Verse:Tdūrzů/Hebrew: Difference between revisions
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*** A: ''Slixa, him yeš lăxa Ozolis?'' 'Excuse me, do you speak English?' | *** A: ''Slixa, him yeš lăxa Ozolis?'' 'Excuse me, do you speak English?' | ||
*** B: ''Yeš./Eyn.'' 'I do./I do not.' | *** B: ''Yeš./Eyn.'' 'I do./I do not.' | ||
* Question particles (''ha2im'' pronounced ''him'', ''ha-'' in more formal contexts) are usually retained. Questions don't have a different intonation from declarative sentences. Question marks are not usually used. | * Question particles (''ha2im'' pronounced ''him'', ''ha-'' in more formal contexts) are usually retained. Questions don't have a different intonation from declarative sentences. Question marks are not usually used. Yes-no questions are usually answered by repeating the predicate in the affirmative/negative. | ||
* It also prefers some coincidentally Gaelic-sounding words, e.g. אַךְ ''ach'' 'but' and שָׂשׂ ''sas'' 'happy' (sounding like Judeo-Gaelic ''ach'' 'but' and ''sostă'' 'satisfied') instead of the synonyms אֲבָל ''aval'' and שָׂמֵחַ ''sameax''. כה ''ko'' is as common as כל כך ''kul káx'' for 'so (ADJ)'. | * It also prefers some coincidentally Gaelic-sounding words, e.g. אַךְ ''ach'' 'but' and שָׂשׂ ''sas'' 'happy' (sounding like Judeo-Gaelic ''ach'' 'but' and ''sostă'' 'satisfied') instead of the synonyms אֲבָל ''aval'' and שָׂמֵחַ ''sameax''. כה ''ko'' is as common as כל כך ''kul káx'' for 'so (ADJ)'. | ||
* Tenses are similar to our Modern Hebrew tenses but the ''haya okhel'' construction is more common. | * Tenses are similar to our Modern Hebrew tenses but the ''haya okhel'' construction is more common. | ||