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===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
Ăn Yidiș pronouns have three forms (not counting emphatic forms): | Ăn Yidiș pronouns have three forms (not counting emphatic forms): | ||
* subject/topic pronouns: מי הוֹ ע אי שנ׳י שיב איעט ''mi thu e i șņi șiv ied'' | * subject/topic pronouns: מי הוֹ ע אי שנ׳י שיב איעט ''mi thu e i șņi șiv ied''; האר ''thăr'' 'impersonal pronoun' | ||
** The 3sg gender neutral pronoun is most commonly ''șied''. The pronoun ''e'' is preferred for a non-specific referent (i.e. the antecedent is something like ''nech săm bith''/''nă hilă dină'' 'everyone') in older or traditionalist settings. | |||
** ''Șņi'' is coincidentally the same as the expected reflex of Old Irish ''sní'', but it's actually from Middle Irish ''sinne'' 'we (emphatic)'. | |||
** follows a finite form of the auxiliary ''bi'': ''Vă '''mi''' ă cadăl.'' 'I was sleeping.' | ** follows a finite form of the auxiliary ''bi'': ''Vă '''mi''' ă cadăl.'' 'I was sleeping.' | ||
** In insults: חזיר הוֹ ''Chazir '''thu'''!'' 'You pig!' | ** In insults: חזיר הוֹ ''Chazir '''thu'''!'' 'You pig!' | ||