2022 Day 173

2022 Dedh Cans Trei Ügens ha Terdhek

De Merher, nessa warn ügens mis Efen
Wednesday, 22nd June

Re dòbm ew an gewer ragam mes a-jei hedhyw, saw derevys veu chei vy avel gwithty kig kiger, etho nebes yeyn ewa a-jei. An flehes eth dhe'n treth saw my a sedhas a-jei ha scrifa. Otta radn a dhescans.

The weather is too hot for me outdoors today, but my house was built as a butcher's meat store, so it is cool inside. The children went to the beach but I sat indoors and wrote. Here's part of a lesson.

Cressya emann agan tavas Kernôwek Radn 28b
Building up our Cornish language Part 28b

We have looked at some possible uses of the first and second person singular parts of the auxiliary verb mednes (SWFM mynnes) wish, will, etc.
Now let's have a deeper look at the first and second persons plural.

Present-Future

1 pl vedn ~ vydn nei

2 pl vedow(gh), vednow(gh), vennow(gh), vedno ~ vedo whei

Any subject can be used before a vedn in the affirmative,

e.g. nei a vedn we will

whei a vedn you will

Conditional / Imperfect.

1 pl venjen, venja nei

2 pl venjow(gh), venja whei

Any subject can be used before a venja in the affirmative,

e.g. nei a venja we would

whei a venja you would

Let's have examples of a pair of transitive verbs with an object:

cawas neppeth to have something, to get something

rei neppeth to give something

For negative sentences we can use tra veth nothing

present-future

Nei a vedn cawas neppeth. We will have something. We want to have something. We will get something.

Vedn nei cawas neppeth? Shall we have something? Do we want to have something? Will we get something?

Na vedn nei cawas tra veth. We will have nothing. We will not have anything. We don't want to have anything. (double negative!!)

A na vedn nei cawas neppeth? Won't we have something? Won't we get something?

A na vedn nei cawas tra veth? Will we have nothing? (double negative!!)

conditional/imperfect

Nei a venja cawas neppeth. We would have something. We'd like to have something. We wanted to have something. We wanted to get something.

Venjen cawas neppeth? Would we have something? Did we want to get something?

Na venja nei cawas tra veth. We wouldn't have anything. We wouldn't like to have anything. We didn't want to have anything.

A na venjen cawas neppeth? Wouldn't we have something? Wouldn't we like to have something?

present-future

Whei a vedn rei neppeth. You will give something.

Vedo whei rei neppeth? Will you give something?

Na   rei tra veth. You will not give anything.

A na vednow rei neppeth? Won't you give something?

Conditional/imperfect

Whei venja rei neppeth. You would give something.

A venja whei rei neppeth? Would you give something? Did you want to give anything?

Na venjowgh rei tra veth. You wouldn't give anything.

A na venjowgh rei neppeth? Wouldn't you give something? Didn't you want to give something?