A Bit About Objects
We
have already come across direct and indirect objects, e.g.:
Ro
dhebm tabm. Give (to) me a
bit.
Ro give is the verb, tabm
a bit is the direct object that is given and dhebm to me incorporates the indirect object me,
the recipient of the direct object. This is a fairly straightforward sentence.
(Some idioms are less so.)
Other
examples of direct objects are in the following sentences. Notice that the noun
object comes after the verb:
Ro dhebm mona! Give me money!
Me a venja eva gwedren a win. I would like to drink a
glass of wine.
Me a vedn cawas tabm moy. I want to have a bit more.
Grewgh sewya an
vownder. Follow the lane.
If
we want to use a pronoun as an object when giving an instruction or order we can
use the possessive adjective, with a change of word order, e.g.:
Ro/Roy
e’ dhebm. Give him (it) to me.
Grewgh
hy sewya. Follow her (it). lit. Do her
(its) following.
Gwra aga
maga. Feed them.
Where
there is a verbal noun (such as sewya)
the pronoun comes in front of it.
The
same applies if you use the compound preterite (the past tense using gwil to do, to make as an
auxiliary verb), e.g.:
Me
a wrüg debry an desen. I
ate the cake.
Me
a wrüg hy debry. I
ate it. (I did its eating.)
You
can also replace the noun with the ordinary personal pronoun, e.g.:
Me
a wrüg debry hei. I
ate it.
Me
a wrüg hy debry hei. I
ate it. (more emphatic)
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