Personal Descriptions 21 (how tall?)

Still on the subject of using numbers; you can substitute your own measurements into the following. It is probably better to stick to the formal form in questions, unless you know someone very well.

hir	tall
hirder[1]	tallness, height
Pana hirder osta?[2]	How tall are you? (familiar)
Pana hirder o whei?	How tall are you? (formal)
Pana hirder üjy ennes? Pana hirder üjy enna whei?	What height is in you?
Pegebmys hirder osta/o whei?	How much height are you?

Here are the units you might use:

trushes[3]	foot (length) (anatomical foot is troos)
meusva (f)[4]	inch
(centi)meter	(centi)metre
Tho vy cans centimeter trei ügens ha deg.	I’m 170 cm.
Whegh trushes o vy.	I’m 6 ft.
Ass ew hir!	How tall! What a height!
Hirder vy ew hanter cans meusva.	My height is 50 inches.
Thew hedna berr!	That’s short!
broasder	size (literally bigness)
Pana vroasder o whei?	How big are you? (formal)
Pana vroasder pows o whei?	What dress size are you? (formal)
Nag o vy broasder zero.	I am not size zero.
O broasder pows ew ügens.	My dress size is 20.
Hedna ew re vroas!	That’s too big!

                                     

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[1] <ühelder > height  is more appropriate for height above the ground, height above sea level, etc.

[2] Use the formal version unless you are sure that the familiar form will not cause offence.

[3] <trus> from foot (troos) and <hes> from along (ahes). Do not rhyme with English “rushes”. KS uses <tros’hës>

[4]  KS has <mesva>: more like the Late Cornish pronunciation