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Bamăriș has lost gender, case and grammatical mutations and mutation has lexicalized to the form that came after the definite article. h- is still added to vowel initial plural nouns but not adjectives. | Bamăriș has lost gender, case and grammatical mutations and mutation has lexicalized to the form that came after the definite article. h- is still added to vowel initial plural nouns but not adjectives. | ||
Bamăriș gained an animacy distinction. Animate singular nouns always take the definite article ''nt/n/m'' (< Proto Ăn Yidiș ''*ənt'', the masculine sg. nominative article before vowels) while the inanimate singular article is '' | Bamăriș gained an animacy distinction. Animate singular nouns always take the definite article ''nt/n/m'' (< Proto Ăn Yidiș ''*ənt'', the masculine sg. nominative article before vowels) while the inanimate singular article is ''a'' before a consonant and ''an'' before a vowel. Non-Hebrew/Aramaic noun plurals are regularly -iņ (< -ug-n < *-óg-anna) if inanimate, -(ă)n if animate. | ||
* m břeythin 'the judge', nă břeythinăn 'the judges' | * m břeythin 'the judge', nă břeythinăn 'the judges' | ||
** Hebrew plurals are kept in Hebrew words: ''n șowfăd'', ''nă șowfdăm'' 'judge' | ** Hebrew plurals are kept in Hebrew words: ''n șowfăd'', ''nă șowfdăm'' 'judge' | ||
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* m beybi 'the baby', nă beybin 'the babies' | * m beybi 'the baby', nă beybin 'the babies' | ||
* nt Idăch 'the Jew', nă hIdăchn 'the Jews' | * nt Idăch 'the Jew', nă hIdăchn 'the Jews' | ||
* | * a rowșin 'the rose', nă rowșiniņ 'the roses' | ||
* | * an ofis 'the office', nă hofisiņ 'the offices' | ||
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). | ||