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=== The auxiliary ''bi'' === | === The auxiliary בּי ''bi'' === | ||
The auxiliary ''bi'' is used with predicates that are verbs, existentials, adjectives and adjuncts. ''bi'' is the imperative and the infinitive form of the auxiliary. | The auxiliary בּי ''bi'' is used with predicates that are verbs, existentials, adjectives and adjuncts. בּי ''bi'' is the imperative and the infinitive form of the auxiliary. | ||
Ăn Yidiș innovated the tense-aspect system (pres, past/conditional, fut, jussive‚ imperative) x (imperfective, perfective) using the form of ''bi'' and the preverbal aspect marker. The auxiliary marks tense and the preposition marks perfectivity: | Ăn Yidiș innovated the tense-aspect system (pres, past/conditional, fut, jussive‚ imperative) x (imperfective, perfective) using the form of בּי ''bi'' and the preverbal aspect marker. The auxiliary marks tense and the preposition marks perfectivity: | ||
* to ș' ă(g) = present (to becomes t' before a vowel) | * to ș' ă(g) = present (to becomes t' before a vowel) | ||