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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Only the verbal noun and the imperative survive in most contexts. The imperative is on the way out in younger secular Ăn Yidiș. | Only the verbal noun, the passive participle, and the imperative survive in most contexts. The imperative is on the way out in younger secular Ăn Yidiș. | ||
:{{heb|טאָם אַ ל'אַסעג נרות חנוכּה.}} | :{{heb|טאָם אַ ל'אַסעג נרות חנוכּה.}} | ||
:'''''Tom ă łasăgh nearăs hanucă.''' | :'''''Tom ă łasăgh nearăs hanucă.''' | ||
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:''I'm lighting Hanukkah candles.'' (or ''I light Hanukkah candles'') | :''I'm lighting Hanukkah candles.'' (or ''I light Hanukkah candles'') | ||
The past participle has a suffix ''-ță''. | |||
====Tenses==== | ====Tenses==== | ||
The tenses are (pres, past/conditional, fut) x (imperfective, perfective). The auxiliary controls the tense and the preposition controls the aspect: | The tenses are (pres, past/conditional, fut) x (imperfective, perfective). The auxiliary controls the tense and the preposition controls the aspect: | ||