Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions

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 * copular pronouns (the forms used as copulas; cleft constructions use the emphatic forms); see the section on the copula
 ** '''''Șe''' ăm pŗivrav ăģ ăm bală giņi e.'' 'He's the chief rabbi of our town.'
-** '''''Șesăn''' ăm pŗivrav e.'' / '''''Șe șesăn''' ă șe ăm pŗivrav.'' = 'It's him who's the chief rabbi.' (no ''e'' here because it's a relative copular clause.
+** '''''Șesăn''' ăm pŗivrav e.'' = 'It's him who's the chief rabbi.' (no ''e'' here because it's a relative copular clause.
 ''Șiv'' is used as a polite 2nd person pronoun (the same way as Yiddish ''ir''; e.g. ''șiv'' is used for speaking to a rabbi).