2022 Day 133

2022 Dedh Cans ha Terdhek warn Ügens

De Gwener, terdhegves mis Me

Friday, 13th May 

Cressya emann agan tavas Kernôwek Radn 24b

Building up our Cornish language Part 24b

We have been looking at the imperative of bos to be. Superficially, the imperative looks like parts of the present-future (but without showing the subject). The following sentences are in the present future. Notice which verbal particle causes the soft mutation.

Chy na vedh engrys. You will not be angry.

Chy a vedh gòcky. You will be silly.

A vedhes ta larj? Will you be generous?

If the affirmative sentence is said in a normal tone of voice, it is just a positive statement. If the sentence with the negative particle is said normally, it is just a negative statement. But if it is said forcefully it sounds like an order! 

Look at the first of the Ten Commandments from 1612:
"Te ny vyth ken Dew mes me." 

To you there will be no other God but me. You shall have no other God but me.
Perhaps, we might say 
Dhis na vedh ken Duw bes vy.

Here is a selection of other adjectives (descriptors). Have a go at putting them into statements and orders.:

ploos dirty trosüs noisy diek lazy syger slow discortes rude hager nasty casadow hateful anwheg unpleasant

clan clean cosel quiet diwysyk conscientious üskis quick cortes polite hegar likeable caradow loveable wheg nice

Note that for a number of adjectives you can make the opposite meaning by using the prefixes "an" or "dis".

e.g. wheg > anwheg

        es (easy) > anes

e.g. cortes > discortes

       cler (clear) > discler