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Object pronouns of transitive verbs are forms of the preposition ''ghă''.
Object pronouns of transitive verbs are forms of the preposition ''ghă''.


Hence a transitive sentence now always displays the following word order:
Hence a sentence that doesn't use the copula now always displays the following word order:


truth value -- subject -- tense -- verb -- object.
truth value -- subject -- tense -- verb -- object.
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The preverbal particle is
The preverbal particle is
* ''ăg'' for native verbs
* ''ăg'' for native verbs
* ''nă'' for predicate nouns  
* ''nă'' for predicate nouns (is-a, is-the uses the copula)
* zero for adjectives and Hebrew participle verbs
* zero for adjectives and Hebrew participle verbs


The 2nd person singular familiar pronoun is ''ti'' (''thu'' in Standard Ăn Yidiș). The present tense auxiliary תּאָ is pronounced ''tu'' when stressed (when a subject pronoun follows or when used as "yes") and ''t' '' or ''tă'' when unstressed (when a noun follows).
The 2nd person singular familiar pronoun is ''ti'' (''thu'' in Standard Ăn Yidiș). The present tense auxiliary תּאָ is pronounced ''tu'' when stressed (when a subject pronoun follows or when used as "yes") and ''t' '' or ''tă'' when unstressed (when a noun follows).
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