A Bit More About Giving Instructions
For
extra emphasis when giving an instruction, add the personal pronoun, e.g.:
Spladn
che! Shine thou! You shine!
As
in this rim rag flehes:
Spladn
che
steren vian, spladn! Shine
thou little star, shine!
War an mor
ha’n tir en dadn. On the sea and the land beneath.
Dres an cloudys,
otta che Beyond the clouds, there you are
’Car ha jowel
terlentry. Sparkling like a jewel.
Spladn
che
steren vian, spladn! Shine
thou little star, shine!
War an mor
ha’n tir en dadn. On the sea and the land beneath.
You will have
noticed the use of Spladn! rather than Gwra spladna!
Spladn! is the second
person singular (familiar) imperative of the verb spladna.
Here are a few
more examples, some of them irregular:
e.g. Deus
chei! Come in!
drei > dro! bring! (may be
doroy before a vowel)
e.g. Dro
dhebm golow! Bring me a light!
kemeres > kebmer! take!
e.g. Kebmer
with! Take care!
leverel > lavar! say!
e.g. Lavar
dhen! Tell us!
moas > ke! Ke tre! go! Go home!
e.g. Ke
tre! Go home!
e.g. Ke
dhe ves! Go
away!
e.g. Gwerth
an chei! Sell the house!
rei > ro! give! (roy before
a vowel)
e.g. Gwerth
a vo dhis, ha roy an mona dhe’n vohosogyon.[4]
Sell
what you have, and give the money to the poor.
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