Personal Descriptions 9 (questioning descriptions)

   So far we have looked at positive descriptions of people in the past or present. Now let’s look at questions. Suitable forms for questions appear in the last column in PD6 and PD8. Past and present are often the same so, as with a positive statement, you may sometimes need to add an indication of time. Names or nouns may replace pronouns in the following:

	SWFLt after the description:	Question:	starting a question:
I am	o vy	Am I …?	O vy..?
You are (fam.)	o che or osta	Are you …?	O che..? Osta..?
He is	ew ev or ewa	Is he …?	Ew ev..? Ewa..?
She is	ew hei	Is she …?	Ew hei..?
We are	o nei	Are we …?	O nei..?
You are	o whei	Are you …?	O whei..?
They are	o anjei or ens	Are they …?	O anjei..? or Ens..?
	SWFLt after the description:	Question:	starting a  question:
I was	o vy	Was I …?	O vy..?
You were	o che or osta	Were you..?	O che..? or Osta..?
He was	o ev or ova	Was he..?	O ev..? or Ova … ?
She was	o hei	Was she..?	O hei … ?
We were	o nei	Were we..?	O nei … ?
You were	o whei	Were you..?	O whei …?
They were	o anjei or ens	Were they..?	O anjei[1]..? or Ens…?

Here are some examples:

O whei skith hedhyw?	Are you tired today?
O whei skith de?	Were you tired yesterday?
Ew Elizabeth myternes dha?	Is Elizabeth a good queen?
O Victoria myternes dha?	Was Victoria a good queen?
Ew an den na coth?	Is that man old?
Ewa rych ewedh[2]?	Is he rich as well?
Ova bohojek en termyn eus passyes?	Was he poor once upon a time?
O anjei tew pub termyn?	Were they always fat?

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[1]  O anjei is more emphatic than Ens.

[2]  RLC awedh or e’wedh as well, also = RMC yn wedh