Friday 29 April 2016

Personal Activities 8

Here’s how you confirm or deny an activity:

Esta o scrifa?                       
(SWFM Esos ta ow skrifa?)
Are you writing? (fam. sing.)
Eram.  Thero vy o scrifa.   
(SWFM Esov. Yth esov vy ow skrifa.)
Yes, I am. I am writing.
Ha whei. Ero whei o scrifa lether?               
(SWFM Esowgh hwi ow skrifa lyther?)
And you. Are you writing a letter?
Nag eram.  Nag ero vy o scrifa lether.     
(SWFM Nag esov. Nyns esov vy ow skrifa lyther.)
No, I’m not. I am not writing a letter.
Pandr’ero vy o cül?            
(SWFM Pyth esov vy ow kul?)
What am I doing?
Thero vy o scrifa drolla.    
(SWFM Yth esov vy ow skrifa drolla.)
I am writing a story.
Pandr’ero nei o cül?          
(SWFM Pyth eson ni ow kul?)
What are we doing?
Thero nei o whesa.             
(SWFM Yth eson ni ow hwesa.)
We are sweating (i.e. working hard).
Ero whei o whesa e’n gwir?
(SWFM Esowgh hwi ow hwesa y’n gwir?)
Are you really sweating?
Nag eron.  Nag ero nei o whesa.     
(SWFM Nag eson. Nyns eson ni ow hwesa.)
No. We are not. We are not sweating.
Thero nei o tisquitha.        
(SWFM Yth eson ni ow tiskwitha.)
We are relaxing.
Üjy va o redya lever?                
(SWFM Usi ev ow redya lyver?)
Is he reading a book?
Nag üjy. Nag üjy va o redya lever.        
(SWFM Nag usi. Nyns usi ev ow redya lyver.)
No, he’s not. He’s not reading a book.
Ma va o redya lether.          
(SWFM Yma ev ow redya.)
He is reading a letter.
Üjy hei ow redya lether e’wedh?   
(SWFM Usi hi ow redya lyther ynwedh?)
Is she reading a letter as well?
Üjy. Ma hei o redya lether e’wedh.              
(SWFM Usi. Usi hi ow redya lyther ynwedh.)
She is. She is reading a letter as well.



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