Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions

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 ** also used for "no" (for a copula sentence)
 * present neg. interrogative: nach + mișă tusă e i șņi ivșă ied
-* past affirmative: ba vișă, ba thusă, ba e, ba i, ba șņi, ba ivșă, bied
+* past affirmative: bă mhișă, bă thusă, b'e, b'i, bă șņi, b'ivșă, b'ied
 ** also used for "yes" (for a copula sentence)
-* past interrogative: ăr + mhișă, thusă, bhe, bhi, șņi, ivșă, bhied
+* past interrogative: ăm + past aff. (ămbă mhișă etc.)
-* past negative: char + mhișă, thusă, bhe, bhi, șņi, ivșă, bhied
+* past negative: cha + past aff.
 ** also used for "no" (for a copula sentence)
-* past neg. interrogative: nachăr + mhișă, thusă, ve, vi, șņi, ivșă, bhid
+* past neg. interrogative: nach + past aff.
-* future uses the ''bey me i mă-'' construction
+* future uses ''bey ș' '' + relative present copula
 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: