Personal Descriptions 8 (descriptive past)

   Of course, you are not always talking about people in the present. You may want to talk about an ancestor, a historical person, yourself as you used to be, etc. For that you need to know the descriptive past tense of <boas> be, being (SWFM <bos>). Notice that in some cases there is no difference between the past and the present (you may need to use an adverb of time to make it clear which tense you are using): 

	SWFLt	an RMC “short form”	after description:
I was You were He was She was We were You were They were	Tho vy Tho che Tho ev Tho hei Tho nei Tho whei Tho anjei or Thens	My o Ty o Ev o Hi o Ni o Hwi o I o	o vy o che or osta o ev or ova o hei o nei o whei o anjei or ens

Two adjectives to set the scene!

marow                               dead

bew                                    alive

Marow ew ev lebmen.       He is dead now.

Bew o ev nena.                  He was alive then.

Cleopatra o teg.                 Cleopatra was beautiful.

Hei o myternes Ejyp.      She was a queen of Egypt.

Victoria o an vyternes obma. 
                                    Victoria was the queen here.  

Playn o hei.                       She was plain.     

An den na o hager            That man was ugly

bes rych ova.                    but he was rich.

William Bodinar o den bohojek.    

                           William Bodinar was a poor man.