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Ballmer Ăn Yidiș sounds a bit like a Satmar Yiddish accent in Ăn Yidiș. Unlike Standard Ăn Yidiș it lacks "umlaut" of Proto-ĂnY *a before slender consonants, hence MIr ''baile'' > ''bală'' as opposed to Standard ĂnY ''belă''. It has lost gender and mutations, but h- is added to vowel initial plural nouns and adjectives. | Ballmer Ăn Yidiș sounds a bit like a Satmar Yiddish accent in Ăn Yidiș. Unlike Standard Ăn Yidiș it lacks "umlaut" of Proto-ĂnY *a before slender consonants, hence MIr ''baile'' > ''bală'' as opposed to Standard ĂnY ''belă''. It has lost gender and mutations, but h- is added to vowel initial plural nouns and adjectives. | ||
Noun plurals are regularly -im if animate, -ăn if inanimate: | |||
* 'm břeythin 'the judge', nă břeythinim 'the judges' | |||
* ă leynăv 'the child (not necessarily one's offspring)', nă leynăvim 'the children' | |||
* 'm beybi 'the baby', nă beybim 'the babies' | |||
* 'n cun 'the dog', nă cunim 'the dogs' | |||
* ă royșin 'the rose', nă royșinăn 'the roses' | |||
* ăn ofis 'the office', nă hofisăn 'the offices' | |||
* ă > o > u; oa > oy; ea > e > ey > ay > aa | * ă > o > u; oa > oy; ea > e > ey > ay > aa | ||
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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 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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