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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'')


:{{heb|נאָהּ סקר'יבו דאָ אות אַר זי שבת!}}
The past participle has a suffix ''-ță''.
:'''''Noh scŗivü do oas ăr żi șabăs!'''''
:PROH write-IMP.PL two character on_day Shabbat
:''Don't write two letters on Shabbat!''
 
Verbs from Hebrew are usually borrowed in the deverbal noun form.
====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: