Writing a Diary 2 (where you have been and what you have done)

Where you have been and what you have done

It is very useful to be able to say “I went”. This can be followed by a selection of places. There are then other verbs to describe what you did when you were there. Fortunately, as long as you have correctly conjugated the verb “to go”, the additional verb can be used in its infinitive/verbal noun form, e.g.

Me eth e’n dre ha perna boos.

I went into (the) town and bought food.

<Me eth> I went is the simple past tense (preterite) of <moas> to go. That establishes the person (1s) and the tense. There is no change of person or tense, so <perna> is the basic form of the verb to buy/buying.

Here are some places you could go:		Here are some things you could do there:
e’n dre	into the town	perna	buy
e’n cita	into the city	kerdhes adro	walk around
e’n park	in the park	gwary	play
en coffiva	in a cafeteria	debry	eat
en tavern	in a pub	eva	drink
dhe’n treth	to the beach	astelwolya	go windsurfing
dhe’n shoppys	to the shops	prenassa	go shopping
dhe varhas	to market	gwertha	sell
dhe scol	to school	desky	learn
dhe boll	to a pool	neyja	swim
dhe’n mor	to the sea	mordardha	go surfing
dhe wariva	to a theatre	mires orth gwary	watch a play
dhe’n sodhva	to the office	gonis	work
reb an river	by the river	pònya	run