Learn Late Cornish Bit by Bit 10 (Some numbers 1)

Some numbers 1

We used üdn for one item, including mutation of some feminine nouns, e.g.

üdn den                                            one man

üdn venyn (f)                                    one woman

üdn kei                                              one dog

üdn gath (f)                                       one cat

Numbers 5 and above do not cause mutation. (We will deal with 2, 3 and 4 later.) They are used with singular nouns (If you have a number you know you have more than one!)

pemp den                                         5 man

whegh[1] benyn                               6 woman

seyth kei                                          7 dog

eth cath                                            8 cat

naw aval                                           9 apple

deg gwedhen                                  10 tree

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[1] Silent <gh>. By Late Cornish the <gh> ending had reduced to <h>, so RLC <wheh>, similarly <flogh> became <floh>.