2022 Day 84

2022 Dedh Pajar Ügens ha Pajar

De Gwener, pempes warn ügens mis Meurth

Friday, 25th March

Da ew gen flehes lebmel, crambla ha slynkya en lowarthow ha parcow. Ow slynk y din ha trampolîn a wrüg dürya an enawellow. Da ew gen ow flehes wydn an trolergh e'n còsow. Ma deg steppen vrâs dhodho. Da ew ganjans an vergh agan kentrevoges magata.

Pe lies steppen eus rag desky Kernôwek? Otta steppen vian.

Children like jumping, climbing and sliding in gardens and parks. Our slide and trampoline survived the storms. My grandchildren like the footpath in the woods. It has ten big steps. They like our neighbour's horses as well.

How many steps are there for learning Cornish? Here's a little step.

Cressya emann agan tavas Kernôwek Radn 17b

Building up our Cornish language Part 17b

The preterite (simple past tense) of bos is used for things that are over an done with, e.g. one-off events like being born. It is frequently used with a verbal adjective (past participle) of another verb.

This is the paradigm for the forms you use in questions and negative statements, where the pronoun comes after the verb, or in affirmative statements beginning with a descriptor:

Preterite 

1 sg veuma, veu vy 

2 sg veusta, veu chy 

3 sg veu, m. veu ev, f. veu hei 

1 pl veu nei 

2 pl veu whei 

3 pl vons, veu anjei 

William Bodinar in his letter wrote “termyn my veu maw” when I was a boy

Usually we put the verbal particle a before the verb.

In a simple affirmative statement you can simply use

pronoun + a + veu

Termyn my a veu mowes, da veu genam marhogeth.

When I was a girl, I liked horse-riding.

Os ta parys? Are you ready? (present descriptive)

Parys veu vy solabres. I was already prepared, I was ready already.

My a veu genys en mis Whevrel. I was born in February.

An hogednow a veu pebys ken li. The pasties were baked before lunch.

Notice the use of adverbs/adverb phrases indicating time.