How you are
The
construction above using the preposition gen with, to indicate having something, comes into use in talking
about health. It is often used in response to the conversational question:
Fatla
gena whei? How
are you? How is it with you? (formal)
Fatla genes? How are
you? How is it with you? (familiar)
Ma drog pedn genam. I have a headache. (There is head pain with me.)
Ma drog keyn genam. I have a backache. (There is back pain with me.)
Ma drog dens genam. I have a toothache. (There is teeth pain with me.)
Ma pas genam. I
have a cough. (There is a cough with me.)
But Drog
ew genam usually means I am sorry.
The
other way to answer questions about well-being is to use the descriptive of boas to be.
Fatla
gena whei? How
do you do?
Yagh o vy. I
am well.
Skith o vy. I
am tired.
Cloav[1]
o vy. I
am sick. I am ill.
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