Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions

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 Tense in indirect speech doesn't change to match the clause it's embedded in, unlike in English.
-To quote questions, Ăn Yidiș directly carries over the interrogative auxiliary complex and doesn't use a special conjunction like English or German: ''To mi ņey faynăch do, vel fis ģe.'' 'I asked him if he knew.' (lit. "I asked him, does he know") This is also mandatory in Hebrew used by Ăn Yidiș speakers: שאלתי אותו, האם הוא יודע (whereas our Hebrew can use אם instead of האם).
+To quote questions, Ăn Yidiș directly carries over the interrogative auxiliary complex and doesn't use a special conjunction like English or German: ''To mi ņey faynăch do, vel fis ģe.'' 'I asked him if he knew.' (lit. "I asked him, does he know") This is also mandatory in in-universe Modern Hebrew: שאלתי אותו, האם הוא יודע (whereas our Hebrew can use אם instead of האם).
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