2022 Dedh Trei Ügens ha Pajar
De Sadorn, pempes mis Meurth
Saturday, 5th March
Gool Peran lôwen dhe whei. Nei a dal bos lowen hedhyw. Possybyl ew dhe vetya warbarth gans agan cowetha rag golya agan sans tasek. Nei alja kerdhes ha debry hogednow! Ha ma beister nowydh en Kresen Kernow. Hag otta tabm aral nowydh a dhescans.
Happy St Piran's Day to you. We should be happy today. It's possible to meet together with our friends for celebrating our patron saint. We could walk and eat pasties. And there is a new window in Kresen Kernow (the Cornwall Centre). And here's another new bit of lesson.
Building up our Cornish language Part 10b
Cressya emann agan tavas Kernowek Radn 10b
But we might want to ask WHERE something is.
For that we use Pe le ma?
literally Which place there is? or Which place there are?
This can be used with the definite article.
Pe le ma an kei? Where is the dog?
Shortening is allowed of pe + le to ple, and ma + an to ma'n,
so Ple ma'n kei? Where's the dog?
Ma'n kei dadn vord. The dog is under a table.
Ma va dadn an bord e'n gegin. He is under the table in the kitchen.
Ple ma'n gath? Where's the cat?
Ma'n gath war vord. The cat is on a table.
Ma hei war vord kegin. She is on a kitchen table.
Often when we ask where something is, it is because we have lost it!
A simple way of showing ownership is to use the personal pronoun (or noun or name) after the object, e.g.
Ple ma'n kei vy? Where is my dog?
Ple ma'n lever chy? Where is your book?
Ple ma'n pel ev? Where is his ball?
Ple ma'n côta hei? Where is her coat?
Ple ma'n alwhedhow nei? Where are our keys?
Ple ma'n mòna whei? Where is your money?
Ple ma'n taclow anjei? Where are their things?
Ple ma'n daffar an flehes? Where's the children's stuff?
Ple ma'n beyk Jory? Where's George's bike?
If we want to ask about a specific location we do not use "Pe le ma?". So, we are going on to the use of "üjy?", e.g.
Üjy an kei vy dadn an bord? Is my dog under the table?
Üjy va ena? Is he there?
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