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The standard variety today is Corded Ware Hebrew with an Ăn Yidiș-influenced accent and grammar. It is SVO like our Hebrew, but sometimes prefers Ăn Yidiș syntax, e.g.
The standard variety today is Corded Ware Hebrew with an Ăn Yidiș-influenced accent and grammar. It is SVO like our Hebrew, but sometimes prefers Ăn Yidiș syntax, e.g.
* much more willing to use איני, אינך, ...for negation in present tense (אין הוא, אין היא in 3rd person); in our IH these forms are formal/written (bc Gaelic negation comes before subject pronouns, and is often fused). לא אני... ''Lu ani'' is a focus construction 'It's not me that...', and אין אני ''eyn ani'' in non  3rd person are solemn.
* much more willing to use איני, אינך, ...for negation in present tense (אין הוא, אין היא in 3rd person); in our IH these forms are formal/written (bc Gaelic negation comes before subject pronouns). לא אני... ''Lu ani'' is a focus construction 'It's not me that...', and אין אני ''eyn ani'' in non  3rd person are solemn.
* לא אלא ''lu elo'', לא כי-אם ''lu ki-im'' or colloquially לא אך ''lu akh'' (latter from native Gaelic ''ach'') 'nothing but' used preferentially to רק ''rag'' 'only'
* לא אלא ''lu elo'', לא כי-אם ''lu ki-im'' or colloquially לא אך ''lu akh'' (latter from native Gaelic ''ach'') 'nothing but' used preferentially to רק ''rag'' 'only'
** (colloquial) אני לא/איני אך מורה. 'I'm just a teacher'
** (colloquial) אני לא/איני אך מורה. 'I'm just a teacher'