" (for a copula sentence) | ||
* past neg. interrogative: nachăr + mhișă, | * past neg. interrogative: nachăr + mhișă, thusă, 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 ("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: | ||