2022 Day 75

2022 Dedh Trei Ügens ha Pemdhek

De Merher, whetegves mis Meurth

Wednesday, 16th March

E'n gwettha pres, nag eus genam ow yehes. Whath theram ow whibana pecar'a tekel ow pryjyon gen keniver anal! Bettegens, whath ma genam descansow!

Unfortunately, I'm still not well. I'm still whistling like a boiling kettle with each breath! However, I've still got lessons!

Building up our Cornish language Part 15a
Cressya emann agan tavas Kernôwek Radn 15a

Let’s continue our look at pronouns and jump to the third person  singular. 

There is just one word for “she”. That is “hei” SWFM “hi”, without  change, whether it comes before or after the verb. 

Where you position the parts of the sentence depends on what you want to emphasise.

Thew hei cath. She/it is a cat.
Cath ew hei. She/it is a cat.
Hei ew cath. She/it is a cat. 

Ew hei cath? Is she/it a cat? 

Nag ew hei cath. It/she is not a cat. 

Ma hei ow tebry. She is eating. 

Üjy hei ow tebry? Is she/it eating? 

Nag üjy hei ow tebry. She is not eating. 

We can add this pronoun to a noun to indicate or emphasise  ownership. 

Hedna ew an kei hei. That is her dog. 

Hebma ew hy hei hei. This is her dog. 

Notice the breathed mutation k > h after the possessive adjective hy.

(SWFM sounds like a giggle! Hemm yw hy hi hi!)

We can even change the tense: 
Hei o cath. She/it was a cat.
Cath o hei. She/it was a cat.
O hei cath? Was she/it a cat? 
Nag o hei cath. It/she was not a cat. 
Thera hei ow tebry. She was eating. 
Era hei ow tebry? Was she eating? 
Nag era hei ow tebry. She was not eating.

Hei can also be followed by the verbal particle “a” and either the  present-future or the preterite, e.g. 

hei a vedh she will be 

hei a veu she was 

hei a wra she will do 

hei a wrüg she did 

hei a wel she sees, will see 

hei a welas she saw