2022 Day 53

2022 Dedh Terdhek ha Dogens

De Meurth, nessa warn ügens mis Whevrel
Tuesday, 22nd February

Ha my ow scrifa an blogg ma thew an pres 22.22, ha'n jedh ew 22/02/2022. Thew hebma teken dhe les! Na vedh niverow pecar'a an re ma arta et ow bownans. Na vedh 32/02/2023 possybyl, drefen nag eus bes eth po naw dedh warn ügens en mis Whevrel. Martesen an nessa niver kehaval a vedh 31/12/2113. Na vedhama bew nena! Nag ew an keth tra en America drefen mons ow scrifa 02/22/2022.

Rag an teken ma, otta radn moy a dhescans nowydh.

As I write this blog the time is 22.22, and the date is 22/02/2022. This is an interesting moment! There will not be numbers like these again in my lifetime. 32/02/2023 will not be possible, because there are only 28 or 29 days in February. Perhaps the next similar number will be 31/12/2113. I will not be alive then! It's not the same thing in America because they write 02/22/2022.

For this moment, here's another part of a new lesson.

Building up our Cornish language. Part 6a 

Cressya emann agan tavas Kernôwek. Radn 6a

So far, we have looked at the use of bos descriptive
with adjectives on their own
or nouns on their own.
Now let's put them together. 

Except for a few loan words, adjectives come after nouns.
This is  where we have fun with shape-shifting mutations!  

Singular masculine nouns do not cause mutation of their following  adjective.
Neither do they themselves mutate when they follow the  definite article.
Here are some random combinations of
masculine  nouns with adjectives that are capable of mutation. 

aval poder a rotten apple  bara coth old bread  cavach glas (a) green cabbage chei cabm a crooked house  den berr a short man  descador für a wise teacher  flour melyn a yellow flower  kei gwydn a white dog  keus crev strong cheese  lowarth teg a beautiful garden maw drog a naughty boy  tiek gòcky a silly farmer

an aval poder the rotten apple an bara coth the old bread  an cavach glas the green cabbage an chei cabm the crooked house an den berr the short man  an descador für the wise teacher an flour melyn the yellow flower an kei gwydn the white dog  an keus crev the strong cheese an lowarth teg the beautiful garden an maw drog the naughty boy an tiek gòcky the silly farmer

Masculine plurals do not mutate either, with the exception of those  belonging to male persons (and horses). 

These are the mutations to expect. We will look at them next time. 

c > g, d > dh, gw > w, m > v, t > d