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Yiddish
Phrase
איז דאָ • (iz do)
- there is
Usage notes
In the positive singular the phrase is simple, with the occasional inversion to דאָ איז (do iz), but the plural and negative forms see a great deal of dialectal variation. "There isn't..." may be rendered:
In the plural, i.e. "there are", איז (iz, “is”) becomes pluralized to זענען (zenen, “are”) with the alternative form זײַנען (zaynen). Thus we encounter in the positive:
and in the negative ("there aren't"):