Dedh Cans Terdhek ha Dewgens

De Yow, nessa mis Efen
Thursday, 2nd June

Ass o vy gwadn! Re dòbm ew an gewer raga vy solabres. Na vadna vy mos mes! Da ew genam bos sedhys e'n skeuj et ow lowarth. Na wrüga vy mires orth an solemnyansow real war an tele. Nag era vy ow mos dhe gefewy strêt veth. Ell an Vetêrnes sedha dor whath? Whei alja sedha dor ha redya an descans ma.

How feeble I am! The weather is already too hot for me. I won't go out! I like being seated in the shade in my garden. I did not watch the celebrations on the television. I am not going to any street party. Can the Queen sit down yet?  You could sit and read this lesson.

Cressya emann agan tavas Kernôwek Radn 27c

Building up our Cornish language Part 27c

 

Having dealt with the first and second persons of gallos, that leaves us with the third person, singular and plural.

Present – Future

3 sg ell,

   m: ell e, ell ev,

     f: ell, ell hei

3 pl allons, allon’ jei

 Conditional - Imperfect

3 sg alja,

   m: aljava, alja e ~ ev,

     f: alja hei

3 pl aljens, alja anjei

This time we will use the main verbs 

sevel to stand and sedha to sit,

along with adverbs emann up and dor down (literally ground).

Two other useful adverbs are 

whath yet or still (na whath = not yet) and 

solabres already.













Ev ell sevel emann. He can stand up. (He can get up.)

Ell e sevel emann solabres? Can he stand up already? (Can he get up already?)

Na ell ev sedha dor. He cannot sit down.

A na ell e sedha emann na whath? Can he still not sit up? Can't he sit up yet?


Hei ell sedha emann solabres. She can already sit up.

Ell hei sedha dor? Can she sit down?

Na ell hei sevel emann. She can't stand up. (She can't get up.)

A na ell hei sedha emann? Can't she sit up?









Anjei ell sedha emann solabres. They can sit up already.

Allon'jei sevel emann? Can they stand up? (Can they get up?)

Na allons sevel emann. They cannot stand up. (They can't get up.)

A na allon'jei sedha dor? Can't they sit down?












Ev alja sevel emann whath. He could still stand up.

Aljava sedha emann? Could he sit up?

Na alja ev sedha dor. He couldn't sit down.

A na alja e sevel emann? Couldn't he stand up?

Hei alja sevel emann. She could stand up. (She could get up.)

Alja hei sedha emann? Could she sit up?

Na alja hei sevel emann, na whath. She couldn't stand up, not yet. (She couldn't get up, not yet.)

A na alja hei sedha dor? Couldn't she sit down?










Anjei alja sedha dor solabres. They could sit down already.

Aljens sevel emann? Could they stand up? (Could they get up?)

Na aljens sevel emann. They could not stand up. (They couldn't get up.)

A na alja anjei sedha dor? Couldn't they sit down?

Can you understand these?

Piw üjy ow sevel emann? Who is standing up? (Who is getting up?)

Ma va ow sevel emann. He is standing up. (He is getting up.)

Üjy hei ow sedha dor whath? Is she sitting down yet?

Nag üjens ow sedha emann. They are not sitting up.









Piw a wrüg sevel emann? Who stood up? (Who got up?)

Hei wrüg sevel emann solabres. She stood up already. (She already got up.)

A wrüssons sevel emann? Did they stand up?

Na wrüg ev sevel emann whath. He did not stand up yet. (He didn't get up yet.)

Da ew genjy sedha dor. She likes sitting down.

Ew da ganjans sevel emann? Do they like standing up?

Nag ew da ganjo sevel emann e'n mettin. He does not like getting up in the morning.

Nag o da genjy sedha emann. She did not like sitting up.

Gwrewgh dhodho sevel emann! Make him stand up! Make him get up!

Na wrewgh dhedhy sedha dor! Don't make her sit down!

Gerowgh anjei dhe sedha dor! Let them sit down!

Ev a res sevel emann. He must stand up.

Res ew dhedhy sevel emann. She has to stand up.

Res veu dhodhans sedha dor. They had to sit down.


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