2022 Day 92

 2022 Dedh Pajar Ügens ha Dewdhek

De Sadorn, second (nessa) mis Ebrel

Saturday, 2nd April

Pe liw ew an mor hedhyw? Ew "glas" an ger own? Thew an mor pecar'a ebòrn - ha nag eus bes linen dhû  war an gorwel. Pe liw ew an flourys en gwenton? Gwydn ew an spern dû ha melyn ew an eythin. My a gar lily Corawys melyn ha'n solsow bian gwydn ma. Mons ow tevy gwels e'n vôwnder. Ha gwrewgh mires pur glôs, ma mellyon purpur solabres.

What colour is the sky today? Is "glas" (green/blue/grey) the right colour? The sea is like sky - and there is only a black line on the horizon. What colour are the flowers in spring? The blackthorns are white and the gorse is yellow. I love yellow Lent lilies (daffodils) and these white narcissi. They are growing wild in the lane. And look closely, there are purple violets already.

Building up our Cornish Language Part 20a

Cressya emann agan tavas Kernôwek Radn 20a

We have looked at ways of saying things in the past, present and future. We need to have a deeper look at how you indicate the moment in time.

Here are some adverbs we can use with the past tense.

We can use "wrüg" with a variety of verbs to make a past tense (usually seen as a sort of compound preterite).

Here's a sentence from Jôwan Chei a Horr (John of Ram's House)

"... ha war an diwedh e wrüg dos dhe chei tiek

 ha wrüg whilas ena whel dhe wil."

at last he came (did come) to a farmer's house

and sought (did seek) there work to do

"war an diwedh" can be seen as an adverb of time, answering the question "when?"

Here are some other examples useful with any past tense:

en termyn eus passyes in a time that is passed (once upon a time)

pell tremenys long past

pell dhe'n eur-ma long ago

nanj ew termyn hir a long time ago

nanj ew  (ago) can be used with a variety of time periods 

(more on this later when we look at numbers)

Alternatives to nanj ew are 

gellys (gone) and

alebma ~ lebma (from here)

e.g. nebes dedhyow gellys a few days ago

e.g. pols alebma a moment ago

More specific times include

de yesterday

de vettin yesterday morning

(an) degensete (on) the day before yesterday

newher ~ newer (SWFM nyhewer) yesterday evening

For recent times, you have

a-dhiwedhes recently

namnygen just now