Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions
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An Ăn Yidiș noun effectively has three principal parts: the singular indefinite form, the singular definite accusative form and the plural form. In the definite accusative plural the noun itself is the same as the indefinite plural. | An Ăn Yidiș noun effectively has three principal parts: the singular indefinite form, the singular definite accusative form and the plural form. In the definite accusative plural the noun itself is the same as the indefinite plural. | ||
A majority of nouns including Hebrew loans use -ă or zero for the genitive singular (the plural has to be memorized): | A majority of nouns including most Hebrew loans use -ă or zero for the genitive singular (the plural has to be memorized): | ||
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! colspan="3" | ''im'' (m.) 'butter' | ! colspan="3" | ''im'' (m.) 'butter' | ||