2020 Day 135

2020 Dedh Cans ha Pemdhek warn Ügens

De Yow, pajerdegves mis Me
Thursday, 14th May

Ma lies liw ha nag eus geryow lowr rag oll an liwyow. My a lavar, "'Glas' ew an mor hedhyw." Bes pe liw ew 'glas'? My a lavar, "Glas o an gwels ha'n losow et ow glesin de". Ew an gwels ha'n losow ha'n mor liw kehaval? E'n jedh, pub pres ew an mor 'glas', saw nag ew an mor an pecar liw pub dedh. Ha my alja ûsya an ger 'glas' rag nebes flourys. Ma othom dhen a eryow môy descrifüs. An fysegydh Isaac Newton a fallyas golow gwydn en liwyow deffrans gen prism. Ev a res seyth hanow dhe'n liwyow cabmdhavas. E'n gwettha pres, nei ell ûsya 'glas' rag moy es onan anodhans. Nag ew an ebòrn an keth liw glas avel losow, saw nei alja leverel 'glas a'n ebòrn'. Martesen nei a dal benthygya 'blou a'n ebòrn' dhe vos sür. Ha pa vo tewel an mor nei ell ûsya 'blou a'n morlû'. Ma nebes flourys tredh blou ha purpur. Alja nei benthygya 'indigo' pecar'a Newton? Nag ew termyn whath rag glesin.

There are many colours and there are not enough words for all the colours. I say, " The sea is 'glas' today." But what colour is 'glas'? I say, "The grass and plants were 'glas' in my lawn yesterday". Are the grass and the plants and the sea an identical colour? In the day, the sea is 'glas' every time, but the sea is not the same colour every day. And I could use the word 'glas' for some flowers. We need more descriptive words. The physicist Isaac Newton split white light into different colours with a prism. He gave seven names to the colours of the rainbow. Unfortunately, we can use 'glas' for more than one of them. The sky is not the same colour green as plants, but we could say 'sky green'. Perhaps we should borrow 'sky blue' to be sure. And when the sea is dark we can use navy blue. Some flowers are between blue and purple. Could we borrow 'indigo' like Newton? It's not time yet for cornflowers.

Deg ger rag hedhyw: Ten words for today

benthygya to borrow

blou an morlû navy blue

cabmdhavas (mf) rainbow

descrifüs descriptive

fallya to split

fysegydh (m) physicist

glas natural grey, green, blue

glesin (m) lawn, greensward (but also blue cornflowers) 

kehaval} similar, same, identical, etc.

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