Personal Activities 5 (boas locative present paradigm)

Here is the complete locative form of the verb boas to be, so that you can talk about what other people are doing, as well as talking about yourself:

Thero vy o … (SWFM Yth esov vy ow/owth …)	I am … ing
Thesta o … (SWFM Yth esos ta ow/owth …)	You (Thou) are … ing
Ma va o … (SWFM Yma ev ow/owth …)	He is … ing
Ma hei o … (SWFM Yma hi ow/owth …)	She is … ing
Thero nei o … (SWFM Yth eson ni ow/owth …)	We are … ing
Thero whei o … (SWFM Yth esowgh hwi ow/owth …)	You are … ing
Môns o … (SWFM Ymons i ow/owth …)	They are … ing

Thew ev gweythor vorr rag an gonteth. Ma va o lavürya war an vorow.

He is a roadman for the county. He works on the roads.

Gonisyades bargen tir ew hei. Ma hei o conis gen bühes.

She is a farmworker. She works with cows.

Thens gwarioryon. Môns obery e’n wariva.

They are performers (actors). They work in the theatre.

Here are some extra verbs associated with work or education:

adhesky	educate
assaya	try
covadha	record
cuntel	collect
cussülya	advise
darbary	prepare
dasscrifa	copy
desky	learn
disqwitha	rest
gortheby	answer
goslowes	listen
gweres	assist
gwertha	sell
gwitha	guard
madra	study
metya gen	meet
nivera	count
perna	buy
redya	read
rekna	calculate
remembra	remember
restra	organise
scrifa	write
scudhya	support
strifya	strive
stüdhya	study
whesa	sweat