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===== Bare copula =====
===== Bare copula =====
Ăn Yidiș also uses the so-called ''bare copula'' (אוֹגד רוּשכּ׳א ''ughăd rüșc̦ă''), deriving from an omitted ''iš'' without a following pronoun, mainly for fixed expressions like
Ăn Yidiș also uses the so-called ''bare copula'' (אוֹגד רוּשת׳שא ''ughăd rüșc̦ă''), deriving from an omitted ''iš'' without a following pronoun, mainly for fixed expressions like
* ''efșăr lă X'' 'X can'
* ''efșăr lă X'' 'X can'
** ''b'efșăr lă X'' 'X could (both past and conditional)'
** ''b'efșăr lă X'' 'X could (both past and conditional)'
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