Personal Activities 12 (preterite)

Here are some more examples of the simple past tense (preterite) to use for completed actions. All of these are regular verbs which use the verbal particle <a> (though in Late Cornish this is sometimes omitted) and end in <-as>.

(SWFM “main” Middle Cornish, non-traditional, form in brackets.)

brijyon> a vrijyas (bryjyon > a vryjyas)	to boil > boiled
Me a vrijyas an tekel rag te. (My a vryjyas an tekel rag te.)	I boiled the kettle for tea.
cana > a ganas (kana > a ganas)	to sing> sang
Me a ganas e’n tavern newher.     (My a ganas e’n tavern nyhewer.)	I sang in the pub last night.
cawas > a gawas (kavos > a gavas)	to find> found
Me a gawas o lever dadn vord.          (My a gavas ow lyver yn-dann voos.)	I found my book under a table.
kesclappya > a gesclappyas (kesklappya > a gesklappyas)	to chat>chatted
Nei a gesclappyas oll an nos.  (Ni a gesklappyas oll an nos.)	We chatted all night.
crejy > a grejas (krysi > a grysas)	to believe > believed
Me a grejas an gwerther.   (My a grysas an gwerther.)	I believed the salesman.
desky > a dhescas (dyski > a dhyskas)	to learn > learnt
Nei a dhescas geryow moy. (Ni a dhyskas geryow moy.)	We learnt more words.
glanhe > a lanhas (glanhe > a lanhas)	to clean > cleaned
Me a lanhas o skijyow coth. (My a lanhas ow eskisyow koth.)	I cleaned my old shoes.
whithra > a whithras (hwithra > a hwithras)	to investigate > investigated
Nei a whithras an prisyow war linen. (Ni a hwithras an prisyow war linen.)	We investigated the prices on line.