Thursday 10 March 2016

Personal Descriptions 22 (how big?)

There are several ways of saying much the same thing when it comes to asking questions about weight and size in general. You can juggle the suggested questions and come up with even more combinations. Still on the subject of using numbers; you can substitute your own measurements into the following answers:

mens
amount, quantity  can also be used for size
Pe mens o whei?
Which size are you?
Pegebmys[1] o whei? 
Which size are you?

And, getting more personal:
poos         
heavy, weight
pòster
weight
Pana[2] boos osta?
What weight are you?
Pana boos üjy ennes?
What weight is in you?
Pana bòster üjyenna whei?
What weight is in you?
Pegebmys poos osta?
How heavy are you?

Here are the units you might use:
kilogram
kilogram
menpòs
stone
pens[3] (poos)
pound

A few possible answers:
Pajer ügens kilogram o vy.        
I’m 80 kg.
Poos vy ew cans pens ha dowgens.
My weight is 140 lb.
Ma üdnek menpòs ha hanter ennam.
There is 11 1/ 2   st. in me.

Other sizes you might want to know:
Pegebmys skijyow ero whei o tegy?
What size shoes do you wear?
Pana vroasder ew agas treys?
How big are your feet?
O skijyow ew mens eth.
My shoes are size 8.





[1] This contains the contracted components <pe> which and <mens> size, together with lenited <kem> found in words with “together” implied in their meaning. pe-kem-mens became pegebmys
[2] the <a> at the end of <pana> causes the <p> of <poos> to soften (lenition) to <b>, hence <boos>. Similarly <broasder> becomes <vroasder>.
[3] also spelt <peuns>

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